S.C.O.P.E.S.
Students Creating Ownership Practicing Everyday Science
BIOLOGY T1 2016-2017
T1 SCOPES: Week 6 (September 26-30, 2016)
6-1 (9A-R)
Animals in the wild must be able to store large amounts of energy because they may go for some time
without finding food. Their long-term store of energy is in the form of lipids. Plants store energy for use over
the winter in the form of carbohydrates such as starch. What is the advantage to animals of storing energy
in the form of lipids rather than carbohydrates for long-term energy needs?
A Lipids can be used in different parts of the cell.
B Lipids are much easer to digest.
C Lipids contain more calories per gram.
D Lipids are insoluble in aqueous parts of the blood.
6-2 (4B-R)
What are the end products of the hydrolysis of a polysaccharide?
A simple sugars
B amino acids
C fatty acids
D nucleotides
6-3 (9A-R)
Select the molecule below that is an example of a carbohydrate.
A1
B2
C3
D4
6-4 (10C-S)
The organisms in a typical backyard are likely to include bacteria, grass, shrubs, trees, insects, spiders, birds,
and small mammals. Together, all these organisms make up—
A an ecosystem
B a kingdom
C a population
D a community
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Students Creating Ownership Practicing Everyday Science
BIOLOGY T1 2016-2017
T1 SCOPES: Week 6 (September 26-30, 2016)
6-5 (12C-R)
The diagram below illustrates the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem.
In addition to sunlight, what factor would need to be present to make this a stable ecosystem?
A predators
B prey
C omnivores
D herbivores
E decomposers
6-6 (4A-S)
Lociferans are microscopic multicellular animals that live in various
marine sediments. Scientists have discovered genera of Loriciferans in a
deep-sea habitat that lacks oxygen. Before this discovery, some
prokaryotes and some unicellular eukaryotes were known to inhabit
anaerobic environments. Among the newly discovered is Spinoloricus sp.
nov., which is pictured below.
Scientists determined that organisms of the genus Spinoloricus were
eukaryotes and not prokaryotes because Spinoloricus cells have –
A flagella
B hereditary material
C cell walls
D nuclear membranes
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BIOLOGY T1 2016-2017
T1 SCOPES: Week 7 (October 3-7, 2016)
7-1 (4A-S)
Some students used information they gathered from lab investigations to prepare a table. They entered the
table below in their lab notebooks.
Which of these correctly identifies the two cells described in the table?
A Cell 1 is eukaryotic, and cell 2 is prokaryotic
B Cell 1 is prokaryotic, and cell 2 is eukaryotic.
C Both cell 1 and cell 2 are eukaryotic.
D Both cell 1 and cell 2 are prokaryotic.
7-2 (4B-R)
One difference between plant and animal cells is that animal cells do not have –
A a nucleus
B chloroplasts
C a cell membrane
D centrioles
7-3 (12E-S)
According to the information in the box, which of these best describes the relationship between rhizobia
and the bean plants?
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria called rhizobia enter the root hairs of bean plants. The bacteria
are located in small root structures called nodules. The plants provide energy to the
bacteria, and in return, the plants receive nitrogen for growth from the bacteria.
A parasitism
B commensalism
C mutualism
D predation
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Students Creating Ownership Practicing Everyday Science
BIOLOGY T1 2016-2017
T1 SCOPES: Week 7 (October 3-7, 2016)
7-4 (12C-R)
The food web shows the flow of energy through a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem.
Which of these organisms are in a trophic level that receives a larger percentage of the energy captured
by the producers than the percentage received at the bats’ trophic level?
A Mountain lions
B Ground squirrels
C Snakes
D Hawks
7-5 (4B-R)
Transport of molecules within animal cells is assisted by a system of internal membranes that make up the
A endoplasmic reticulum
B mitochondria
C ribosomes
D chloroplasts
7-6 (12C-R)
Which level of this ecology food pyramid represents the largest
biomass?
A bass
B minnows
C copepods
D algae
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Students Creating Ownership Practicing Everyday Science
BIOLOGY T1 2016-2017
T1 SCOPES: Week 8 (October 11-14, 2016)
8-1 (4B-R)
Which of these statements best explains the process of energy conversion that takes place in the
mitochondria?
A Energy is required for carbon dioxide molecules to form six-carbon sugar molecules
B Water molecules and radiant energy are necessary for anaerobic respiration to take place.
C Oxygen molecules release energy in the form of heat during combustion reactions.
D The energy in the bonds of glucose molecules is transferred to the phosphate bonds in ATP.
8-2 (4B-R)
The diagram shows the same type of molecules in
area A and area B. With the passage of time, some
molecules move from area A to area B.
This movement is the result of –
A phagocytosis
B pinocytosis
C diffusion
D cyclosis
8-3 (9A-R)
The brown paper test for lipids is positive when food is placed on the paper and a spot forms which will allow light to
pass through it. Which food would give the most positive test for lipids?
A potato chips
B bread
C sugar
D carrots
8-4 (12F-R)
The use of certain chemicals by humans has caused holes to form in the Earth’s ozone layer. This allows
more ultraviolet (UV) light to reach the oceans. Scientists are concerned that an increase in UV light will
start killing microscopic marine algae. Which of these statements describes how the ocean food web would
be affected by a large decrease in microscopic marine algae?
A There will be fewer marine animals because there will be fewer producers.
B There will be no change because the algae are small.
C There will be more consumers because the UV light kills the producers.
D There will be fewer consumers because the UV light kills the decomposers.
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Students Creating Ownership Practicing Everyday Science
BIOLOGY T1 2016-2017
T1 SCOPES: Week 8 (October 11-14, 2016)
8-5 (4B-R)
Some students used vinegar to dissolve away the shells of three eggs and used these eggs as models of
human red blood cells. The students observed the changes in the eggs when they were placed in different
solutions.
Which statement best describes the role of the cell membrane in this model?
A The cell membrane is an impermeable barrier that prevents water from entering the cell.
B The cell membrane allows solutes to enter the cell, which causes the cell to shrink.
C The cell membrane allows water to enter and leave the cell.
D The cell membrane removes solutes from the environment.
8-6 (4B-R)
The diagram shown represents the fluid mosaic model
of a plasma membrane. What do letters X and Y
indicate?
A
B
C
D
X indicates lipids and Y indicates proteins.
X indicates pores and Y indicates cellulose.
X indicates proteins and Y indicates lipids.
X indicates nuclei and Y indicates ribosomes.
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BIOLOGY T1 2016-2017
T1 SCOPES: Week 9 (October 26-30, 2016)
9-1 (4B-R)
The diagram shown represents the
change that occurred after a fluid
was added to a wet mount of some
elodea leaf cells. Which fluid was
most likely added to the wet mount?
A salt solution
B tap water
C distilled water
D iodine solution
9-2 (4B-R)
Which cell organelle is most directly involved with the bonding of amino acids?
A mitochondrion
B endoplasmic reticulum
C cell wall
D ribosome
9-3 (11B-S)
When locust populations grow too large for an area, the individual locusts are crowded and food becomes
scarce. In response to these conditions, some of the locusts leave the area and find a new habitat.
Which of the following terms best applies to the response of the locusts that leave for the new habitat?
A commensalism
B emigration
C hibernation
D mutualism
9-4 (12C-R)
A student is asked to draw a food web in which the same organism is a primary consumer as well as a
secondary consumer. How should the organism be represented in the food web?
A The organism must have an arrow pointing from it to a tertiary consumer and another arrow pointing
from it to a decomposer.
B The organism must have an arrow pointing from it to a secondary consumer and another arrow pointing
to it from the top predator.
C The organism must have an arrow pointing to it from a producer and another arrow pointing to it from a
primary consumer.
D The organism must have an arrow pointing from it to a primary consumer and another arrow pointing
away from it to a decomposer.
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Students Creating Ownership Practicing Everyday Science
BIOLOGY T1 2016-2017
T1 SCOPES: Week 9 (October 26-30, 2016)
9-5 (9A-R)
The Venus Fly Trap (Dionaeo muscipula) is a carnivorous plant found in the bogs of North Carolina and in the
Big Thicket of East Texas. The soil in the bogs has low level of nitrogen. Which macromolecule provides the
most nitrogen for the plant?
A carbohydrate
B protein
C lipid
D deoxyribonucleic acid
9-6 (4B-R)
Which of these characteristics prevents fire from being classified as living?
A response to stimuli
B produces energy
C made of one or more cells
D movement
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