Chapter Four
Science
Practice
Quiz
1
What is the original source of energy in a food web?
A air
B soil
C sunlight
D water
2
In which biomes are tall trees able to grow?
A desert and taiga
B desert and tundra
C taiga and temperate forest
D tundra and temperate forest
3
Which of these correctly describes how matter moves through
a food web?
A producers→first-level consumers→decomposers→
second-level consumers
B decomposers→first-level consumers→second-level consumers→
producers
C producers→first-level consumers→second-level consumers→
decomposers
D decomposers→second-level consumers→producers→
first-level consumers
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4
Which of these BEST describes why most organisms look similar
to their parents?
A The organisms and their parents have similar genes.
B The organisms and their parents consume similar foods.
C The organisms and their parents have similar survival skills.
D The organisms and their parents live in similar environments.
5
A student removed a small plant from his garden, but he did not
remove all of the small plant’s roots. A new plant grew from the roots
that were left by the old plant.
Which of these is true about the two plants?
A The two plants will be identical to each other.
B The two plants will be different from each other.
C The new plant will not be able to produce offspring.
D The new plant was produced through sexual reproduction.
6
Bees carry pollen from one flower to another when they gather nectar.
Which of these BEST describes the relationship between the bee and
the flower?
A The bee and the flower both benefit.
B Neither the bee nor the flower benefit.
C The bee benefits but the flower does not.
D The flower benefits but the bee does not.
7
Sometimes people get bacterial infections that do not respond to
medications, such as antibiotics, that are used to treat bacterial
infections.
Which statement BEST describes why antibiotics do not get rid of the
bacterial infections?
A People have become immune to the antibiotics.
B Bacteria have genes that protect them from the antibiotics.
C Bacteria absorb the antibiotic, causing it to be less effective.
D People eat foods that cause the antibiotic to be less effective.
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Which of these is an example of selective breeding?
A Mold is grown in a lab and used to make medicines.
B Sheep are cloned to produce more of the same type of sheep.
C Genes are inserted into bacteria to make many copies of the gene for a
certain trait.
D Hens that lay the most eggs are crossed with healthy roosters to produce
many healthy offspring.
9
Which of these cell structures functions in a similar way to a car
engine?
A nucleus
B cytoplasm
C chloroplast
D cell membrane
10 Which of these correctly describes levels of organization found in the
human body?
A The brain is less complex than nerve cells.
B Bladder cells are more complex than bladder tissue.
C The digestive system is less complex than the stomach.
D The muscular system is more complex than muscle tissue.
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