5 Written Questions

1. factor that causes the growth of a population to decrease
2. information gathered during an investigation; recorded in the form of descriptions, tables, graphs, or drawings
3. Any representation of an object or an event that is used as a tool for understanding the natural world; can communicate observations and ideas, test predictions, and save time, money,and lives.
4. organisms that use the food producers make or eat other consumers
5. a structure in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticulum, packages them, and distributes them to other parts of the cell

5 Matching Questions

1. organism
2. ecosystem
3. chloroplast
4. phylogeny
5. nucleus

1. a Smallest unit of an organization, which belongs to a population of other members of its species
2. b The evolutionary history of a species or group of related species
3. c a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
4. d green, chlorophyll containing plant cell organelle that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into sugar.
5. e a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
   1. community
   2. constant
   3. consumers
   4. organism
2. involves using knowledge and thinking skills to evaluate evidence and explanations
   1. physical science
   2. critical thinking
   3. mitochondrion
   4. cell theory
3. the process by which organisms keep their internal conditions reltively stable
   1. symbiosis
   2. homeostasis
   3. constant
   4. hypothesis
4. largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support
   1. carrying capacity
   2. organism
   3. limiting factor
   4. community
5. the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
   1. phylogeny
   2. ecology
   3. cell
   4. technology

5 True/False Question

1. ribosome → A large group of organisms that share certain features
   

   True        False

2. cytoplasm → green, chlorophyll containing plant cell organelle that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into sugar.
   

   True        False

3. genus → the first part of an organism's scientific name; classification grouping that contains similar closely related organisms
   

   True        False

4. biosphere → to draw conclusions based on observations
   

   True        False

5. endoplasmic reticulum → a jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended
   

   True        False