Exámen 9no 2023 - 2024

EXAMEN PRIMER QUIMESTRE
Biology- 9th
2023 – 2024
Name: ______________________________ Score: __________

Grade: ______________________________
Date: ______________________________
Score of the exam: 54.4puntos
INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES
● Lea con atención cada una de las preguntas.
● Junto a cada pregunta encontrará el puntaje de la misma.
● Revise el examen antes de entregarlo.
DESARROLLO DEL EXAMEN
1. For each item below, specify the independent and dependent variables,
as well as the constants (0.5 point each, 7.5 points total).
1. An investigation found that more bushels of potatoes were produced when the soil
was
fertilized more.
I: _________________ D: ___________________ C: __________________
2. The time it takes to run a mile depends on the person’s running speed.
I: ________________ D: ___________________ C: __________________
3. The height of bean plants depends on the amount of water they receive.
I: ________________ D: ___________________ C: __________________
4. The higher the temperature of the air in the oven, the faster a cake will bake.
I: ________________ D: ___________________ C: __________________
5. Lemon trees receiving the most water produced the most lemons.
I: ________________ D: ___________________ C: __________________
2. Given the following steps number from 1 to 6 the steps of the scientific
method (1 point each, total 6 points).
____ Share the results.
____Test the prediction.
____Make a prediction based on the hypothesis.
____Form a hypothesis, or testable explanation.
____Ask a question.
____Make an observation.
3. Write a letter T if the statement is true, or F if the statement is false (1
point each, 5 points total(
____ Taxonomy is the science of classifying and naming living organisms.
____ Robert Brown saw the cell nucleus for the first time.
____ Natural selection is the process that leads to evolution.
____ The principles of inheritance detail how traits are passed from one generation to
the next.
____ Stem cells were identified and characterized within the bone marrow.
4. Given the following prefixes and suffixes define the following words (1
point each, 5 points total).
Adip- fat neuro- nerves.
Agri- field, soil a- whithout
-algia :pain. -biotic: life.
antrhopo- man, human -cyte: tissue
logy- study of
1. Adipocytes: ___________________________________________________________________
2. Agrology:_____________________________________________________________________
3. Neuralgia:____________________________________________________________________
4. Anthropology:_________________________________________________________________
5. Abiotic:______________________________________________________________________
5. Join the given concepts with the corresponding number that belongs to
the types of cells (1 point each, 5 points total).
1. Prokaryotic, 2. Plant, 3. Animal, 4. Protist, 5. Fungal.
___ Has a chitin cell wall.
___ Has a cellulose cell wall.
___ Lack of cell wall.
___ Dispersed genetic material.
___ Some are unicellular, others are multicellular like seaweed.
6. Complete the chart with the functions of the different tissues (2 points
each, 8 points total).
Tissue Functions
Connective
Muscle
Epithelial
Nervous
7. Explain with your own words the different types of barriers (1 point
each, 5 points total).
- Habitat isolation:
__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
- Behavioral isolation:
__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
- Temporal isolation:
__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
- Gametic isolation:
__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
- Mechanic isolation:
__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
8. Postzygotic barriers affect living organisms in two different ways, write down a
description of them:
1.______________________________________________________________________________
2._______________________________________________________________________________
9. Fill the blanks with the corresponding word, there are more words than
blanks (1 point each, 6 points total).
Matter is _____________, the same atoms are reused over and over.
Energy flows through the ecosystem, usually entering as ________ and exiting as
_________.
_____________ is the steady state of an ecosystem, in which its composition and identity
remain generally constant.
_____________ is the ability of an ecosystem to remain at equilibrium despite
disturbances.
How readily an ecosystem returns to equilibrium after being disturbed is
called_____________.
Resilience, light, heat, recycled, atoms, unbalance, decomposition, equilibrium,
resistance.
10. Select the statement or statements that answer the following
ideas, there can be more than one possible answer (1 point each, 7
points total.
There are 7 possible answers if more than 7 answers in the 6 questions above if more
are selected 0,5 points will be reduced per extra answer.
- Biodiversity plays a key role in ecosystems because…
a. It promotes stability.
b. Biodiversity is not important in ecosystems.
c. If one specie is harmed it wouldn’t affect the ecosystem as a whole.
- What is the GPP?

a. Is the rate at which solar energy is captured in sugar molecules during
photosynthesis.
b. Is the gross primary productivity minus the rate of energy loss to metabolism
and maintenance.
c. Is the rate at which organisms develop nutrients when they are eating.
d. Is the secondary productivity minus the rate of energy loss to metabolism
and maintenance.
- What is NPP?
a. Is the rate at which solar energy is captured in sugar molecules during
photosynthesis.
b. Is the gross primary productivity minus the rate of energy loss to metabolism
and maintenance.
c. Is the rate at which organisms develop nutrients when they are eating.
d. Is the secondary productivity minus the rate of energy loss to metabolism
and maintenance.
- Why the energy is transferred from level to level in an inefficient way?

a. Because 10% of the energy stored as biomass in one trophic level gets stored as
biomass in the next trophic level.
b. Because 20% of the energy stored as biomass in one trophic level gets stored as
c. Because 30% of the energy stored as biomass in one trophic level gets stored as
d. Because 40% of the energy stored as biomass in one trophic level gets stored as
- What are ecological pyramids?

a. Is a visual picture of how the trophic levels in an ecosystem compare.
b. Is a picture that shows the most evolved organisms.
c. Is a picture that shows the biomass that exists on the planet.
d. Is a picture that let us analyze the life cycle.
- Which of the following is not a biome?

a. Tundra.
b. Tropical rainforest.
c. Yasuni Nacional Park.
d. Desert.

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EXAMEN PRIMER QUIMESTRE

Name: ____________________ Score:

DESARROLLO DEL EXAMEN

- What is the GPP?

- Why the energy is transferred from level to level in an inefficient way?

- What are ecological pyramids?

- Which of the following is not a biome?

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