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Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date __________________
Assessment
Chapter Test A
Answer Key
MATCHING
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. e
5. a
MULTIPLE CHOICE
6. d
7. a
8. b
9. c
10. a
11. d
12. b
13. a
14. c
15. d
16. d
17. c
18. b
19. a
20. d
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The Organization of Life
Name ______________________________ Class __________________ Date __________________
Assessment
Chapter Test A
The Organization of Life
MATCHING
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the
description.
_____ 1. change in the genetic characteristics in a
population from one generation to the next
_____ 2. process that causes the characteristics of a
population to change in a way controlled
by humans
_____ 3. trait that increases an organism’s chance of
survival
_____ 4. trait that may be unintentionally selected
by humans
_____ 5. process that causes the characteristics of a
population to change without human
control
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
natural selection
adaptation
evolution
artificial selection
resistance
MULTIPLE CHOICE
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement or best answers each question.
_____ 6. Many angiosperms depend on
animals for
a. pollinating their flowers.
b. distributing their seeds.
c. providing food.
d. Both (a) and (b)
_____ 7. Which invertebrates are
generally small, allowing them
to live on little food and to hide
from enemies?
a. insects
b. bacteria
c. protists
d. mice
_____ 8. Which of the following
are vertebrates?
a. clams
b. frogs
c. worms
d. insects
_____ 9. Which of the following
are nonvascular plants?
a. flowering plants
b. algae
c. mosses
d. trees
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Chapter Test A continued
_____ 10. Archaea and bacteria are
a. two domains.
b. in the same kingdom.
c. in the protists kingdom.
d. in the fungi kingdom.
_____ 11. Which of the following is
an abiotic factor in an
ecosystem?
a. plants
b. bacteria
c. fungi
d. water
_____ 12. Natural selection is the
unequal survival that
results from the presence
or absence of
a. cell walls.
b. particular traits.
c. learned behaviors.
d. breeding.
_____ 13. Which of the following
best describes a
population?
a. members of the same
species living in the
same place at the same
time
b. all the red birds in an
area
c. all types of organisms
living in the same place
d. all the members of the
same species
_____ 14. The place that contains
everything an organism
needs is its
a. community.
b. species.
c. habitat.
d. population.
_____ 15. A desert ecosystem
contains
a. air.
b. living things.
c. sand.
d. All of the above
_____ 16. Bacteria that are no longer
killed by an antibiotic
have
a. evolved.
b. developed unwanted
adaptations.
c. developed resistance to
the antibiotic.
d. All of the above
_____ 17. Which of the following
kingdoms includes algae?
a. plants
b. fungi
c. protists
d. bacteria
_____ 18. Unicellular organisms
with cell walls but no
nuclei are
a. fungi.
b. bacteria.
c. protists.
d. All of the above
_____ 19. Which two kingdoms
contain organisms that can
use energy from the sun to
make food?
a. protists and plants
b. fungi and plants
c. fungi and protists
d. plants and animals
_____ 20. Which of the following
include organisms that
break down dead
organisms?
a. bacteria and protists
b. protists and fungi
c. fungi and plants
d. bacteria and fungi
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