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FCAT 8th Grade Review Test - Biology
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The simplest grouping of more than one kind of organism in the biosphere is
a. a population.
b. a community.
c. an ecosystem.
d. a species.
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2. Plants are
a. primary producers.
b. primary consumers.
c. herbivores.
d. omnivores.
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3. How do most primary producers make their own food?
a. by using light energy to make carbohydrates
b. by using chemical energy to make carbohydrates
c. by changing water into carbon dioxide
d. by breaking down remains to make carbon dioxide
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4. Which of the following organisms does NOT require sunlight to live?
a. chemosynthetic bacteria
b. algae
c. trees
d. photosynthetic bacteria
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5. A model of the complex feeding interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decomposers is
called a
a. food web.
b. ecosystem.
c. food chain.
d. population.
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6. A bird stalks, kills, and then eats an insect. Based on its behavior, which pair of ecological terms describes
the bird?
a. herbivore, decomposer
b. producer, heterotroph
c. carnivore, consumer
d. autotroph, herbivore
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7. Polar bears live in the arctic. The arctic is their
a. niche.
b. habitat.
c. tolerance.
d. microclimate.
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8. A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit is
a. commensalism.
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b. mutualism.
c. predation.
d. parasitism.
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9. What advance in technology made the discovery of cells possible?
a. the centrifuge
b. the particle accelerator
c. the ultraviolet light
d. the microscope
____ 10. Which of these is NOT true of cells?
a. They are much like empty rooms.
b. They were first discovered in the 1600s.
c. They can be found in pond water.
d. They contain a huge array of working parts.
____ 11. Not all cells are alike. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about differences between cells?
a. Cells come in many different shapes.
b. Different kinds of cells are different sizes.
c. Some cells have a nucleus, but others do not.
d. Most cells have a membrane, but some do not.
____ 12. Which organelle converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell
to use?
a. chloroplast
b. Golgi apparatus
c. endoplasmic reticulum
d. mitochondrion
____ 13. Which organelle would you expect to find in plant cells but not animal cells?
a. mitochondrion
b. ribosome
c. chloroplast
d. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
____ 14. You will NOT find a cell wall in which of these kinds of organisms?
a. plants
b. animals
c. fungi
d. bacteria
____ 15. Which of the following activities is NOT a way that unicellular organisms maintain homeostasis?
a. reproduction
b. growth
c. cell specialization
d. response to the environment
____ 16. An organ system is a group of organs that
a. are made up of similar cells.
b. are made up of similar tissues.
c. work together to perform a specific function.
d. work together to perform all the functions in a multicellular organism.
____ 17. The process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells is called
a. cell division.
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b. metaphase.
c. interphase.
d. meiosis
____ 18. An advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction is that sexual reproduction
a. takes less time
b. requires more time
c. provides genetic diversity
d. produces identical offspring
____ 19. During early development, all cells in the embryo of a multicellular organism are identical. Later on in
development, the cells will become specialized through a process called
a. apoptosis.
b. cytokinesis.
c. differentiation.
d. interphase.
____ 20. Why are stem cells important?
a. They have specialized DNA.
b. They are incapable of becoming cancer cells.
c. They have the potential to undergo cell division.
d. They have the potential to develop into other cell types.
____ 21. The different forms of a gene are called
a. traits.
b. pollinations.
c. alleles.
d. hybrids.
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____ 22. In the Punnett square shown in Figure 11–1, which of the following is true about the offspring resulting from the
cross?
a. About half are expected to be short.
b. All are expected to be short.
c. About three fourths are expected to be tall.
d. All are expected to be tall.
____ 23. Situations in which one allele for a gene is not completely dominant over another allele for that gene are called
a. multiple alleles.
b. incomplete dominance.
c. polygenic inheritance.
d. multiple genes.
____ 24. Gametes are produced by the process of
a. mitosis.
b. meiosis.
c. crossing-over.
d. replication.
____ 25. What happens when a piece of DNA is missing?
a. Genetic information is stored.
b. Genetic information is copied.
c. Genetic information is lost.
d. Genetic information is transmitted.
____ 26. Which of the following forms a base pair with thymine?
a. deoxyribose
b. adenine
c. guanine
d. cytosine
____ 27. How many chromosomes are shown in a normal human karyotype?
a. 2
b. 23
c. 44
d. 46
____ 28. Which of the following combinations of sex chromosomes represents a female?
a. XY
b. XXY
c. XXXY
d. XX
____ 29. On the Galápagos Islands, Charles Darwin observed
a. completely unrelated species on each of the islands.
b. species exactly like those found in South America.
c. species similar to mainland South American species.
d. species completely unrelated to those found in South America.
____ 30. When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is
a. natural selection.
b. artificial selection.
c. artificial variation.
d. survival of the fittest.
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____ 31. Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment
a. diversity.
b. fitness.
c. adaptation.
d. evolution.
____ 32. According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have
a. characteristics their parents acquired by use and disuse.
b. characteristics that plant and animal breeders value.
c. the greatest number of offspring.
d. variations best suited to environmental conditions.
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FCAT 8th Grade Review Test - Biology
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3.1.1 Describe the study of ecology.
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3.2.1 Define primary producers.
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3.2.1 Define primary producers.
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synthesis
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3.2.1 Define primary producers.
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3.1.3 Describe the methods used to study ecology.
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3.2.2 Describe how consumers obtain energy and nutrients.
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REF: p. 99
4.2.1 Define niche.
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4.2.4 Identify the three types of symbiotic relationships in nature.
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REF: p. 191
7.1.1 State the cell theory.
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7.1.1 State the cell theory.
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7.1.3 Distinguish between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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7.2.4 Describe the function of the chloroplasts and mitochondria in the cell.
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7.2.4 Describe the function of the chloroplasts and mitochondria in the cell.
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7.2.5 Describe the function of the cell membrane.
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7.4.1 Explain how unicellular organisms maintain homeostasis.
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7.4.2 Explain how multicellular organism maintain homeostasis.
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10.1.2 Compare asexual and sexual reproduction.
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10.1.2 Compare asexual and sexual reproduction.
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10.4.1 Describe the process of differentiation.
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10.4.2 Define stem cells and explain their importance.
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11.1.1 Describe Mendel's studies and conclusions about inheritance.
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11.2.1 Explain how geneticists use the principles of probability to make Punnett squares.
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11.3.1 Describe the other inheritance patterns.
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11.4.2 Summarize the events of meiosis.
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12.1.3 Identify the role of DNA in heredity.
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12.2.3 Describe the steps leading to the development of the double-helix model of DNA.
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14.1.1 Identify the types of human chromosomes in a karyotype.
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14.2.2 Summarize the problems caused by nondisjunction.
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16.1.2 Describe the three patterns of biodiversity noted by Darwin.
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16.2.4 Explain the role of inherited variation in artificial selection.
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16.3.1 Describe the conditions under which natural selection occurs.
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