BIOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2010

TEST DATE: Wednesday, June 16th

PART I: MULTIPLE CHOICE

Unit / Chapters / # of Questions / Total # Questions for Unit / Percentage of test by Unit
Microbes, Protists and Fungi / 23: Bacteria / 8 / 19 / 15%
24: Viruses / 6
25: Protists / 2
26: Fungi / 3
Invertebrates / 32: Intro to Animals / 4 / 16 / 13%
33: Sponges & Cnidarians / 3
34: Flatworms & Roundworms / 1
35: Mollusks & Annelids / 3
36: Arthropods / 3
37: Insects / 2
Vertebrates / 39: Fish / 2 / 11 / 9%
40: Amphibians / 2
41: Reptiles / 1
42: Birds / 2
43: Mammals / 4
Plants / 28: Evolution and Classification / 5 / 13 / 10%
29: Plant Structure & Function / 3
30: Plant Reproduction / 5
Human Biology / 45: Skeletal, Muscular, & Integumentary / 18 / 40 / 32%
46: Circulatory & Respiratory / 10
48: Digestive & Excretory / 7
49: Nervous / 5
Ecology / 18: Intro to Ecology / 10 / 26 / 21%
19: Populations / 6
20: Communities / 6
21: Ecosystems / 4

125 Total

PART II: FREE RESPONSE There will be FIVE free response questions, similar in format to what you might see next year on the PSSA Science assessment. Topics for these questions are bacteria, digestion, excretion, respiration & populations.

NAME ______PERIOD ______

EXAM REVIEW PACKET

OVERVIEW OF THE KINGDOMS

KINGDOM / PROKARYOTIC OR EUKARYOTIC? / HETEROTROPHS OR AUTOTROPHS? / UNICELLULAR OR MULTICELLULAR / CELL WALL PRESENT?
Bacteria/Archaea
Protists
Fungi
Plants
Animals

UNIT REVIEW QUESTIONS

MICROBES, PROTISTS & FUNGI

1. What are the earliest known group of living organisms? ______

2. Name three structures that are found in eukaryotic cells but not prokaryotic cells:

______

3. Draw and identify the three shapes of bacteria:

4. What are archaea? Where do they live?

5. What do bacteria use to move? ______

6. What are the parts of a virus?

7. Draw a bacteriophage and label its parts.

8. When a bacteriophage infects a bacterium, the viral ______enters into the bacterial cell, while the ______stays outside of the cell.

9. What happens to the viral DNA in the lytic cycle? The lysogenic?

10. Are viruses considered living or non-living? Explain.

11. Why do we study viruses?

12. What is a pathogen?

13. ______is a process in which two paramecia exchange pieces of genetic material following meiosis.

14. What makes Euglena different from other protists?

15. Draw a mushroom and label its parts:

16. Relate the terms hyphae and mycelium:

17. What is a lichen?

INVERTEBRATES

18. Which type of symmetry does each of the following animals display?

______symmetry ______symmetry

19. Complete the following chart:

Structure / Function / Found in which group of animals?
Cnidocytes
radula

20. What are three characteristics shared by all chordates at some point in their development?

______

21. How do sponges obtain food?

22. What is another term for segmented worms? ______Roundworms? ______

23. Which 2 phyla of invertebrates show segmented body plans?

______& ______

24. Label the 3 body segments of the insect below:

25. What class do spiders & scorpions belong to? ______

26. Lobsters have jointed appendages, which puts them in the phylum ______.

VERTEBRATES

27. List the classes of vertebrates and their major characteristics in the table below:

Class / # Heart Chambers / Other Major Characteristics
Agnatha
Chondrichtheyes
Osteichthyes
Ampibians
Reptiles
Aves
Mammals

28. The structure that covers and protects gills of a fish is called the ______.

29. Where must frogs and toads return to reproduce? ______

30. Compare the skin of an amphibian and a reptile:

31. Compare the following terms: oviparous, marsupial,& placental mammals:

PLANTS

Terms to know:

Cuticle -

Germination -

Pollination -

Fertilization -

32. What were some challenges faced by early land plants?

33. Compare the following pairs of terms:

Vascular vs Non-vascular

Gymnosperm vs Angiosperm

Xylem vs Phloem

34. Label and describe the function of the following parts indicated on the diagrams below:

HUMAN BIOLOGY

35. Fill in the blanks which list the hierarchy of organization in the body:

Cells à ______à ______à ______à organism

36. Fill in the chart below that compares types of body tissues:

Tissue / Characteristics / Where Found/Examples
Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nervous

37. Which body cavity are the lungs located in? ______

38. Compare axial to appendicular skeleton:

39. What part of the skeleton protects the heart and lungs? ______

40. What are the bones of a fetus made of? ______

41. Ligaments attach ______to ______

Tendons attach ______to ______

42. The point where two or more bones meet is called a ______. The hips and shoulders are types of ______joints.

43. What are the three types of muscle tissue and where is each found?

44. What three places is keratin found?

______& ______

45. Compare dermis and epidermis & then label both on diagram below:

46. What is acne?

47. The heart and blood vessels make up the ______system.

48. Veins carry blood ______the heart and have ______. Arteries carry blood ______from the heart. ______are the smallest blood vessels.

49. List the three types of blood cells and their functions:

50. Using the heart diagram below, ONLY label the four chambers, aorta and both vena cava’s:

51. Where does gas exchange between circulatory and respiratory systems occur? ______

52. When you swallow, the ______prevents food from entering your pharynx & trachea.

53. Fill in the blanks listing the passageway of air in the respiratory system:

Nose or mouth à ______à ______à trachea à ______à ______à alveoli

54. Label the following diagram of the digestive system:

55. Where does nearly all absorption of nutrients occur? ______

56. Complete the following chart concerning nutrient digestion:

Nutrient / Where chemical digestion begins / Where chemical digestion ends
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids (Fats)

57. Wavelike contractions of smooth muscle that propel food along the digestive system is called ______.

58. Bile is made in the ______, stored in the ______and serves to break down ______into smaller fragments.

59. What is a function of both the digestive and excretory systems? ______

60. DON’T GET THESE CONFUSED! :

The basic functional unit of the kidney is the ______while the basic functional unit of the nervous system is the ______.

61. Of the following list of substances, cross out the three that are found in blood but not normally in urine:

Water, blood cells, proteins, hormones, amino acids, urea, glucose sodium, other ions

62. Label the following brain diagram with its three major parts:

63. The central nervous system is composed of the ______and ______.

64. Sensory neurons carry messages from the ______to the ______, while motor neurons carry messages from the ______to the ______.

65. The part of a neuron that receives impulses is the ______and the part that sends impulses are the ______.

ECOLOGY

Terms to know:

Ecosystem –

Community –

Population –

Habitat –

Niche –

Producers –

Consumers –

Herbivores –

Carnivores –

Omnivores –

Competition –

Food Web -

Symbiotic relationships –

Mutualism –

Commensalism –

Parasitism –

Succession –

Primary succession –

Secondary succession –

Biome -

66. Going from one trophic level to the next, the number of organisms ______and the amount of usable energy ______.

67. ______is a process that occurs in the photic zone but not in the aphotic zone.

68. List the stages of the water cycle:

69. Label each of the following types of growth curves, and explain what is happening in each:

______growth curve

Explanation:

______growth curve

Explanation:

70. Complete the following chart:

Biome / Temperature Range / Predominant Plant Species / Predominant Animal Species
Tropical Forest
Temperate Forest
Taiga
Desert
Temperate Grassland
Savanna
Tundra