Sign up for FREE

Gr8 Unit 2 Mid-Unit Assessment

Last updated over 1 year ago

10 questions

Note from the author:

Instructions

Required

1

LE.S1.KI1.1b

Required

1

LE.S4.KI1.2a

Required

1

LE.S4.KI1.3a

Required

1

LE.S4.KI1.3a

Required

1

LE.S1.KI1.1b

Required

1

LE.S4.KI1.3a

Required

1

LE.S1.KI1.1a

Required

1

LE.S1.KI1.1b

Required

1

LE.S1.KI1.1b

Required

1

LE.S4.KI6.1b

Ensure all tabs on your Chromebook are closed before before beginning your assessment. 
You will be given 15 minutes to complete your Unit 2 Mid-Unit Assessment.
Please read all questions carefully and make sure to check your work before submitting. 

Ensure all tabs on your Chromebook are closed before before beginning your assessment. 
You will be given 15 minutes to complete your Unit 2 Mid-Unit Assessment.
Please read all questions carefully and make sure to check your work before submitting. 

Question 1

1.

Question 2

2.

Question 3

3.

Question 4

4.

Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below, which represents a specimen observed by a student using the low power objective (100x) of a compound light microscope.

Imagine you were trying to determine whether this object, viewed under the microscope, is living or non living. List one characteristic you would look for to make this determination.

Question 5

5.

Question 6

6.

Question 7

7.

Question 8

8.

Question 9

9.

Question 10

10.

Which instrument was used in the 18th and 19th centuries and helped scientists develop the cell theory?

Ultracentrifuge

Light microscope

Electron microscope

Micro dissecting apparatus

What is common to all cells?

All cells have a cell wall

All cells are photosynthetic

All cells divide to form new cells

All cells have a nucleus

Living organisms can best be distinguished from nonliving things by determining the presence or absence of:

Carbon atoms

Oxygen atoms

Metabolic activities

Chemical reactions

Which activity might lead to damage of a microscope and specimen?

cleaning the ocular and objectives with lens paper

focusing with low power first before moving the high power into position

using the coarse adjustment to focus the specimen under high power

adjusting the diaphragm to obtain more light under high power

The ability to grow in size is characteristic of living organisms.  Although an icicle may grow in size over time, it is considered nonliving because there is:

an increase in matter, but no increase in the number of icicles

an interaction between the icicle and the environment

no way for the icicle to move away from heat

no metabolic activity present

Base your answer to question 7 on the graph below and on your knowledge of biology. The graph shows the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration of the atmosphere since the year 1000.

What was the approximate change in CO2 level from the year 1000 to the year 2000?

an increase of 135 ppm

an increase of 95 ppm

a decrease of 135 ppm

a decrease of 95 ppm

Base your answers to question 8  on the information below and on your knowledge of biology. 

"A student designed an experiment to determine if air temperature had an effect on the rate of photosynthesis in corn plants."

Which tool is correctly paired with a procedure that could be used during this experiment?

an electronic balance to measure the volume of soil in which each corn plant is grown

a graduated cylinder to measure 30 mL of water for each plant daily

a metric ruler to determine the mass of each plant each week

a Celsius thermometer to determine the pH of the soil

Base your answers to question 9 on the information below and on your knowledge of biology.

"A student designed an experiment to determine if air temperature had an effect on the rate of photosynthesis in corn plants."

The independent variable in this experiment is the:

air temperature at which the corn plants were grown

amount of carbon dioxide used by the corn plants

volume of oxygen produced by the corn plants

number of corn plants used

Which list contains only abiotic conditions that might be found in a pond ecosystem?

temperature of the water, green plant populations, dissolved minerals in the water

temperature of the water, dissolved oxygen in the water, dissolved minerals in the water

bacteria, dissolved minerals in the water, temperature of the water

dissolved oxygen in the water, fish populations, insect populations