Gr8 Unit 3 Mid-Unit Assessment

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9 questions
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1. Ensure all tabs on your Chromebook are closed before beginning your assessment.
2. You will be given 15 minutes to complete your Unit 3 Mid-Unit Assessment.
3. Please read all questions carefully and make sure to check your work before submitting.
1. Ensure all tabs on your Chromebook are closed before beginning your assessment.
2. You will be given 15 minutes to complete your Unit 3 Mid-Unit Assessment.
3. Please read all questions carefully and make sure to check your work before submitting.
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Creatine, a popular nutritional supplement, is used to decrease fatigue by increasing ATP in muscle cells. The cell structure directly responsible for the increased production of ATP in human muscle cells is the:

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Tourists travel to the Adirondacks in the fall to see the changing colors in the leaves of the trees. The leaves turn from green to many shades of red, yellow, and orange, as the chlorophyll slowly breaks down.


A decrease in green chlorophyll in the chloroplasts will directly result in:

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Which set of terms best identifies the letters in the diagram below?

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Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below, which represents a chemical reaction that occurs in the human body, and on your knowledge of biology.


Substances X and Y are examples of which kind of molecule?

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Base your answer to the following question on the information and diagram below and on our knowledge of biology.

Two test tubes, A and B, were set up as shown in the diagram below. Bromthymol blue, which turns from blue to yellow in the presence of carbon dioxide, was added to the water at the bottom of each tube before the tubes were sealed. The tubes were maintained at the temperature shown for six days. (Average room temperature is 20 degrees Celsius).



Identify the life process responsible for the change in tube A.

Base your answers to questions 6 and 7 on the information below and on your knowledge of biology.

"Photosynthesis is a process that is important to the survival of many organisms on Earth."
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Identify two raw materials necessary for photosynthesis.

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State one reason why photosynthesis is necessary for animals to survive.

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Organisms living in a forest ecosystem rely on the Sun as a source of energy for metabolic processes. The following events occur as energy is captured by a plant and used in the metabolic processes of an herbivore.


The most likely order in which these events occur is:

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*Complete questions 9 and 10 on the separate piece of paper provided*