In the scientific name Ursus arctos (the brown bear), what does the word Ursus represent?, A. The genus name, Show hint, B. The species name, C. The family name, What is the broadest, most inclusive level of biological classification?, A. Species, B. Domain, C. Kingdom, D. Genus, Which of these objects has the most kinetic energy?, A) A car parked in a driveway, B) A car driving down the highway, C) A bicycle parked at a school, D) A person standing still, What kind of energy does a moving bicycle have, • A) Potential energy, • B) Kinetic energy, • C) Electrical energy, • D) Chemical energy, 2. Kinetic energy is best described as the energy of:, A) Position, B) Rest, C) Motion, D) Height, In a food web, what do the arrows represent?, • A) Which animal is bigger, • B) The direction that energy flows when one organism eats another, • C) The migration routes of animals, • D) Which organism is the fastest, 2. Which level of biological classification is the most specific?, • A) Kingdom, • B) Phylum, • C) Genus, • D) Species, 3. Every food chain or food web must begin with which type of organism?, • A) Apex predator, • B) Decomposer, • C) Producer (Autotroph), • D) Secondary consumer, 4. If an organism is multicellular, has a cell wall made of chitin, and absorbs nutrients from dead organic matter rather than doing photosynthesis, which Kingdom does it belong to?, • A) Plantae, • B) Fungi, • C) Animalia, • D) Protista, 5. Consider this food chain: Grass \[\rightarrow \] Grasshopper \[\rightarrow \] Frog \[\rightarrow \] Snake. What trophic level role does the frog play?, • A) Primary Consumer, • B) Producer, • C) Secondary Consumer, • D) Tertiary Consumer, Scientists use a naming system called binomial nomenclature. What two classification levels make up an organism's scientific name?, • A) Kingdom and Phylum, • B) Class and Order, • C) Family and Genus, • D) Genus and Species, In an ecosystem, a disease wipes out nearly the entire population of crickets (primary consumers). According to food web dynamics, what is the most likely immediate domino effect?, • A) The plant population will decrease sharply., • B) Predators that rely solely on crickets will experience a population decline., • C) Decomposers will stop working completely., • D) Herbivores will suddenly turn into carnivores., f you are using a dichotomous key to classify an unknown microscopic organism, which of the following pairs of traits would be the most effective first question to separate a bacterium from a protist?, • A) Whether it is microscopic or macroscopic, • B) Whether it has a defined nucleus (eukaryotic) or lacks a nucleus (prokaryotic), • C) Whether it lives in water or on land, • D) Whether it is green or brown, When energy moves from one trophic level up to the next (for example, from a rabbit to a fox), roughly how much energy is actually transferred and stored?, • A) 100%, • B) 90%, • C) 50%, • D) 10%, A roller coaster cart is rolling down a track. As it gets closer to the bottom of the hill, what happens to its energy?, • A) Its potential energy increases and its kinetic energy decreases., • B) Its potential energy decreases and its kinetic energy increases., • C) Both its potential and kinetic energy increase., • D) Both its potential and kinetic energy decrease., Two identical bricks are lifted up in the air. Brick A is lifted 2 meters high, and Brick B is lifted 5 meters high. Which statement is true?, • A) Brick A has more potential energy than Brick B., • B) Both bricks have the exact same potential energy., • C) Brick B has more potential energy than Brick A., • D) Neither brick has potential energy because they are not moving, A rock sitting perfectly still on the edge of a high cliff possesses which type of energy?, • A) Potential energy, • B) Kinetic energy, • C) Chemical energy, • D) No energy at all, Imagine a pendulum swinging back and forth. At which exact point in its swing does the pendulum have the maximum amount of kinetic energy and the minimum amount of potential energy?, • A) At the highest point on the left side of its swing., • B) At the highest point on the right side of its swing., • C) At the very bottom of its swing, when it is moving the fastest., • D) Halfway between the highest point and the bottom point., What happens to the kinetic energy of a rolling soccer ball as it slows down and eventually stops on a flat, grassy field?, A) It increases as the ball interacts with the grass., B) It stays exactly the same until the very last second., C) It decreases because the ball's speed decreases due to friction., D) It completely turns into gravitational potential energy., Where does a textbook resting on a bookshelf have the greatest gravitational potential energy relative to the floor?, A) On the highest shelf near the ceiling, B) On the middle shelf, right at eye level, C) On the bottom shelf, just above the floor, D) Lying flat directly on the floor

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