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ATHS-Grade10 BIO50A - Biology ATHS - Abu Dhabi - Baniyas

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ATHS-T1-EoT-BIO50A Final 72 mins, 44 secs 98/100

Q.1: The process in the carbon cycle where animals release carbon dioxide into the air is Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

called________.

a. cellular respiration

b. transpiration

c. photosynthesis

d. decomposition

Q.2: Similar structures that are shared by related species and have been inherited from Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

common ancestors are called ______________.

a. analogous structures

b. identical structures

c. vestigial structures

d. homologous structures
Q.3: What type of succession is shown in the figure? Give an example of a disturbance that could Mark(s): 3/3

cause this type of succession.

Guidelines:
Primary succession (2 marks)
A volcanic eruption or glacial retreat. Accept any example of
primary succession causing disturbances (1 mark)

Student Response: A A

Primary succession, caused by volcanic eruption or

glaciar retreat.

Instructor Comments:

Q.4: The scientist who proposed that Earth was shaped by geological forces over time and that Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

Earth is millions of years old is called_____________.

a. Charles Darwin

b. Thomas Malthus

c. James Hutton

d. Charles Lyell
Q.5: According to the Hardy-Weinberg principle, which conditions is/are required to maintain Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

genetic equilibrium?

I. The population must be very large

II. There must be randomly mating
III. Natural selection is a must

a. I only

b. I and II only

c. II and III only

d. I, II and III

Q.6: Which type of natural selection is illustrated in the diagram? Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

a. Stabilizing selection

b. Disruptive selection

c. Directional selection

d. Artificial selection
Q.7: Which of the following represents the type of succession that occurs after a disturbance Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

where no soil was left?

a. Primary succession

b. Secondary succession

c. Tertiary succession

d. Variable succession

Q.8: Which of the following are two human activities that contribute the most to global Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

warming?

a. Mining and vehicle exhausts

b. Deforestation and agriculture

c. Burning fossil fuels and deforestation

d. Burning fossil fuels and agriculture

Q.9: Which of the following describes primary succession, but NOT secondary succession? Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

a. Small trees and shrubs replace grasses and other small plants

b. Large trees replace small trees and shrubs

c. The process often begins on lifeless, barren rocks that form from a volcanic eruption

d. The process often begins after a human disturbance, such as clear-cutting a forest
Q.10: When a population grows more than the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

the population?

a. The population continues to grow

b. The population starts to die off to return to carrying capacity

c. The population will go extinct due to lack of resources

d. The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

Q.11: If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths, and the Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

immigration rate is higher than the emigration rate, then the growth of the population

will_______________.

a. stay the same

b. increase

c. decrease

d. fluctuate

Q.12: A group of students is developing models of the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle. Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

How should cellular respiration be included in these models?

a. Cellular respiration should be included in both cycles because all organisms, including nitrogen-fixing bacteria,
perform cellular respiration

b. Cellular respiration should be included in both cycles because it involves compounds of carbon and nitrogen
combining with oxygen to release energy

c. Cellular respiration should be included in the carbon cycle only because the process transfers carbon from the
biosphere to the atmosphere

d. Cellular respiration should not be included in either cycle because cellular respiration involves oxygen, not carbon
or nitrogen
Q.13: Examples of density-dependent limiting factors include___________. Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

a. earthquaks

b. storms

c. parasitism and diseases

d. floods

Q.14: ______________ describes how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

environment.

a. Adaptation

b. Natural selection

c. Fitness

d. Artificial selection

Q.15: Which of the following BEST describes the flow of energy through a food chain? Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

a. Energy flows between primary producers and consumers, in either direction

b. Energy flows from consumers to primary producers, in one direction only

c. Energy flows from primary producers to consumers, in one direction only

d. Energy flows between primary producers and consumers, in an endless cycle

Q.16: Which of the following could be a solution to help reverse the loss of biodiversity? Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

a. Habitat fragmentation

b. Reducing the size of the ozone layer

c. Expanding the use of monocultures

d. Reforestation

Q.17: Darwin’s theory of evolution offers a scientific explanation for_______________. Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

a. how genetic information is inherited

b. the age of Earth

c. human effects on biodiversity

d. changes in species over time

Q.18: Which of the following is correct about the sparrows in the given pyramid of numbers? Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

a. Energy flows from the sparrow to all other levels

b. Sparrows have more energy than snails

c. Sparrows are the primary producers in this ecosystem

d. Some energy is lost from the sparrows when eaten by the falcon
Q.19: Describe how are the structures illustrated can be compared in an evolutionary way. Mark(s): 2/4

Guidelines:
Homologous structures (2 marks), similar structures with
different functions that are shared by related species and have
been inherited from a common ancestor (2 marks)

Student Response: A A

They have similar structures which means they are related

to each other because they have a common ancestor that
they inherited these structures from.

Instructor Comments:

Q.20: The wings of ostriches are examples of vestigial structures. The wings provide evidence Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

for which of these evolutionary relationships?

a. A new bird species that has useful wings will evolve from ostriches

b. The most recent ancestor of ostriches had homologous structures

c. A new bird species without wings will evolve from ostriches

d. The ancestor of ostriches had useful wings

Q.21: An elephant has a long, powerful trunk. According to the ideas of Lamarck, how did the Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

trait of long, powerful trunks develop in elephants?

a. Suddenly, after one elephant was born with a long, powerful trunk

b. Suddenly, after one elephant developed a long, powerful trunk as it grew

c. Gradually, as elephants began mating with animals of other species that had long trunks

d. Gradually, as generations of elephants continued to selectively use and develop their trunks

Q.22: On Darwin’s voyage, he observed ostriches and rheas living on grasslands on separate Mark(s): 4.5/4.5

continents. These two types of birds are similar, but not identical. How did Darwin apply these

observations?

a. He tested the birds to see if each would survive in the other’s environment

b. He developed hypotheses using natural selection to explain the distribution and differences of the birds

c. He concluded that one of the birds must have evolved from the other bird

d. He used DNA sequences to create a phylogeny of the bird species

Q.23: Name and describe the growth rate in graph B. Mark(s): 3/3

Guidelines:
Logistic growth (1 mark).
When the population size reaches the maximum number of
individuals that the ecosystem can support regarding food
resources, space, protection, and waste elimination (1 mark), the
population growth rate slows down and it becomes constant
(carrying capacity) (1 mark)

Student Response: A A

Logestic curve, at the begining the population was rapidly

increasing, then over time the population began to
increase slowly then the population stopped increasing
because it reached the carrying capacity.

Instructor Comments: