SUPPLEMENTAL SCIENCE

LONG QUIZ
GRADE 9

Name: ___________________________________________ Nickname: ________

I. Multiple Choice Questions: Shade the letter on your answer sheet which
corresponds to the correct answer. If answer is not on the choices, shade letter E.

1. How is an ecosystem classified?

A. Homeostasis
B. Equilibrium and Ecology
C. Biotic system
D. All of the Above

2. In an ecosystem, what do abiotic components refer to?

A. Herbivores
B. Living organisms
C. Non-living factors
D. Predators

3. Which of the following is NOT a component of an ecosystem?

A. Plants
B. Animals
C. Rocks
D. Clouds

4. What is the role of energy in an ecosystem?

A. To maintain the temperature
B. To create new species
C. To flow throughout the boundaries
D. To provide food for animals

5. What are the two main components of an ecosystem's structure?

A. Clouds and rain
B. Rocks and minerals
C. Biotic and abiotic components
D. Plants and animals

6. What is an ecosystem?
A. A group of animals living together
B. A laboratory for studying plants
 C. A structural and functional unit of ecology
D. A type of weather pattern

7. What is the main function of an ecosystem?

A. To maintain a stable climate
B. To provide shelter for animals
C. To interact with the environment
D. To create new species

8. How are biotic and abiotic components related in an ecosystem?

A. They are in constant conflict
B. They are interrelated
C. They are completely separate
D. They have no relationship

9. What characterizes the structure of an ecosystem?

A. The size of the ecosystem
B. The organization of biotic and abiotic components
C. The number of species present
D. The color of the sky

10. Which organisms can produce food through photosynthesis?

A. Producers
B. Tertiary Consumers
C. Primary Consumers
D. Secondary Consumers

11. Which organisms help in the synthesis of organic components in an ecosystem?

A. Ecosystem
B. Decomposers
C. Consumers
D. Producers

12. What do primary consumers rely on for food?

A. Decomposers
B. Producers
C. Secondary Consumers
D. Tertiary Consumers

13. What maintains a balance among the various trophic levels in an ecosystem?
A. Producers
B. Consumers
C. Decomposers
D. Ecosystem

14. Which components are considered abiotic in an ecosystem?

 A. Plants, Animals, Fungi
B. Air, Water, Soil
C. Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
D. Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores

15. Which consumers depend on primary consumers for energy?

A. Tertiary Consumers
B. Secondary Consumers
C. Decomposers
D. Producers

16. What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

A. Produce food through photosynthesis
B. Recycle nutrients from dead organic matter
C. Depend on producers for food
D. Prey on tertiary consumers

17. What is responsible for the cycling of nutrients between biotic and abiotic
components in an ecosystem?
A. Ecosystem
B. Consumers
C. Producers
D. Decomposers

11. What is the role of stomata in photosynthesis?

A. Absorb water
B. Absorb carbon dioxide
C. Absorb sunlight
D. Absorb nutrients

12. What is the main source of light energy for photosynthesis?

a. Fire
b. Sun
c. Stars
d. Moon

13. Where does photosynthesis primarily take place in green plants?

a. Leaves
b. Flowers
c. Stems
d. Roots

14. What is the byproduct of photosynthesis?

a. Water
b. Oxygen
c. Carbon Dioxide
 d. Glucose

15. How is food transported within a plant after photosynthesis?

a. Through leaves
b. Through roots
c. Through phloem
d. Through xylem

16. Which pigment traps the energy of sunlight in green plants?

a. Carotene
b. Chlorophyll
c. Hemoglobin
d. Melanin

17. What are the raw materials required for photosynthesis?

a. Hydrogen, Carbon Monoxide, Sunlight, Chloroplast
b. Oxygen, Water, Soil, Stomata
c. Carbon Dioxide, Water, Light, Chlorophyll
d. Nitrogen, Oxygen, Sunlight, Chlorophyll

18. How is water transported from the roots to the leaves in green plants?
a. Through roots
b. Through leaves
c. Through flowers
d. Through stems

19. What is the chemical reaction that produces carbohydrates like glucose during
photosynthesis?
a. Combination of Carbon Dioxide and Water
b. Combination of Water and Carbon Monoxide
c. Combination of Oxygen and Nitrogen
d. Combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen

20. How do green plants absorb water?

a. Through leaves
b. Through flowers
c. Through roots
d. Through stems

21. What is the term for the movement of plants in response to light?
a. Phototropism
b. Tropism
c. Chemotropism
d. Hydrotropism

22. Which type of tropism is shown by plants in response to water?

 a. Phototropism
b. Geotropism
c. Hydrotropism
d. Chemotropism

23. Which type of tropism refers to the movement of plants in response to gravity?
a. Phototropism
b. Geotropism
c. Hydrotropism
d. Chemotropism

24. What is the term for a plant's biological ability to move in response to external
stimuli?
a. Phototropism
b. Tropism
c. Hydrotropism
d. Chemotropism

25. Which type of tropism refers to the movement of plants in response to light?
a. Geotropism
b. Phototropism
c. Hydrotropism
d. Chemotropism

26. Which type of tropism is shown by plants in response to chemicals?

a. Hydrotropism
b. Geotropism
c. Phototropism
d. Chemotropism

27. What is the term for the movement of plants in response to gravity?
a. Geotropism
b. Phototropism
c. Hydrotropism
d. Chemotropism
28. What creates a magnetic field around the earth?
a. Crust
b. Inner Core
c. Outer Core
d. Mantle

29. What is the outer layer of the earth called?

a. Mantle
b. Inner Core
c. Crust
d. Outer Core
30. What may occur when tectonic plates bump up against each other?
a. Volcanic eruption
b. Earthquake
c. Hurricane
d. Tsunami

31. What happens when a plant is only partially fertilized?

a. It produces more seeds
b. It does not reproduce at all
c. It grows taller
d. The fruit and/or seeds do not fully develop

32. Which of the following is NOT a common pollinator?

a. Birds
b. Bees
c. Dogs
d. Butterflies

33. What is the process called when a pollen tube forms on the sticky surface of the
stigma and grows down into the ovule of the plant?
a. Fertilization
b. Photosynthesis
c. Pollination
d. Germination

34. What are the tools that plants use to make their seeds?
a. Roots
b. Flowers
c. Stems
d. Leaves

35. What is the term for a plant that needs a vector to get the pollen to another flower of
the same species?
a. Self-pollinating
b. Insect-pollinating
c. Cross-pollinating
d. Wind-pollinating

36. What is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the
female stigma called?
a. Photosynthesis
b. Germination
c. Fertilization
d. Pollination
37. Which type of plant can fertilize itself?
a. Self-pollinating
b. Cross-pollinating
c. Wind-pollinating
d. Insect-pollinating

38. What is the term for a population of individuals capable of interbreeding freely with
one another?
a. Genus
b. Species
c. Family
d. Community

39. Which of the following is NOT a vector that can move pollen from one flower to
another?
a. Wind
b. Insects
c. Water
d. Sunlight

40. What is the main goal of every living organism, including plants, in relation to
pollination?
a. To attract pollinators
b. To produce oxygen
c. To make seeds
d. To create offspring for the next generation

41. What is the study of macroscopic properties, atomic properties, and phenomena in
chemical systems?
a. Inorganic chemistry
b. Organic chemistry
c. Physical chemistry
d. Analytical chemistry

42. Which area of chemistry deals with chemicals not primarily based on carbon and is
commonly found in rocks and minerals?
a. Organic chemistry
b. Physical chemistry
c. Inorganic chemistry
d. Analytical chemistry

43. What is the study of chemicals containing carbon?

a. Physical chemistry
 b. Organic chemistry
c. Inorganic chemistry
d. Analytical chemistry

44. What is the study of chemical processes that occur in living things?
a. Biochemistry
b. Inorganic chemistry
c. Organic chemistry
d. Physical chemistry

45. Which area of chemistry focuses on the composition of matter and identifying
chemicals in samples?
a. Analytical chemistry
b. Inorganic chemistry
c. Organic chemistry
d. Physical chemistry

46. What is a physical change?

A. A change in composition of matter
B. A change in state of matter
C. A change to a sample of matter in which some properties change but the identity
of the matter does not
D. A change in temperature of matter

47. What happens to the composition of matter during a physical change?

a. It disappears
b. It becomes invisible
c. It remains the same
d. It changes completely

48. Which of the following is an example of a reversible physical change?

a. Dissolving salt in water
b. Melting ice
c. Rusting iron
d. Burning wood

49. Which of the following is an example of a change of state in physical changes?

a. Burning paper
b. Freezing water into ice
c. Mixing sugar in water
d. Cutting a piece of wood

50. What is the process of regaining the original material after a physical change?
a. Boiling off water
b. Condensation
c. Sublimation
d. Evaporation