NC Biology EOC UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - State the problem, form a hypothesis,
experiment, collect/measure data, interpret data, draw conclusions, and REPEAT
Independent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER - What I can change; x axis
Dependent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER - What I measure; y axis
Constant - CORRECT ANSWER - Things kept the same across all groups
Control (Group) - CORRECT ANSWER - Baseline measurement or standard to which
other groups are compared
Quantitative Data - CORRECT ANSWER - Generally numbers, talking about quantity
Qualitative Data - CORRECT ANSWER - Generally words, description of quality of
things
7 Characteristics of Life - CORRECT ANSWER - Synthesis, Transport, Excretion,
Regulation, Nutrition, Growth, Reproduction, and Respiration
Levels of Organization - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System,
Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, and Biosphere
Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of organisms and their interactions within an
environment
,Organism - CORRECT ANSWER - Any Living thing
Biosphere - CORRECT ANSWER - The living world
Ecosystem - CORRECT ANSWER - A self supporting area composed of living AND
nonliving things , made of abiotic and biotic factors
Abiotic Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - Nonliving parts of the environment
Biotic Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - The living parts of the environment
Community - CORRECT ANSWER - Composed of all the populations of different
organisms living together in a given area
Population - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of organisms who belong to the same
species that live in a given area
Autotrophs - CORRECT ANSWER - Use the energy in sunlight and convert water and
carbon dioxide into glucose, or food. Also known as PRODUCERS.
Chemotrophs - CORRECT ANSWER - Autotrophs that use inorganic substances to get
energy
Heterotrophs - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms that do not make their own food. Also
known as CONSUMERS.
5 Groups of Consumers - CORRECT ANSWER - Scavengers, Herbivores, Carnivores,
Omnivores, and Decomposers
, Scavengers - CORRECT ANSWER - Feed on the tissue of dead organisms
Herbivores - CORRECT ANSWER - Eat ONLY plants
Carnivores - CORRECT ANSWER - Eat ONLY meat
Omnivores - CORRECT ANSWER - Eat BOTH plants and animals
Decomposers - CORRECT ANSWER - Absorb any dead material and break it down into
simple nutrients
Transfer of Energy Law - CORRECT ANSWER - 90% of energy is lost as heat
Trophic Level - CORRECT ANSWER - Each step in the transfer of energy
Main Trophic Levels - CORRECT ANSWER - Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
Food Chain - CORRECT ANSWER - The energy flow from one trophic level to the other,
one organism at each trophic level.
Food Web - CORRECT ANSWER - When multiple food chains intertwine.
Arrow in food chain points in direction of...... - CORRECT ANSWER - Energy
Biomass - CORRECT ANSWER - The total mass of the organic matter at each trophic
level, the potential energy to be eaten and used.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - State the problem, form a hypothesis,
experiment, collect/measure data, interpret data, draw conclusions, and REPEAT
Independent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER - What I can change; x axis
Dependent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER - What I measure; y axis
Constant - CORRECT ANSWER - Things kept the same across all groups
Control (Group) - CORRECT ANSWER - Baseline measurement or standard to which
other groups are compared
Quantitative Data - CORRECT ANSWER - Generally numbers, talking about quantity
Qualitative Data - CORRECT ANSWER - Generally words, description of quality of
things
7 Characteristics of Life - CORRECT ANSWER - Synthesis, Transport, Excretion,
Regulation, Nutrition, Growth, Reproduction, and Respiration
Levels of Organization - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System,
Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, and Biosphere
Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of organisms and their interactions within an
environment
,Organism - CORRECT ANSWER - Any Living thing
Biosphere - CORRECT ANSWER - The living world
Ecosystem - CORRECT ANSWER - A self supporting area composed of living AND
nonliving things , made of abiotic and biotic factors
Abiotic Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - Nonliving parts of the environment
Biotic Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - The living parts of the environment
Community - CORRECT ANSWER - Composed of all the populations of different
organisms living together in a given area
Population - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of organisms who belong to the same
species that live in a given area
Autotrophs - CORRECT ANSWER - Use the energy in sunlight and convert water and
carbon dioxide into glucose, or food. Also known as PRODUCERS.
Chemotrophs - CORRECT ANSWER - Autotrophs that use inorganic substances to get
energy
Heterotrophs - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms that do not make their own food. Also
known as CONSUMERS.
5 Groups of Consumers - CORRECT ANSWER - Scavengers, Herbivores, Carnivores,
Omnivores, and Decomposers
, Scavengers - CORRECT ANSWER - Feed on the tissue of dead organisms
Herbivores - CORRECT ANSWER - Eat ONLY plants
Carnivores - CORRECT ANSWER - Eat ONLY meat
Omnivores - CORRECT ANSWER - Eat BOTH plants and animals
Decomposers - CORRECT ANSWER - Absorb any dead material and break it down into
simple nutrients
Transfer of Energy Law - CORRECT ANSWER - 90% of energy is lost as heat
Trophic Level - CORRECT ANSWER - Each step in the transfer of energy
Main Trophic Levels - CORRECT ANSWER - Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
Food Chain - CORRECT ANSWER - The energy flow from one trophic level to the other,
one organism at each trophic level.
Food Web - CORRECT ANSWER - When multiple food chains intertwine.
Arrow in food chain points in direction of...... - CORRECT ANSWER - Energy
Biomass - CORRECT ANSWER - The total mass of the organic matter at each trophic
level, the potential energy to be eaten and used.
