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Science Concepts and Evidence

Grade 9 · On-level practice · 8 questions · Version PG-1JSUBUZ-DMI8

1.

What is the role of enzymes?A. DNA B. They speed reactions by lowering activation energy C. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment D. It is expressed in the phenotype

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What is evolution?A. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment B. Net movement from higher to lower concentration C. Change in inherited population traits over generations D. DNA

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What is mitosis used for?A. It is expressed in the phenotype B. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment C. Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction D. Mitochondria

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What does a dominant allele do in a heterozygote?A. Mitochondria B. They speed reactions by lowering activation energy C. It is expressed in the phenotype D. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment

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What is an ecosystem?A. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment B. They speed reactions by lowering activation energy C. DNA D. Change in inherited population traits over generations

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What molecule stores hereditary information?A. DNA B. Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction C. Mitochondria D. Change in inherited population traits over generations

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What is diffusion?A. Net movement from higher to lower concentration B. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment C. Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction D. Change in inherited population traits over generations

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What organelle produces most cellular ATP?A. DNA B. Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction C. Mitochondria D. Net movement from higher to lower concentration

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  1. What is the role of enzymes?They speed reactions by lowering activation energy
  2. What is evolution?Change in inherited population traits over generations
  3. What is mitosis used for?Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction
  4. What does a dominant allele do in a heterozygote?It is expressed in the phenotype
  5. What is an ecosystem?Organisms interacting with each other and their environment
  6. What molecule stores hereditary information?DNA
  7. What is diffusion?Net movement from higher to lower concentration
  8. What organelle produces most cellular ATP?Mitochondria

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