Life Science

What stores food and begins the process of breaking it down?

• Heart
• Teeth
• Stomach 
• Brain

_______  is a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body. 

• Brain
• Stomach
• Jaws
• Heart

 Verterbrate or Invertebrate

•  Verterbrate
• Invertebrate

Which of the following are only found in plant cells? 

• cell membrane  
• mitochondria 
• nucleaus
• cell wall

Which ones are singled-celled organisms?

• Goldfish
• Seaweed
• Bacteria
• Ants 

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Which of these is an inherited trait? 

• a broken wing
• knowing where to find a bird feeder
• a scar
• the shape of a birds beak 

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Which of these is an inherited trait? 

• knowing how to read
• speaking Spanish 
• being able to play the violin
• having curly hair

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Which part of a cell directs most of the cell's activities? 

• nucleus
• cytoplasm
• cell membrane
• cell wall 

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A biologist discovers a new multicellular organism. The biologist is not sure if it is a plant or an animal. She decides to look at the cells under a microscope. Which structure would best indicate that the organism is a plant?

• chloroplast
• Golgi body
• ribosome
• lysosome

The outermost part of an animal cell is the _____________. 

• cell membrane
• cell wall

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