MCAS Science Review

The general name for organisms like animals and fungi that get their energy from eating other organisms.

• Producers
• Consumers
• Detritivores
• Carnivores

The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.

• revolutions
• phases
• rotations
• eclipses

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

The Earth takes about __________________ hours to complete one rotation of its axis.  

• 12
• 24
• 14
• 28

Which layer would be the oldest?

• siltstone
• sandstone
• conglomerate
• mudstone

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

• crust
• outer core
• mantle
• inner core

An organelle that contains chlorophyll which captures the sun's energy to produce glucose in a process called photosynthesis

• Chloroplast

• Cell Membrane

• Cell Wall

• Nuclear Membrane

The basic unit of structure and function in an organism.

• cell
• nucleus
• cytoplasm
• chromosomes

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

The burning of wood is a physical change

• true
• false