Life Science Week 1 Review

What is the science of observing and gaining knowledge about living things?

• physical science

• life science

• earth science

• human science

Plants are like other living organisms. They can not make their own food.

• true

• false

Examine the illustration of the Pangea and continental drift. Which two continents can be clearly visualized in the boxed image?

• North America and Africa

• Antarctica and Alaska

• South America and Africa

• South America and Australia

Consider the chart of living organism traits. How many squares would we need to add if we wanted to collect data on three more organisms.

• 12 more squares

• 4 more squares

• 2 more squares

• 8 more squares

Chromista ______.

• send their energy out in pulses like a heartbeat

• are found only in the Mediterranean Ocean

• can be found in the desert

• are found in very watery environments

Symbiosis _____.

• is a process where one organism helps another organism survive

• works well for parasites

• Is a process where plants get energy from the sun

• makes one person sick and heals the other

Non-vascular plants ______.

• never have roots

• never have leaves

• never have flowers

• have only one flower

What is a taxon?

• a vehicle for organisms

• a group of animals

• a group of similar things with similar characteristics

• all of the above

How are viruses and archaea different?

• one is a plant and the other is an animal

• archaea has one cell and viruses have no cells at all

• only their names are different

• one has just one cell and the other is multi-cellular

The oldest fossils on Earth _____.

• are multi-celled

• are bacteria

• are about one million years old

• are over ten billion years old