Life Science Final Exam Fall 24

True or False: You are a living organism.

• True

• False

True or False: Biology is the study of life

• True

• False

What is the term that describes the following situation? Your mom is cooking cookies in the kitchen but you can smell them on the other side of the house.

• Osmosis
• Homeostasis
• Diffusion
• Hypotonic

True or False: Nerve cells do not touch. The gap between nerve cells is called the synapse.

• True
• False

The below image is a clownfish (which are not funny and do not tell good jokes). The Clownfish is protected by the Sea Anemone but the Sea Anemone is not affected. What type of symbiosis would this be called?

• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Competition

What terms goes with an organism that only eats producers?

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Detritivore
• Omnivore

Below their is a tick attached near a dogs eye. What kind of relationship is between the dog and a tick?

• Parasitism
• Homeostasis
• Mutualism
• Commensalism

The following image shows how sickle-cell anemia affects a human. Sickle cell affects the red blood cells not to be made correctly which leads to clumping of cells in arteries. Choose the following word why someone would have Sickle cell anemia because it is inherited from their parents?

• Genetic disorder passed down from mother and father.
• A person developed sickle cell from their environment.
• They caught the disorder from drinking after a friend.

What is Charles Darwin known for?

• Charles Darwin was a physicist that discovered the atom.
• Charles Darwin developed the concept of Natural Selection throughout his journey as a naturalist.
• Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Island and on his vacation developed his theory of evolution.

True or False: Selective breeding is a process where humans influence the traits of future generations of animals.

• True

• False