Practice Test

Which of the following is ALWAYS true about living organisms?

• All living organism contain more than one type of cell.

• All living organisms have cell walls.

• All living organisms can be seen without using a microscope.

• All living organisms are made up of cells.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Goal, the question that you want to answer

• Investigation

• Intellectual honesty

• Standard of comparison

• Purpose of investigation

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What organ system is being shown?

• respiratory system

• excretory system

• circulatory system

• nervous system

Which of the following shows the correct order, from smallest to largest, for the levels of organization?

• cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, atom, molecule, organelle

• atom, organ, cell, molecule, organelle, tissue, organ system, organism

• atom, molecule, organ, cell, tissue, organelle, organ system, organism

• atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

The smallest structural and functional unit that can be said to be alive

• pathogen

• Virus

• Cell

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause a disease

• Virus

• Cell

• Pathogen

Protein-coated genetic material capable of infecting living things (is not a cell)

• Pathogen

• Virus

• Cell

Requires a microscope to be seen

• Microscope

• Scale

• Microscopic

• Ambiguity

Unclear, can be interpreted multiple ways

• Microscopic

• Ambiguity

• Microscope

• Scale

Order of measurements and size (like magnifications of microscopes)

• Microscope

• Microscopic

• Ambiguity

• Scale