Biology STAAR Prep

What organs are part of the digestive system?

• heart

• skin

• brain

• intestines/stomach

Which is part of the endocrine system?

• brain

• muscles

• mouth

• hormones

A segment of DNA is shown. Which is the part labeled X?

• nucleotide

• phosphate group

• hydrogen bond

• deoxyribose

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What are genes?

• DNA

• ATP

• ABC

• DTA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Match the following words with their definitions.

• complex organisms

• ATP

• water moving

• prokaryote

• changes that increase survival

• osmosis

• simple organisms

• eukaryote

• energy source

• adaptations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What organs are in the nervous system?

• skin

• brain

• muscles

• heart

In which phase of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?

• Mitosis

• G1 phase

• G2 phase

• S phase

Adaptations that result from natural selection are expected to increase the fitness of an organism. In terms of natural selection, what is fitness?

• being able to escape from predators

• being among the strongest organisms in a population

• being able to survive, find a mate, and produce offspring

• being able to survive long enough to reach an adult age

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What phase is this cell in?

• Cytokinesis

• Mitosis

• Prophase

• Metaphase

In mitosis, the two resulting cells are

• different from the starting cell and identical to each other.

• different from the starting cell and different from each other.

• identical to the starting cell and different from each other.

• identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.