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End of year review science 2

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 3hrs 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Is the picture a vertebrate or invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
2.
Which of the following has an exoskeleton?
a)
Foxes
b)
Birds
c)
Lobsters
d)
Fish
3.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Bird
c)
Reptile
d)
Mammal
4.
My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Mammal
c)
Reptile
d)
Amphibian
5.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
6.
My body is warm and covered in feathers.  I lay eggs which hatch into chickens.  What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Mammal
d)
Bird
7.
What has scale skin
a)
amphibians
b)
mammals
c)
birds
d)
reptiles
8.
What is the order of classification of vertebrates?  (FARBM)
a)
Fish, Alligator, Roundworm, Bird, Moose
b)
Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals
c)
Fish, Anteater, Rat, Bald Eagle, Maltese 
d)
Fish, Aardvark, Rattlesnake, Bee, Mollusk
9.
What is a vertebrate? 
a)
Animal with no back bone
b)
Animal with a nerve cord
c)
Animal with a backbone
d)
Animal with a notochord
10.
What is an invertebrate? 
a)
Animal with a backbone 
b)
Animal without a nerve cord
c)
Animal without a backbone
d)
None of the above
11.
Is this animal an invertebrate or a vertebrate?
a)
Invertebrate
b)
Vertebrate
12.
An invertebrate with a soft, unsegmented body; most are protected by a hard outer shell.
a)
mollusk
b)
arthropod
c)
cnidarian
d)
flatworm
13.
What covers a fish?
a)
water
b)
dry scales
c)
skin
d)
scales
14.
Plants that have true roots, stems and leaves are called ____.
a)
nonvascular plants
b)
vascular plants
c)
seed plants
d)
spore plants
15.
____ are plants that produce naked, or not covered, seeds.
a)
Nonvascular
b)
Vascular
c)
Gymnosperms
d)
Angiosperms
16.
The main function of the leaves of a plants is....
a)
carry out photosynthesis
b)
support the plant
c)
get water to all plant parts
d)
anchor the plant
17.
The two groups of seed plants are....
a)
angiosperms and gymnosperms
b)
vascular and nonvascular
c)
spores and seeds
d)
short and tall
18.
___ is the process in which plants make food.
a)
reproduction
b)
fertilization
c)
photosynthesis
d)
binary fission
19.
Seedless plants reproduce with ___.
a)
spores
b)
seeds
c)
binary fission
d)
flowers
20.
One function of roots is....
a)
transport food
b)
anchor plant
c)
carry out photosynthesis
d)
gas exchange
21.
The green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plant cells is called ____.
a)
chloroplast
b)
chlorophyll
c)
cell wall
d)
vacuole
22.
Vascular seed plants that produce covered seeds are called....
a)
gymnosperms
b)
angiosperms
c)
sporophytes
d)
gametophytes
23.
The ____ stores water and keeps plant cells firm.
a)
cell wall
b)
large vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
24.
This is a _____ plant.
a)
gymnosperm
b)
vascular
c)
nonvascular
d)
not enough information to tell
25.
This is a ____ plant.
a)
gymnosperm
b)
angiosperm
c)
vascular
d)
nonvascular
26.
The transfer of pollen from one plant to another plant is called?
a)
Seed transfer
b)
Mating
c)
Pollination
d)
Flowering
27.
A group of science students were asked to draw pictures of animals they observed on a field trip to a zoo.
In which group would all these animals be classified?
a)
fish because they all need water
b)
mammals because they all have legs
c)
amphibia because they all have scales
d)
vertebrates because they all have backbones
28.
Mrs. Neal asked her students to draw pictures of invertebrates. Which students correctly identified invertebrates?
a)
Students A and C because both organisms live in water
b)
Students B and D because both organisms live on land
c)
Students B and C because both organisms lack backbones
d)
Students A and D, because both organisms have backbones
29.
A teacher showed her students a picture of a tree that dos not lose all its leaves every year.
How should the tree be classified?
a)
flowering
b)
fruit bearing
c)
non-flowering
d)
non-seed bearing
30.
Plants are classified by whether they are :
a)
vertebrates/ invertebrates
b)

uni-cellular/
multi-cellular
c)
vascular/non-vascular
d)
warm-blooded/cold-blooded
31.
Which animals are NOT vertebrates?
a)
reptiles
b)
mammals
c)
amphibians
d)
insects
32.
Vertebrates are sorted into five groups:
a)
Mollusks, annelids, arthropods, echinoderms, insects
b)
Fish, animal, reptile, mammal, bird
c)
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus
d)
Animal, plant, protest, bacteria, fungus
33.
The largest group of invertebrates are:
a)
mollusks
b)
arthropods
c)
echinoderms
d)
annelids
34.
_____________ plants do not have true roots but absorb water and nutrients from their surroundings.
a)
vascular
b)
nonvascular
c)
conifer
d)
angiosperm
35.
Which of these is a correct definition for a gene?
a)
a single cell organism
b)
something you wear on your legs
c)
non-hereditary traits such as learned behaviors
d)
a hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA
36.
Acquired behavioral traits such as learning to ride a bike, or birds learning to fly are called:
a)
instincts
b)
learned behaviors
37.
Traits are affected by how an organism interacts with :
a)
it's parents
b)
it's siblings
c)
it's environment
d)
it's food
38.
Heredity, is the passing down of _______ traits from parents to offspring.
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
c)
inherited
d)
acquired
39.
Adam can roll his tongue. His younger brother Lee cannot. Which statement explains why?
a)
Adam can do it because he is older.
b)
Adam has a dominant factor for tongue-rolling.
c)
Lee can't because he hasn't practiced enough yet.
d)
Lee has a dominant and recessive factor for tongue-rolling.
40.
He is known as the father of modern day genetics.
a)
Gregory Mendel
b)
Greg Mendel
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Grace Mendel
41.
The expressed form of a trait.
a)
homozygous
b)
heterozygous
c)
recessive 
d)
dominant
42.
This is not expressed when the dominant  form of the trait is present. 
a)
recessive 
b)
dominant
c)
homozygous
d)
heterozygous
43.
This scientist discovered and named the cell.
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Goldberg
d)
Mathias Schleiden
44.
Cells work together to make the following.
a)
tissues
b)
organs
c)
organ systems
d)
organism
45.
Organs work together to make the following.
a)
cells
b)
organs
c)
organ systems
d)
organism
46.
This type of cell needs a cell wall and chloroplasts
a)
Plant cell
b)
Animal Cell
c)
Bacteria
47.
This type of cell has no nucleus, but it has a cell wall and ribosomes, but no other organelles.
a)
Plant cells
b)
Animals Cells
c)
Bacteria
48.
The powerhouse of the cell is the...It converts energy from food into energy the cell can use
a)
Mitochondrion
b)
Golgi body
c)
Nucleus
d)
Ribosomes
49.
This organelle is in both plants and animals. It is a barrier between the cell and the environment.  It controls what goes in and out of a cell.
a)
cell wall
b)
cell membrane
c)
cell organelles
d)
mitochondria
50.
This cell part is in ALL cells. It is the gel-like substance that provides cell shape.
a)
Chloroplasts
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Mitochondria
51.
This structure is a storage area for the cell. Plants usually have one large one.
a)
Lysosome
b)
Vacuole
c)
Ribosome
d)
Golgi Body
52.
Tiny cell structures that carry out specific functions within the cell.
a)
membranes
b)
nucleus
c)
organelles
d)
animalicules
53.
What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus?
a)
ER
b)
ATP
c)
YOLO
d)
DNA
54.
What is the main function of the cell membrane?
a)
Digestion
b)
Storage
c)
Protecitve Barrier
d)
INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE!
55.
I am only found in a plant cell. What am I?
a)
cell wall
b)
mitochondria
c)
cytoplasm
d)
chloroplast
56.
The levels of organization in an organism go in which order: from smallest to largest.
a)
Cell, Tissue, Organ System, Organ
b)
Cell, Organ, Tissue, Organ System
c)
Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cell
d)
Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System
57.
All living things are made up of...
a)
cells
b)
cell tissues
c)
organ
d)
organ systems
58.
What does this structure do?
a)
supports the cell
b)
cell's control center
c)
converts energy to food
d)
makes proteins
59.
Why are bacteria necessary to life?
a)
used in nitrogen fixation
b)
they are decomposers
c)
they help human digestion
d)
all of these
60.
In order for pea plants to be short, two factors must be present.  What types of factors are these?
a)
genes
b)
chromosomes
c)
dominant
d)
recessive
61.
What kind of microorganism turns milk into yogurt?
a)
yeast
b)
algae
c)
bacteria
d)
phytoplankton
62.
What kind of microorganism makes penicillin?
a)
bacteria
b)
protist
c)
mold 
d)
algae
63.
Which type of microorganism rots wood, spoils food, and causes skin diseases such as ringworm and athletes foot?
a)
bacteria
b)
protists
c)
protozoans
d)
fungi
64.
What is another name for inherited behaviors?
a)
recessive traits
b)
chromosomes
c)
instincts
d)
factors
65.
Mold is a type of what?
a)
Fungus
b)
lartangia
c)
kelp
d)
fish
66.
What important material is contained within organelle X?
a)
cellulose
b)
chlorophyll
c)
chromosomes
d)
cytoplasm
67.
Which instrument would you use to study microorganisms?
a)
thermometer
b)
microscope
c)
telescope
d)
kaleidoscope