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Semester Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
what is one thing that all living things have in common?
a)
all living things are humans
b)
all living things sleep in a bed
c)
all living things are made up of cells
d)
all living things can swim
2.
What is a cell?
a)
The smallest, most basic unit of life
b)
The largest, most complex unit of life
c)
An organ that is part of the brain
d)
A germ that spreads like a disease
3.
What is the cell theory?
a)
There is no cell theory
b)
1. All cells never last 2. Cells are germs 3. Every single cell does not come from the body
c)
1.All living things are made of cells 2. Cells are the basic unit of life 3. All cells come from pre-existing cells
4.
According to the cell theory, what is a characteristic shared by all organisms?
a)
All cells are bigger than the human body
b)
All living things are made of cells.
c)
All cells are only in butterflies
d)
Humans only have cells.
5.
Where do all cells come from?
a)
Dogs.
b)
Spiders.
c)
The heart.
d)
Pre-existing cells.
6.
How do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ?
a)
Prokaryotic cells don't have a nucleus, while eukaryotic cells do
b)
Prokaryotic cells have a nucleus, while eukaryotic doesn't
7.
What is an organelle?
a)
A large piece of candy
b)
Part of a cell that carries out the function of a cell
c)
The term for the nucleus
8.
What organelles are in plant cells and what do they do for the cell?
a)
Everything!
b)
Cell wall, cell membrane
c)
Vacuole, cell wall, and nucleus
9.
what cells are in bacteria cells and what do they do for the cell?
a)
Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondria, vacuole
b)
everything
10.
What cells are in bacteria cells and what do they do for the cell?
a)
Cell membrane and cytoplasm
b)
Cell wall and cell membrane
11.
Are plant cells prokaryotic or eukaryotic
a)
Eukaryotic: does not have a nucleus
b)
Prokaryotic: has a nucleus
c)
Eukaryotic: has a nucleus
d)
Prokaryotic: does not have a nucleus
12.
Are animal cells prokaryotic or eukaryotic? How do you know?
a)
Prokaryotic: they have a nucleus
b)
Eukaryotic: they do not have a nucleus
c)
Prokaryotic: they do not have a nucleus
d)
Eukaryotic: they have a nucleus
13.
Are bacteria cells prokaryotic or eukaryotic? How do you know?
a)
Prokaryotic: they have a nucleus
b)
Prokaryotic: they do not have a nucleus
c)
Eukaryotic: they do not have a nucleus
d)
Eukaryotic: they have a nucleus
14.
What can help you determine the difference between a plant cell and an animal cell?
a)
Plants have cell walls and chloroplasts. Animals don't
b)
Animals have cell wall and chloroplast. Plants don't
c)
Plants have cell wall and cytoplasm. Animals don't
d)
They are the exact same.
15.
Why do plants have cell walls and larger vacuoles and animals don't?
a)
Plants need cell walls so they don't get stepped on. They have vacuoles to blend in to the wilderness.
b)
Plants need cell walls for weather condition. They also don't know where food is.
c)
Plants don't have a skeleton for support, so they have a cell wall. Plants also don't have the food or water to get when they need it, so they have larger vacuoles.
d)
There is no difference
16.
Why do animal cells have more mitochondria than plant cells?
a)
Animals need more energy because they move more
b)
They need more food to eat.
c)
They have the same size mitochondria
d)
Plants need more energy because they move more.
17.
How is heredity identified?
a)
Heredity is cells working together to form more cells.
b)
Heredity is the passing of traits from generation to generation
c)
Heredity is the exact same traits passed from offspring with no difference or combination
d)
Heredity is the short term for nucleus
18.
What is genetics
a)
the study of offspring
b)
The study of reproduction
c)
The cell membrane
d)
The study of heredity
19.
What is genetic material
a)
Cell wall
b)
Nucleus
c)
Chromosomes
d)
DNA
20.
What are genetic instructions?
a)
The instructions of heredity
b)
The instructions for making pre-existing cells
c)
The instructions for how everything in an organism is to be structured and function
d)
The instructions of cells
21.
Where is genetic material of an organism located?
a)
In the nucleus of prokaryotic cells and floating in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.
b)
In the cell membrane
c)
In all animal cells
d)
Genetic material is located in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells and floating in the cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells.
22.
What are chromosomes?
a)
Tightly coiled of pieces of DNA held in the nucleus of a cell
b)
The most important part of the cell membrane
c)
It is a part of the prokaryotic cell that could count as a nucleus
23.
What are genes?
a)
Reproduction
b)
Sections of DNA that controls a trait
c)
Try to click this one....Please.....
24.
What is the relationship between, genes, DNA and chromosomes
a)
They are all cells
b)
They are all in the skeletal system
c)
DNA and chromosomes are coiled up and in the nucleus of the cell
d)
There is not relationship
25.
What are inherited traits?
a)
Another one of these....
b)
Just simple traits
c)
Skills passed from parent to offspring
d)
Characteristics passed down from parent to offspring
26.
What governs inherited traits of organisms?
a)
Genes from the parent
b)
Trait instructors
c)
Skills
d)
Bacteria cells from parents' germs
27.
What is an offspring
a)
The grandfather of the child
b)
The parent who gives birth to the child
c)
A child given birth
d)
The brother
28.
How are genetic traits passed down?
a)
Heredity
b)
The process of reproduction
c)
Cells
29.
What is sexual reproduction
a)
Reproduction involving two parents combining genetic material to make a child
b)
Reproduction of the nucleus
c)
Heredity
30.
What is Asexual reproduction
a)
Two parents making offspring.
b)
One parent making offspring
31.
How are asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction different?
a)
They are the same
b)
S is one parent while AS is two
c)
AS is one parent while S is two parents
32.
What are the advantages of sexual reproduction?
a)
Diverse offspring, adaptabiltity, can live in enviroments
b)
Diverse offspring, can live in different enviroments
c)
Nothing
33.
What are the disadvantages
a)
Too unique, you need time and energy, smaller populations
b)
Less unique, short, large populations
34.
What are the advantages of AS
a)
Only one parent, faster, identical, no special cells required
b)
Two parents, slower, cells required
35.
What are the disadvantages?
a)
Can die by environment, identical parent, not adaptable
b)
Similar, can adapt, can live in enviroment
36.
What is it meant by uniform offspring?
a)
The offspring are different
b)
The offspring are identical
37.
What is it meant by diverse offspring?
a)
They are identical
b)
They are different
38.
why do some produce uniform and some produce offspring?
a)
It depends by their cells
b)
It depends by their gender
c)
It depends on the organism they produce in
d)
It depends on their nucleus
39.
What is natural selection?
a)
A process of clicking the wrong answer
b)
A process of reproduction
c)
A process of making a cell
d)
A process in which a certain trait has a better advantage for a population and becomes more common
40.
What are some examples of changes in genetic traits that have occurred through natural selection?
a)
Fur color in bears
b)
Milkshake flavor
c)
Physical changes
d)
Broken glass from one into pieces
41.
What is selective breeding?
a)
a movie
b)
choosing your favorite color
c)
Humans choosing animals with traits to breed one another
42.
What are advantages of selective breeding
a)
Humans are able to raise better crop and livestock
b)
People can choose the best choices
c)
People can have better animals with better traits
43.
What are domestic animals/plants
a)
Angry wild animals
b)
Happy animals/plants that can rely on themselves for food
c)
endangered animals/plants
d)
Animals/plants that rely on humans for food
44.
What are some examples?
a)
Ice cream cones being sold to consumers
b)
Cows being adopted by farmers
c)
Dogs being bred to be friendly
d)
Cats being released into the wild
45.
How do traits in selective breeding differ from traits in natural selection?
a)
Selective breeding is a controlled process by humans, natural selection occurs naturally
b)
Natural selection is controlled by humans, selective breeding is naturally
c)
They are the same
46.
What are the levels of organization from smallest to largest?
a)
cells, tissues, organ systems, organs, organisms
b)
Tissues, organisms, cells, organ system, organs
c)
Cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms
d)
organisms, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells
47.
What is a tissue
a)
A group of organs working together
b)
Groups of cells working together
c)
Groups of organisms working together
d)
Cloth used to wipe something off your body
48.
What is an organ?
a)
A group of organisms working together
b)
A group of organ systems working together
c)
A group of cells working together
d)
A group of tissues working together
49.
What is an organ system?
a)
A group of organs working together
b)
A group of tissues working together
c)
A group of cells working together
d)
A group of organisms working together
50.
How are they organized into an organ system?
a)
Click this wrong one
b)
They are not made up together, but they make an organ system
c)
Organ systems are made up of organs, which are made up of tissues, which are made up of cells.
51.
What is a force
a)
A power used in Star Wars
b)
A push or pull
c)
Gravity
52.
How do forces act within the respiratory system?
a)
The diaphragm contracts and relaxes air into the body
b)
The mouth sucks in the air
c)
Forces do not work with this system
53.
How to forces act within the digestive system
a)
The smooth muscle helps push food through the body
b)
The smooth muscle makes the teeth crush the food so you can swallow it
54.
How to forces act within the circulatory system?
a)
When the heart relaxes, blood enters the heart
b)
When the heard relaxes, oxygen pushes the blood, not the heart
55.
How do forces act within the muscular and skeletal system?
a)
Your muscle contracts, but your bones are actually moving it
b)
When your muscle contracts and relax then it causes movement
56.
What is it meant by structure and function?
a)
Structure is how something is built, while function is the job of the structure.
b)
Structure is what it looks like, function is the source
c)
Structure is the scene, function is a generator
d)
There is no structure and function
57.
What are the structures and functions of the integumentary system?
a)
s: skin, sweat glands
f: remove waste
b)
s: skin, hair
f:none
c)
s: skin, hair, nails, sweat glands
f: protect against uv radiation, remove waste, maintain body temperature
58.
What are the structures and functions of the reproductive system?
a)
s: testes and sperm
f: Birth of the nucleus
b)
s: eggs
f: create new cells
c)
s: sperm and eggs
f: create offspring over time
d)
s: testes, sperm, ovarie, and eggs
f: create new offspring over time
59.
What are the structures and functions of the excretory system?
a)
s: bladders, kidney
f: remove waste
b)
s: kidney
f: remove waste
c)
s: bladder, kidnet
f: bring waste into the body
60.
What are the structures and functions of the digestive system?
a)
s: mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, rectum, anus
f: break down food into smaller bits, prepare nutrients to be absorbed by the circulatory system
b)
s: mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, rectum, anus
f: break down food into smaller bits, prepare nutrients to be absorbed by the circulatory system, remove the nutrients NOT needed by your body
61.
List the structures and functions of the respitory system
a)
s: lungs, trachea, diaphragm
f:moves oxygen into the body, removes carbon dioxide from the body
b)
s: lungs, trachea, diaphragm
f: moves oxygen into the body
62.
List the structures and functions of the circulatory system
a)
s: heart, blood vessels, diaphragm
f: transports oxygen to cells so they can produce energy, picks up waste from carbon dioxide
b)
s: heart, blood vessels, diaphragm
f: transports oxygen to cells so they can produce energy, picks up waste from carbon dioxide, transports water, white blood, and hormones to the body
63.
List the structures and functions of the muscular system
a)
s: cardiac muscle
f: move bones and blood to body
b)
s: cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, skeletal muscle
f: move bones, blood, and food through the body
64.
List the structures and functions of the skeletal system
a)
s: bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments
f: provide shape and support, allows body to move, protects your internal organs
b)
s: bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments
f: provide shape and support
65.
List the structures and functions of the endocrine system
a)
s: sweat glands
f: regulates all body systems by releasing hormones
b)
s: glands
f: regulates all body systems by releasing hormones
66.
List the structures and functions of the nervous system
a)
s: brain, nerves
f: be the center of though and reasoning, control how the body reacts, receive information through our senses
b)
s: brain, nerves, spinal cord
f: receive information through senses, control how the body reacts, acts as the center and thought of reasoning
67.
What is energy transformation?
a)
The process of changing on form of energy to another
b)
The process of changing cells
c)
The process of splitting cells data
68.
What type of energy is stored in food sources?
a)
Physical energy
b)
Chemical energy
c)
Cell energy
d)
Plasma energy
69.
What type of energy transformations occur when food is digested?
a)
food, movement, and body heat
b)
Not chemical or physical
c)
substance change
d)
Cell change
70.
What is a physical change?
a)
A change where cells unite to change the substance
b)
A change where the body functions have a change, giving them new capabilities
c)
A change where a new substance is made over time by leaving it alone
d)
A change in which the form of appearance changes, but no new substance is made
71.
What is a chemical change
a)
A change of cells
b)
Changing of one substance into a new that has different properties
c)
A change on the reproductive systems functions
72.
How can it be determined the difference between a physical change and a chemical change?
a)
A physical change is made by yourself, a chemical is untouched over time
b)
A chemical change is made by yourself, a physical change is untouched but changes substance over time
73.
What is the difference between digestive physical and chemical change?
a)
In physical, food is broken down to smaller pieces, in chemical, it changes into a new substance inside your body
b)
In chemical, food is broken down into smaller pieces, in physical, food turns into a new substance inside your body
74.
What are some examples of physical changes?
a)
teeth biting on food
b)
change of leaves during season
c)
fur color change
d)
ice cream melting
75.
What are examples of chemical changes?
a)
Leaf color change over season
b)
Biting food
c)
Throwing rocks
d)
Kicking logs
76.
What is the difference between chemical and mechanical digestion?
a)
Mechanical involves chemical changes while chemical involves physical change
b)
There is no difference
c)
Chemical involves chemical changes, while mechanical involves physical changes
77.
Why mechanical digestion is a form of a physical change?
a)
Food breaks down only chemically
b)
Food breaks down physically during digestion mechanically and physically
78.
Why is chemical digestion a form of chemical change?
a)
Food breaks down by chemicals, causing a chemical change
b)
Food breaks down only physically
79.
Where in the digestive system do chemical changes happen?
a)
Physical changes happen in the mouth
b)
physical changes happen in the stomach
80.
Where in the digestive system do chemical changes happen
a)
In the mouth
b)
In the stomach
81.
Where in the digestive system does BOTH happen?
a)
In the stomach
b)
In the mouth
c)
In the brain
d)
In the mouth and stomach
82.
How do the forces affect the movement of food through the digestive system?
a)
Muscles push food through the digestive system
b)
Muscles pull the food through the digestive system
83.
How do elements, compounds, and molecules differ?
a)
An element is only one component, while a compound is two. a molecule is made up of two or more atoms
b)
An element is a group of two or more components, compound is only made of one.  molecule is two or more atoms
84.
What is an organic compound
a)
Anything that contains carbon
b)
Anything that contains elements
85.
What determines if a chemical compound is organic?
a)
It is organic if it contains carbon
b)
It is organic if it contains sodium
86.
How are carbohydrates and starches related?
a)
They are different
b)
carbohydrates and starches are the exact same thing
c)
Starches break down into carbohydrates
d)
carbohydrates break down into starches
87.
How are lipids and fatty acids related?
a)
Fatty acids are large molecules of fat that break down into lipids during digestion
b)
Lipids are large molecules of fat that break down into fatty acids during digestion
88.
How are proteins and amino acids related?
a)
Proteins are large molecules that break down into amino acids during digestion
b)
Amino acids are large molecules that break down into proteins during digestion
89.
What are some examples of large molecules being broken down to smaller molecules during digestion?
a)
Lipid molecules are broken down into fatty acids
b)
Fatty acids broken down into lipids
c)
Starch broken down into carbohydrates
d)
Amino acids broken down into protein
90.
What type of digestion breaks down large molecules into small molecules?
a)
Chemical digestion
b)
Physical digestion