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Worksheets8th Grade Science STAAR Vocab
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Organisms who receive their energy by consuming other organisms.
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Autotroph
d)
Phototropism
2.
The part of a cell that contains the chromosomes (wound up DNA) in eukaryotic cells.
a)
Chloroplasts
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Nucleus
d)
Homeostasis
3.
The genetic code for all of your traits.
a)
Nucleus
b)
DNA
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Recessive gene
4.
The organelle inside a plant cell that converts sunlight into energy.
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Parasite
d)
Cell Wall
5.
The part of a plant cell that is rigid & permeable.
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Turgor Pressure
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Phototropism
6.
The term used to define a cell that has a nucleus containing DNA.
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
c)
Autotroph
d)
Homeostasis
7.
A force exerted outward on a cell wall by the water contained on a cell.
a)
Turgor Pressure
b)
Adaptation
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Photosynthesis
8.
The building up of an ecosystem after lava or glaciers have left nothing but rock.
a)
Secondary Succession
b)
Primary Succession
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Adaptation
9.
A cell without a nucleus.
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
c)
Heterotroph
10.
Organisms who receive energy from dead or decaying matter.
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Omnivore
c)
Heterotrophic
d)
Decomposers
11.
Rebuilding an ecosystem after a catastrophic event has occurred and soil is present.
a)
Primary Succession
b)
Secondary Succession
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Adaptations
12.
The trait that is always expressed. It will hide or mask the other trait.
a)
Recessive
b)
Dominant
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Homeostasis
13.
Behavior patterns, or internal and external structures which allow an organism to survive and reproduce in their environment successfully.
a)
Adaptations
b)
Homeostasis
c)
Recessive traits
d)
Natural Selection
14.
The trait that is hidden or masked by the other trait.
a)
Dominant
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Recessive
d)
Homeostasis
15.
Organisms who make their own energy by taking in light or chemicals.
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Phototropism
c)
Autotroph
d)
Heterotroph
16.
Successful traits are passed onto offspring through natural circumstances.
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Primary Succession
c)
Secondary Succession
d)
Dominant
17.
The response of a plant due to the stimuli of light energy.
a)
Parasitic
b)
Chloroplast
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Phototropism
18.
This type of organism feeds on a host organism, causing harm to the host.
a)
Decomposer
b)
Parasite
c)
Heterotroph
d)
Carnivore
19.
The organism's ability to maintain equilibrium in their body.
a)
Homeostasis
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Prokaryotic
d)
Autotrophic
20.
The process where plants use the light from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose.
a)
Phototropism
b)
Chloroplast
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Prokaryotic
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