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WorksheetsSSA Review 4
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 54mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does homeostasis maintain in the body?
a)
A changing internal environment
b)
A constant or stable internal environment
c)
A changing external environment
d)
A constant or stable external environment
2.
In what order does food travel through your body?
a)
mouth, esophagus, liver, large intestine, small intestine, anus
b)
mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus
c)
mouth, stomach, pancreas, large intestine, anus
d)
mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, small intestine, anus
3.
Which of the following describes the purpose of the skeletal system?
a)
Make red blood cells, provide structure, and protect organs
b)
Make fat cells
c)
Deliver nutrients to your cells
d)
1st line of defense for your immune system
4.
Which organ stores urine?
a)
bicep
b)
bladder
c)
kidney
d)
stomach
5.
Which organ filters out waste from your blood to create urine?
a)
bicep
b)
bladder
c)
kidney
d)
stomach
6.
How does the endocrine system send messages?
a)
Through chemical messages
b)
Through electrical messages
c)
Through nervous messages
d)
It does not deliver any messages
7.
How many bones are in the average adult human?
a)
57
b)
302
c)
206
d)
109
8.
A consumer is an animal that eats other organisms to survive
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What is the name for an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals?
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
10.
Plants are ___________________, meaning they make their own food and provide food for other organisms
a)
producers
b)
primary consumers
c)
decomposers
d)
secondary consumers
11.
A wolf chases, catches and eats an elk. The elk is the _____________________
a)
predator
b)
prey
12.
A wolf chases, catches and eats an elk. The wolf is the _____________________
a)
predator
b)
prey
13.
In an energy pyramid, producers are found on the first and largest level.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
As you move up the energy pyramid, what happens to the amount of available energy? It
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
15.
Which is better to show the relationships in an ecosystem?
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
16.
What are organisms that are so similar that they can produce offspring that can also produce offspring?
a)
population
b)
niche
c)
species
d)
habitat
17.
What is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area?
a)
population
b)
habitat
c)
species
d)
niche
18.
What is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism?
a)
population
b)
habitat
c)
species
d)
niche
19.
What is the specific role an organism plays in their habitat?
a)
population
b)
habitat
c)
species
d)
niche
20.
What is the physical location where plants and animals live?
a)
population
b)
habitat
c)
species
d)
niche
21.
Why is Venus often called Earth’s twin?
a)
Because life also existed there at one time
b)
Because of similar temperatures
c)
Because of its similar size
d)
Because of its similar topography
22.
One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.
a)
The inner planets all have water
b)
the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets
c)
the outer planets are gas planets
d)
the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't
23.
Where is the asteroid belt found?
a)
between earth and mars
b)
Between Uranus and Neptune
c)
Between Mercury and Venus
d)
Between Mars and Jupiter
24.
Select the order from smallest to largest.
a)
Sun, Milky Way, solar system, universe
b)
Sun, Milky Way, universe, solar system
c)
Sun, solar system, Milky Way, universe
d)
Sun, solar system, universe, Milky Way
25.
Which planet has extreme temperatures because it has no atmosphere?
a)
Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Mercury
26.
How can Saturn be the second largest planet, as well as the lowest in density?
a)
It is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium
b)
It is made of a large, rocky core.
c)
It is made mostly of water vapor
d)
It is composed mostly of methane and ammonia
27.
True/False - Earth’s atmosphere protects Earth from harmful UV rays produced by the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Why does Earth have different seasons?
a)
because of the distance between Earth and the sun
b)
because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axis
c)
because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis
d)
because of the tilt of Earth on its axis as it moves around the sun
29.
Which best explains why the moon has phases?
a)
The moon’s position changes in relation to the sun and Earth.
b)
The sun’s position changes in relation to the moon and Earth.
c)
The Earth casts a shadow on the moon as it rotates.
d)
The moon rotates along its axis
30.
Which factor makes Earth different from all the other planets in the solar system in its ability to support life?
a)
The Earth is exposed to rays from the sun.
b)
The Earth has only one moon that orbits around it.
c)
The Earth rotates in an elliptical orbit around the sun.
d)
The Earth has a breathable atmosphere.
31.
Choose the sequence that shows the correct order of organisms in an energy pyramid from bottom to top.
a)
Producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, apex predator
b)
apex predator, primary consumer, secondary consumer, producer
c)
primary consumer, secondary consumer, producer, apex predator
d)
producer, apex predator, primary consumer, secondary consumer
32.
_____________ has a limitless supply of energy.
a)
Water
b)
Plants
c)
The sun
d)
Oxygen
33.
What two questions do you always ask when creating a food chain?
a)
What does it eat? and When does it eat?
b)
How does it eat? and What does it eat?
c)
What does it eat? and What does it get eaten by?
34.
Abiotic and biotic factors in a community and it's physical environment together.
a)
Environment
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Habitat
35.
Which is an abiotic factor of an ecosystem?
a)
frog
b)
log
c)
hog
d)
dog
36.
Is this a verterbrate or invertebrate?
a)
Verterbrate
b)
Invertebrate
37.
Which of the following are only found in plant cells?
a)
cell membrane
b)
mitochondria
c)
nucleaus
d)
cell wall
38.
Which ones are singled-celled organisms?
a)
Goldfish
b)
Seaweed
c)
Bacteria
d)
Ants
39.
Which of the following is true about vertebrates?
a)
vertebrate bodies are more complex than those of invertebrates
b)
there are many more vertebrates than invertebrates
c)
vertebrates are primitive animal groups
d)
vertebrates have no backbone
40.
All vertebrate animals have
a)
scales
b)
warm blood
c)
backbones
d)
hair
41.
Choose the name and cellular process that match the organelle shown in the photo.
a)
chloroplast; cellular respiration
b)
mitochondrion; cellular respiration
c)
chloroplast; photosynthesis
d)
mitochondrion; photosynthesis
42.
Which of the following is a correct sequence of levels of organization in the body?
a)
atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs.
b)
atoms, organ systems, cells, organs, tissue
c)
molecules, organs, cells, tissues, organ systems.
d)
atoms, cells, tissues, molecules, organ systems.
43.
The process in plant cells that converts energy from the sun into energy stored in food is ________.
a)
photosynthesis
b)
cellular respiration
c)
homeostasis
d)
cell division
44.
Which of the following is NOT part of the cell theory?
a)
Cells come from other cells.
b)
All living things are made of cells.
c)
Cells can be seen through a microscope.
d)
Cells are the units of structure and function in living things.
45.
What is the result of cell division?
a)
one daughter cell with double the DNA of the parent cell.
b)
Two daughter cells with double the DNA of the parent cell.
c)
One daughter cell with half the DNA of the parent cell.
d)
Two daughter cells with the same DNA as the parent cell.
46.
The diagram shown is a useful scientific model because it shows:
a)
an animal cell as it really looks.
b)
a plant cell as it really looks.
c)
the structures of a typical plant cell.
d)
how the structures of a cell function.
47.
Which term best fits the level of organization pictured in the diagram?
a)
organ
b)
tissue
c)
single cell
d)
organ system
48.
Which two systems work together to respond to internal and external conditions and to control body functions?
a)
the skeletal and muscular systems.
b)
endocrine and nervous systems.
c)
muscular and digestive systems.
d)
respiratory and circulatory systems.
49.
Which of the following is an important function of the integumentary system?
a)
It produces blood cells.
b)
It stores minerals until the body needs them.
c)
It regulates body temperature.
d)
It allows the body to move.
50.
Which of the following connects the bones in movable joints?
a)
tendons
b)
cartilage
c)
marrow
d)
ligaments
51.
Select the statement that explains the role of plants in a habitat.
a)
Plants absorb energy from water and minerals in the ground.
b)
Plants perform photosynthesis and provide the energy to the consumers in a habitat.
c)
Plants make most of their energy during the night so that they can use it during the day.
d)
Plants make most of their food by using food produced by consumers.
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