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WorksheetsScience Vocab #2 TMS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
To determine the significance, worth, quality, or amount.
a)
Evaluate
b)
Analyze
c)
Science
d)
Engineering
2.
Reconsider and alter (something) in the light of further evidence.
a)
Revise
b)
Analyze
c)
Modeling
d)
Evaluate
3.
The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized.
a)
Fuction
b)
Organism
c)
Population
d)
Structure
4.
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
a)
Organism
b)
Gene
c)
Species
d)
Chromosome
5.
A change to the physical structure of an organism due to a change in the organism’s DNA.
a)
Mutation
b)
Organism
c)
Species
d)
Structural Change
6.
They build and repair tissues. They also make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals
a)
Fats
b)
Carbohydrates
c)
Protein
d)
Muscles
7.
Thread-like structures located in the nucleus of each cell that carries genetic information (DNA molecule)
a)
Traits
b)
Genes
c)
DNA
d)
Chromosomes
8.
A mistake or a change in a living thing's DNA
a)
Mutation
b)
Gene
c)
Trait
d)
DNA
9.
The material that carries all the information about how a living thing will look and function.
a)
Gene
b)
DNA
c)
Trait
d)
Inherited
10.
A unit of DNA that is usually located on a chromosome and that controls the development of one or more traits
a)
Gene
b)
DNA
c)
Chromosome
d)
Inherited
11.
The process of genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
a)
Traits
b)
Genes
c)
Mutation
d)
Inherited
12.
The likelihood of something happening or being true
a)
Probability
b)
Mutation
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Variation
13.
Something that is similar to something else but different in some way.
a)
Mutation
b)
Variation
c)
Inherited
d)
Neutral
14.
A group of individuals of the same species occupying a particular geographic area.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Species
d)
Traits
15.
A characteristic or distinguishing feature of an organism.
a)
Trait
b)
Gene
c)
Chromosome
d)
Mutation
16.
The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
a)
adaptation
b)
natural selection
c)
mutation
d)
protein
17.
A body part or feature or a behavior that helps a living thing survive and function better in its environment.
a)
Adaptation
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Mutation
d)
Chromosome
18.
The change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation and natural selection.
a)
Analysis
b)
Revise
c)
Evaluate
d)
Evolve
19.
Different forms of the same gene
a)
DNA
b)
Mutation
c)
Chromosome
d)
Alleles
20.
The act of keeping something from happening
a)
Suppression
b)
Recessive
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Mutation
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