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WorksheetsSemester 1 Exam Review
Total questions: 129
Worksheet time: 1hrs 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an organized way of studying things and finding answers to questions?
a)
critical thinking
b)
hypothesis
c)
science
d)
taxology
2.
There are two types of data in the scientific method. Which type of data involves descriptions that cannot be counted or measured?
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative
c)
hypothesis
d)
conclusion
3.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
4.
Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?
a)
Make observation
b)
Form a theory
c)
Collect data
d)
Form a hypothesis
5.
A possible guess to a problem that has not yet been tested.
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
6.
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called
a)
a stimulus.
b)
a response.
c)
development.
d)
energy.
7.
Rocks, water, air, sun, and soil are...
a)
living
b)
abiotic
c)
responses
d)
biotic
8.
A ___________ organism is made of only one cell.
a)
unicycle
b)
unicellular
c)
unicorn
d)
uni-brow
9.
Any living thing is called an
a)
organ
b)
organization
c)
organism
10.
The maintenance of balance in an organism’s internal environment is called:
a)
compensating
b)
homeostasis
c)
balancing
d)
routine
11.
What is the base unit for volume?
a)
Kilogram
b)
Liter
c)
Meter
12.
What is the base unit for length?
a)
Kilogram
b)
Liter
c)
Meter
13.
What is the length of time that an organism is expected to live?
a)
life span
b)
death
c)
birth
d)
year
14.
What is the average life span of a human?
a)
60 years
b)
90 years
c)
70 years
d)
80 years
15.
This scientist used flies and meat to determine how maggots were created.
a)
Redi
b)
Leeuwenhoek
c)
Needham
d)
Spallanzani
16.
This scientists WRONGLY thought he proved spontaneous generation
a)
Redi
b)
Leeuwenhoek
c)
Needham
d)
Spallanzani
17.
If a hypothesis is ALMOST always proven right then it is considered a ______
a)
experiment
b)
law
c)
theory
d)
idea
18.
If something always occurs in nature then it is considered a _______
a)
experiment
b)
law
c)
theory
d)
idea
19.
The theory that states living things are produced from other living things is ________
a)
Theory of Relativity
b)
Theory of Spontaneous Generation
c)
Theory of Biogenesis
d)
Theory of Scooby Doobie Doo
20.
Babies laughing at four months is an example of ?
a)
adaptation
b)
development
c)
growth
d)
respiratioin
21.
The idea (theory) that living things come from nonliving things is called ______.
a)
adaptation
b)
biogenesis
c)
homeostasis
d)
spontaneous generation
22.
What category of organisms can mate and produce fertile offspring?
a)
family
b)
class
c)
genus
d)
species
23.
The standard of comparison in an experiment is called____?
a)
variable
b)
control
c)
constant
d)
response
24.
The evolutionary history of an organism is called _______.
a)
binomial nomenclature
b)
cell
c)
phylogeny
d)
control
25.
The two-word system used by scientist to name species is called _____?
a)
binomial nomenclature
b)
phylogeny
c)
control
d)
variable
26.
Which is an example of an EXTERNAL stimulus?
a)
sunlight
b)
body temperature
c)
reflexes
d)
thirst
27.
Sweating when you are hot is an example of your body working to MAINTAIN ...
a)
external conditions
b)
energy
c)
homeostasis
d)
internal stimuli
28.
WHO developed the system of organisms CLASSIFICATION in use today?
a)
Oparin
b)
Einstein
c)
Linnaeus
d)
Marconi
29.
Which of these is a tool used to IDENTIFY organisms?
a)
hypothesis
b)
cladogram
c)
stimulus
d)
dichotomous key
30.
What is the LARGEST GROUP in the classification system?
a)
Species
b)
Genus
c)
Animalia
d)
Kindgom
31.
This organelle takes food and turns it into ENERGY for plant and animal cells.
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Lysosome
d)
Ribosome
32.
The ___________ is the basic unit of life
a)
organ
b)
cell
c)
atom
d)
tissue
33.
When many organ systems work together it can form...
a)
organ
b)
cells
c)
organ system
d)
organism
34.
This is a example of ........
a)
cell
b)
organ system
c)
organ
d)
tissue
35.
This is a example of........
a)
organ system
b)
cells
c)
organ
d)
tissue
36.
Which organelle is only found in a plant cell?
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
cell membrane
37.
Which of the following is directly involved in the transportation of materials inside/within the cell?
a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Vacuole
c)
Lysosome
d)
Mitochondria
38.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
mitochondrion
d)
golgi apparatus
39.
You might think of me as the trash collector, but recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosome
c)
vacuole
d)
ribosome
40.
What is found in both plant and animal cells but is much larger in plant cells?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Vacuole
41.
Where are proteins made?
a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondria
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
42.
I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?
a)
cell wall
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell skin
43.
A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's membrane is...
a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Flagella
44.
What organelle is called the "powerhouse" of a cell?
a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Nucleus
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleolus
45.
What is the gel-like substance inside of cells called?
a)
photoplasm
b)
photosynthesis
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
cytoplasm
46.
A group of tissues that work together to perform a similar function is called_____. (Examples include the heart, lungs or stomach)
a)
cells
b)
tissues
c)
organs
d)
organ system
47.
A group of cells that have similar functions? Examples are nervous, epithelial, muscle and connective
a)
cells
b)
tissues
c)
organs
d)
atoms
48.
Organs that work together to perform a related function is called _____________?
a)
cells
b)
tissues
c)
organ system
d)
organs
49.
What is known as the brain of a cell
a)
cell wall
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Nucleus
d)
Nuclues
50.
An organism made of one cell is called
a)
unicellular
b)
multicellular
51.
Cells with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles are called ____________________.
a)
prokaryotes
b)
eukaryotes
c)
bacteria
d)
protists
52.
What is the function of a cell wall?
a)
to protect and support the cell
b)
to perform different functions in each cell
c)
to prevent water from passing through it
d)
to prevent oxygen from entering the cell
53.
What is one basic function of the vacuoles?
a)
circulating oxygen
b)
producing food
c)
controlling cell processes
d)
storing water
54.
What is the function of the cell nucleus found in both plant and animal cells?
a)
to produce energy
b)
to control cell activity
c)
to remove waste products
d)
to allow molecules to enter the cell
55.
Which cell structure is found in plant and animals cells and controls what can come into or leave a cell?
a)
cell membrane
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuole
56.
Which structures are found in every living cell?
a)
cell membrane and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and mitochondria
c)
a cell wall and nucleus
d)
chloroplasts and cell wall
57.
What organelles is NOT found in a PROkaryote
a)
nucleus
b)
cell membrane
c)
Chromosomes (DNA)
DNA
DNA
d)
ribosomes
58.
What organelle PRODUCES proteins?
a)
ribosomes
b)
centrioles
c)
lysosomes
d)
nucleus
59.
If you look under the microscope as a piece of muscle TISSUE, you will see...
a)
cells working together
b)
chloroplasts
c)
an organ system
d)
plant cells
60.
What makes the endoplasmic reticulum rough?
a)
Vessicles
b)
Vacuoles
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Chromosomes
61.
the thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane or between the cell membrane and nucleus
a)
cytoplasm
b)
cell wall
c)
organelle
d)
golgi apparatus
62.
Microscopic single-cells that do not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles.
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Eukaryotes
d)
Prokaryotes
63.
Which organism listed below is a prokaryote?
a)
dog
b)
human
c)
sunflower
d)
bacterial cell
64.
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
65.
Animal and plant cells are both this type of cell.
a)
Eukaryote
b)
Prokaryote
66.
A typical animal cell is spherical in shape.
a)
True
b)
False
67.
A typical plant cell is rectangular in shape.
a)
True
b)
False
68.
The diffusion of WATER across a semi-permeable membrane is
a)
osmosis
b)
diffusion
c)
endocytosis
d)
exocytosis
69.
What is diffusion
a)
active transport
b)
passive transport
c)
cell division
d)
cell mutation
70.
The movement of molecules from higher concentration to lower concentration is
a)
diffusion
b)
cell division
active transport
active transport
c)
active transport
d)
tonicity
71.
Active transport requires
a)
energy
b)
the nucleus
c)
chloroplasts
d)
lysosomes
72.
A cell in an isotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
73.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
74.
A cell in a hypotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
75.
When a cell is placed in a hypertonic (more concentrated) solution water
a)
moves from the inside of the cell to the solution
b)
moves from the solution to the inside of the cell
c)
moves equally in and out of the cell
d)
none of these
76.
When a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution (less concentrated), water
a)
moves from the inside of the cell to the solution
b)
moves from the solution to the inside of the cell
c)
moves equally in and out of the cell
d)
none of these
77.
What type of transport is this?
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
active transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
78.
What type of transport uses no atp
a)
active transport
b)
passive transport
79.
Which of the following best describes the movement of water?
a)
diffusion
b)
passive transport
c)
facilitated diffusion
d)
osmosis
80.
When a glucose tries to get through the cell membrane, the molecule is too big to get past the phospholipids. Because of this, glucose has to get in through a carrier protein. What type of transport is this?
a)
Active transport
b)
diffusion
c)
endocytosis
d)
facilitated diffusion
81.
Which type of transport best describes the cell membrane of a paramecium moving to engulf a food particle?
a)
exocytosis
b)
active transport
c)
diffusion
d)
endocytosis
82.
ATP is a form of energy.
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Active Transport
83.
Movement of materials from high to low concentration through a protein channel.
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Active Transport
84.
Solutes move with the concentration gradient, therefore no energy is used.
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Active Transport
85.
What is it called when molecules move across the cell membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a carrier protein?
a)
Diffusion
b)
Osmosis
c)
Active Transport
d)
Facilitated Diffusion
86.
Permeable means
a)
things can pass through
b)
the concentration levels are different
c)
it is permanent
d)
things are stuck
87.
Against the concentration gradient
low to high
uses energy/ATP
low to high
uses energy/ATP
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
active transport
d)
simple diffusion
88.
Most active transport proteins use energy from the breakdown of:
a)
nucleus
b)
cell membrane
c)
ATP
d)
mitochondria
89.
ALL living cells have this in common
a)
Nucleus
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Mitochondria
90.
A cell will __________________ in a hypotonic solution.
a)
swell and perhaps burst (lyse)
b)
shrink
c)
the size of the cell will not change
d)
the size of the cell will change from large to small and from small to large
91.
Spraying Axe body spray in a corner of the room and someone on the opposite corner smells it is an example of what?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Facilitated diffusion
c)
Active transport
d)
Diffusion
92.
The following are types of PASSIVE transport
a)
Osmosis
b)
Facilitated Diffusion
c)
Diffusion
d)
All of these
93.
When the same amount of molecules are the same on each side of the cell membrane, _____________ occurs.
a)
osmosis
b)
diffusion
c)
equilibrium
d)
facilitated diffusion
94.
Number 8
a)
Base
b)
Stage
c)
Tube
d)
Arm
95.
Number 4
a)
Stages
b)
Arms
c)
Stage Clips
d)
Ocular Lens
96.
Number 10
a)
Stage
b)
Stage Clips
c)
Diaphragm
d)
Base
97.
Number 12
a)
Course Adjustment
b)
Fine Adjustment
c)
Small Adjuster
d)
Large Adjuster
98.
Number 11
a)
Course Adjustment
b)
Fine Adjustment
c)
Small Adjuster
d)
Large Adjuster
99.
Number 5
a)
Knob
b)
Ocular Lens
c)
Diaphragm
d)
Objective Lens
100.
Number 6
a)
Insulator
b)
Objective Lens
c)
Ocular Lens
d)
Light
101.
Piece 7
a)
Ocular Lens
b)
Objective Lens
c)
Base
d)
Arm
102.
The cell theory states
a)
All living things are composed of cells
b)
All cells are produced from other cells
c)
Dead cells help to reproduce new cells
d)
Both A and B
103.
Shortest objective (4x); largest field of vie; least detail
a)
low power objective
b)
high power objective
c)
scanning objective
d)
eyepiece/ ocular
104.
Supports and holds the slide
a)
eyepiece/ ocular
b)
arm
c)
base
d)
stage
105.
Controls the amount of light allowed to pass through the specimen
a)
diaphragm
b)
light source
c)
stage clips
d)
fine adjustment
106.
Provides light for viewing
a)
eyepiece/ ocular
b)
low power objective
c)
high power objective
d)
light source
107.
Magnifies the image (usually 10x) and you look into the scope here.
a)
Eyepiece/ Ocular
b)
arm
c)
low power objective
d)
fine adjustment
108.
Mid-length, 10x magnification
a)
revolving nosepiece
b)
Low power objective
c)
diaphragm
d)
high power objective
109.
Secures the slide in position for holding and viewing
a)
stage
b)
light source
c)
stage clips
d)
coarse adjustment knob
110.
Moves body tube up and down (and stage) to allow gross focusing of microscope image
a)
coarse adjustment
b)
fine adjustment
c)
scanning objective
d)
low power objective
111.
Moves body tube slightly to sharpen the focus of the image
a)
arm
b)
coarse adjustment
c)
eyepiece/ ocular
d)
fine adjustment
112.
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results.
a)
conclusion
b)
procedures
c)
materials
d)
responding variable
113.
There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions/photographs/illustrations that cannot be counted or measured?
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative
114.
A list of the steps anyone could follow to conduct an experiment.
a)
obervations
b)
question/problem
c)
materials
d)
procedures
115.
Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
a)
CO2 + light + H2O --> O2 + Sugar
b)
CO2 + sugar + H2O --> O2 + light
c)
O2 + light + H2O --> CO2 + Sugar
d)
CO2 + O2 + H2O --> Light+ Sugar
116.
What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of energy for living things
a)
Sugar
b)
Sun
c)
Moon
d)
Carbon Dioxide
117.
Which of the following is an example of a HETEROTROPH?
a)
Grass
b)
Algae
c)
Lemon Tree
d)
Bear
118.
What is the pigment in chloroplasts that performs photosynthesis?
a)
Chlorosynthesis
b)
Chlorophyll
c)
ADP
d)
Electron Transport
119.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)
water and carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen and glucose
c)
oxygen and carbon dioxide
d)
oxygen and water
120.
What is produced as a result of photosynthesis?
a)
Glucose and Chlorophyll
b)
Glucose and Oxygen
c)
Water and Light energy
d)
Carbon dioxide and Water
121.
This is referred to as the energy currency of the cell
a)
ADP
b)
ATP
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleus
122.
Glycolysis
a)
does not need oxygen
b)
does need oxygen
123.
Glycolysis takes place in the
a)
mitochondria
b)
cell membrane
c)
cytoplasm
d)
nucleus
124.
This is the first step of cellular respiration
a)
Glycolysis
b)
Lactic Acid Fermentation
c)
Alcoholic Fermentation
d)
Aerobic Respiration
125.
This process produces molecules that carry energy to the second part of cellular respiration
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Kreb's Cycle
c)
Glycolysis
d)
Electron Transport Chain
126.
This means that oxygen is needed
a)
anaerobic
b)
aerobic
127.
This means that oxygen is not needed
a)
anaerobic
b)
aerobic
128.
Lactic acid fermentation occurs in your muscles after a workout because your cells are struggling to get...
a)
Glucose
b)
Sunlight
c)
Oxygen
d)
Water
129.
The process carried out by yeast that causes bread to rise is
a)
alcoholic fermentation
b)
lactic acid fermentation
c)
cellular respiration
d)
yeast mitosis
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