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Life Science

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which organelle performs PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Mitochondria
2.
What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of energy for living things
a)
Sugar
b)
Sun
c)
Moon
d)
Carbon Dioxide
3.
Which gas is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
a)
hydrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
carbon dioxide
4.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)
water and carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen and glucose
c)
oxygen and carbon dioxide
d)
oxygen and water
5.
Plants need ________ for photosynthesis
a)
oxygen
b)
soil
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
sugar
6.
What is photosynthesis?
a)
The process in which humans eat their food
b)
When a photographer takes a photo.
c)
To get your pictures from the photo lab.
d)
The process in which plants make their food.
7.
I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?
a)
cell wall
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane 
d)
cell skin
8.
A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's  membrane is...
a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Flagella
9.
What is the gel-like substance inside of cells called?

a)
photoplasm
b)
photosynthesis
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
cytoplasm
10.
The ___________ is the basic unit of life
a)
organ
b)
cell
c)
atom
d)
tissue
11.
Organs that work together to perform a related function is called _____________?
a)
cells
b)
tissues 
c)
organ system
d)
organs
12.
When many organ systems work together it can form...
a)
organ
b)
cells
c)
organ system
d)
organism 
13.
Directs all the cell's activities.
a)
mitochondria
b)
chloroplasts
c)
vacuole
d)
nucleus
14.
What tool do you use to view cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
magnifying glass
c)
microscope
d)
petri dish
15.
Long strands of chromosomes that contain deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are located in the __________ of the cell.  
a)
nucleus
b)
cell membrane
c)
cytoplasm
16.

Ducks often swim in water. What part of their body is specifically designed to provided movement in the water?

a)

feathers

b)

webbed feet

c)

bills

d)

hollow bones

17.

A "Principal, vice principal, teacher" and a "brain, spine, nerves" are examples of:

a)

a line arrangement

b)

a system

c)

a body

d)

an organization

18.
Two boys play with their dog in the park. Which of the dog's actions is an inherited trait?
a)
Sitting on command
b)
Walking on four legs
c)
Rolling over
d)
Fetching a newspaper
19.
An inherited trait can be changed.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
A baby learning to walk is an inherited trait.
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Describe one trait this duck has inherited.
a)
It's beak
b)
learning how to quack
c)
learning tricks
d)
none of the above
22.
Which best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him?
a)
Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.
b)
The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.
c)
The child chooses to look like his father, but he does not choose to play basketball.
d)
He hates playing basketball so he doesn't care if his dad can play.