Worksheets7th grade Life Science Review
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Most scientific experiments should -
only be repeated once
be only conducted in a field
be only conducted inside a a lab
contain repeated trials
For scientific data to be considered accurate and reliable, most scientific experiments should be -
conducted as many times as possible
conducted 3 times
repeated no more than 2 times
conducted only 1 time
What is the correct mass for the can?
16
476
76
6
The metric units of milliliter and liter are used to measure -
Density
Length
Mass
Volume
The metric units of gram, kilogram, and milligram are used to measure -
Mass
Volume
Length
Density
The metric units of meter, centimeter, and kilometer are used to measure -
Length
Density
Volume
Temperature
The metric units of Celsius and Kelvin are used to measure -
Volume
Desnity
Temperature
Mass
Identify the dependent variable in the hypothesis
Hypothesis: If I spend more time at the gym then I will get in better shape.
Time spent in the gym
Location of the gym
Improved fitness
Listening to music at the gym
Factors in an experiment that must be kept the same are called-
constants
hypothesis
independent variable
control
The independent variable is found on which axis
X-axis
Y-axis
A-axis
T-axis
The tropical rain forest has an average daytime temperature of 34C. The tundra has an average summer temperature of 12C. The tropical rain forest receives an average yearly rainfall of 400 cm while the tundra receives 42 cm per year. Which of the following conclusions would be most valid considering this data?
Both can be found near the equator
Both can be found in polar regions
The same species of organisms could be found on both
The variety and types of organisms would differ significantly.
How many chromosomes are normally found in a human sex cell?
46
23
48
2000
In order for life to continue, DNA must-
mate
reproduce
breed
replicate
Who saw X-ray photograph of DNA
Gregor Mendel
Rosalind Franklin
Watson and Crick
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Who studied pea plants to determine how traits are passed on
Gregor Mendel
Rosalind Franklin
Watson and Crick
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Who made 3D model of DNA
Gregor Mendel
Rosalind Franklin
Watson and Crick
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Which statement was NOT included in the cell theory?
All living things are composed of cells
Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.
Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life
Living cells come from other living cells
If a typical body cell has 46 chromosomes, meiosis will produce sex cells with how many chromosomes?
26
23
46
92
Which structure on the image is unique only to plant cells?
Structure 6
Structure 2
Structure 5
Structure 1
The jelly like substance in the cell is -
cytoplasm
lysosome
chromosomes
cytokinesis
The first scientist to use the term "cell" after looking at a cork under a microscope was -
Charles Darwin
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Francesco Redi
Robert Hooke
Which is not a step in Mitosis?
Anaphase
Telophase
Prophase
Interphase
Describe the movement of water molecules when an egg is placed in a container of distilled water.
Water enters the egg
Water expands around the egg
Water leaves the egg
Water does not move
The levels of organization in order from the simplest to the most complex are -
Cells, tissue, organs, organ systems, organism
Tissue, cells, organs, organisms
Organism, organs, tissue, cells, organ system
Cells, organs, organ systems, organisms
What raw materials are needed for photosynthesis to occur?
Carbon dioxide and water
Glucose and oxygen
Water and oxygen
Glucose and carbon dioxide
Which organelle from the plant cell is primarily responsible for completing cellular respiration?
Nucleus
Mitochondria
Vacuole
Chloroplast
What traits could represent the phenotype of an organism?
Tt, purple
Rr,RR
wrinkled, ww
Yellow, Tall
All of these can be inherited by people EXCEPT —
Height
Language
Eye Color
Blood Type
When scientists alter the genetic code of an organism, it is called -
mitochondrial DNA
genetic engineering
a pedigree
botany
In Deoxyribonucleic acid, cytosine pairs with the nitrogen base
Guanine
Adenine
Thymine
Uracil
Which is not a main component of DNA?
Phosphates
Nitrogenous Bases
Carbon Bases
Sugars
According to the Punnett square, all four offspring are hybrids. This means that both parents must be —
codominant
purebreds
hybrids
dominant
Homozygous or heterozygous? TT
Homozygous
Heterozygous
In guinea pigs, brown fur (B) is dominant over white fur (b). Design a Punnett square to demonstrate the possible outcome if a purebred brown guinea pig is crossed with a purebred white guinea pig. What percentage of the offspring will have white fur?
25%
100%
50%
0%
When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called —
natural selection
cloning
selective breeding
evolution of all species
What is it called when all of the organisms of a species completely die out?
Fossilization
Extinction
Mutations
Adaptations
Who proposed the theory that evolution happens as a result of natural selection?
Matthias Schleiden
Robert Hooke
Charles Darwin
James Watson
Mistakes or changes that occur in the DNA sequence are called —
Darwinism
adaptations
mutations
Natural selection
Both of these birds were originally the same species. Overtime, however, the two birds began to live in different environments and eat different types of food. What were these changes in beak and feather color caused by?
mutations
exinctions
vaiations
clones
What type of cells do the domain classification of Bacteria contain?
Semikaryotic
Exkaryotic
Eukaryotic
Prokaryotic
Grouping organisms into domains is not based on —
the presence or absence of cellular structures
whether or not they exist as single cells or multicellular
how they get their food
how they obtain oxygen
What is NOT one of the four major kingdoms of life?
Fungi
Insects
Protista
Plants
Ferns are classified as —
seedless vascular plants
nonvascular plats
angiosperms
dicots
Which characteristic is used to classify frogs into a different phylum from squid, snails, and jellyfish?
Frogs have backbones
Frogs breathe oxygen
Frogs live on land
Frogs are predators
For an organism to be classified in the animal kingdom, which characteristic must the organism have?
Multicellular, with a nucleus, without a cell wall, heterotrophic
Unicellular, without a nucleus, with a cell wall, autotrophic
Multicellular, with a nucleus, with a cell wall, autotrophic
Unicellular, with a nucleus, with a cell wall, heterotrophic
Which scientist developed the system of classification known as binomial nomenclature?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
John Ray
Francesco Redi
Carolus Linnaeus
Which is the best example of two animals behaving cooperatively together?
A hermit crab uses a snail shell for a home
A tick feeds on the blood of a dog
The sea anemone protects the clownfish from predators while the clownfish attracts food for the sea anemone
Lemurs will take care of infants that are not related to them
Which of the following represents a population
All of the grey squirrels in a forest
All of the plants in the forest
All of the animals in the forest
All of the abiotic factors in the forest
In the relationship between a snake and a frog, if the snake eats the frog, the frog is —
alpha
a predator
prey
a mutualistic relationship
The second consumer in the energy pyramid is the —
mice
snake
eagle
grass
Organisms that absorb nutrients from dead plants and animals are called —
producers
herbivores
decomposers
carnivores
According to the energy pyramid, the organism that obtains the most energy is—
alfalfa
garter snake
red-tailed hawk
field mouse
Grass, trees, and animals?
Abiotic
Biotic
Temperature, salinity, and wind speed
Abiotic
Biotic
Something in the environment that keeps a population from growing is called —
habitat distruction
eutrophication
dormancy
a limiting factor
If a forest fire kills all the producers and decomposers in the shown food web, which levels would be affected?
primary and tertiary consumers
primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers
primary and secondary consumers
secondary and tertiary consumers
Eutrophication causes a water system to become cloudy, changing the water to a color shade of green, yellow, brown, or red. The growth of what organism causes the water system to become cloudy?
Phytoplankton
Seaweed
Jellyfish
Fish
