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7th grade Life Science Review

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most scientific experiments should -

a)

only be repeated once

b)

be only conducted in a field

c)

be only conducted inside a a lab

d)

contain repeated trials

2.

For scientific data to be considered accurate and reliable, most scientific experiments should be -

a)

conducted as many times as possible

b)

conducted 3 times

c)

repeated no more than 2 times

d)

conducted only 1 time

3.

What is the correct mass for the can?

a)

16

b)

476

c)

76

d)

6

4.

The metric units of milliliter and liter are used to measure -

a)

Density

b)

Length

c)

Mass

d)

Volume

5.

The metric units of gram, kilogram, and milligram are used to measure -

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Length

d)

Density

6.

The metric units of meter, centimeter, and kilometer are used to measure -

a)

Length

b)

Density

c)

Volume

d)

Temperature

7.

The metric units of Celsius and Kelvin are used to measure -

a)

Volume

b)

Desnity

c)

Temperature

d)

Mass

8.

Identify the dependent variable in the hypothesis

Hypothesis: If I spend more time at the gym then I will get in better shape.

a)

Time spent in the gym

b)

Location of the gym

c)

Improved fitness

d)

Listening to music at the gym

9.

Factors in an experiment that must be kept the same are called-

a)

constants

b)

hypothesis

c)

independent variable

d)

control

10.

The independent variable is found on which axis

a)

X-axis

b)

Y-axis

c)

A-axis

d)

T-axis

11.

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?

a)

Both can be found near the equator

b)

Both can be found in polar regions

c)

The same species of organisms could be found on both

d)

The variety and types of organisms would differ significantly.

12.

How many chromosomes are normally found in a human sex cell?

a)

46

b)

23

c)

48

d)

2000

13.

In order for life to continue, DNA must-

a)

mate

b)

reproduce

c)

breed

d)

replicate

14.

Who saw X-ray photograph of DNA

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

15.

Who studied pea plants to determine how traits are passed on

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

16.

Who made 3D model of DNA

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

17.

Which statement was NOT included in the cell theory?

a)

All living things are composed of cells

b)

Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.

c)

Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life

d)

Living cells come from other living cells

18.

If a typical body cell has 46 chromosomes, meiosis will produce sex cells with how many chromosomes?

a)

26

b)

23

c)

46

d)

92

19.

Which structure on the image is unique only to plant cells?

a)

Structure 6

b)

Structure 2

c)

Structure 5

d)

Structure 1

20.

The jelly like substance in the cell is -

a)

cytoplasm

b)

lysosome

c)

chromosomes

d)

cytokinesis

21.

The first scientist to use the term "cell" after looking at a cork under a microscope was -

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Francesco Redi

d)

Robert Hooke

22.

Which is not a step in Mitosis?

a)

Anaphase

b)

Telophase

c)

Prophase

d)

Interphase

23.

Describe the movement of water molecules when an egg is placed in a container of distilled water.

a)

Water enters the egg

b)

Water expands around the egg

c)

Water leaves the egg

d)

Water does not move

24.

The levels of organization in order from the simplest to the most complex are -

a)

Cells, tissue, organs, organ systems, organism

b)

Tissue, cells, organs, organisms

c)

Organism, organs, tissue, cells, organ system

d)

Cells, organs, organ systems, organisms

25.

What raw materials are needed for photosynthesis to occur?

a)

Carbon dioxide and water

b)

Glucose and oxygen

c)

Water and oxygen

d)

Glucose and carbon dioxide

26.

Which organelle from the plant cell is primarily responsible for completing cellular respiration?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Vacuole

d)

Chloroplast

27.

What traits could represent the phenotype of an organism?

a)

Tt, purple

b)

Rr,RR

c)

wrinkled, ww

d)

Yellow, Tall

28.

All of these can be inherited by people EXCEPT —

a)

Height

b)

Language

c)

Eye Color

d)

Blood Type

29.

When scientists alter the genetic code of an organism, it is called -

a)

mitochondrial DNA

b)

genetic engineering

c)

a pedigree

d)

botany

30.

In Deoxyribonucleic acid, cytosine pairs with the nitrogen base

a)

Guanine

b)

Adenine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

31.

Which is not a main component of DNA?

a)

Phosphates

b)

Nitrogenous Bases

c)

Carbon Bases

d)

Sugars

32.

According to the Punnett square, all four offspring are hybrids. This means that both parents must be —

a)

codominant

b)

purebreds

c)

hybrids

d)

dominant

33.

Homozygous or heterozygous? TT

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

34.

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?

a)

25%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

0%

35.

When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called —

a)

natural selection

b)

cloning

c)

selective breeding

d)

evolution of all species

36.

What is it called when all of the organisms of a species completely die out?

a)

Fossilization

b)

Extinction

c)

Mutations

d)

Adaptations

37.

Who proposed the theory that evolution happens as a result of natural selection?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

James Watson

38.

Mistakes or changes that occur in the DNA sequence are called —

a)

Darwinism

b)

adaptations

c)

mutations

d)

Natural selection

39.

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?

a)

mutations

b)

exinctions

c)

vaiations

d)

clones

40.

What type of cells do the domain classification of Bacteria contain?

a)

Semikaryotic

b)

Exkaryotic

c)

Eukaryotic

d)

Prokaryotic

41.

Grouping organisms into domains is not based on —

a)

the presence or absence of cellular structures

b)

whether or not they exist as single cells or multicellular

c)

how they get their food

d)

how they obtain oxygen

42.

What is NOT one of the four major kingdoms of life?

a)

Fungi

b)

Insects

c)

Protista

d)

Plants

43.

Ferns are classified as —

a)

seedless vascular plants

b)

nonvascular plats

c)

angiosperms

d)

dicots

44.

Which characteristic is used to classify frogs into a different phylum from squid, snails, and jellyfish?

a)

Frogs have backbones

b)

Frogs breathe oxygen

c)

Frogs live on land

d)

Frogs are predators

45.

For an organism to be classified in the animal kingdom, which characteristic must the organism have?

a)

Multicellular, with a nucleus, without a cell wall, heterotrophic

b)

Unicellular, without a nucleus, with a cell wall, autotrophic

c)

Multicellular, with a nucleus, with a cell wall, autotrophic

d)

Unicellular, with a nucleus, with a cell wall, heterotrophic

46.

Which scientist developed the system of classification known as binomial nomenclature?

a)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b)

John Ray

c)

Francesco Redi

d)

Carolus Linnaeus

47.

Which is the best example of two animals behaving cooperatively together?

a)

A hermit crab uses a snail shell for a home

b)

A tick feeds on the blood of a dog

c)

The sea anemone protects the clownfish from predators while the clownfish attracts food for the sea anemone

d)

Lemurs will take care of infants that are not related to them

48.

Which of the following represents a population

a)

All of the grey squirrels in a forest

b)

All of the plants in the forest

c)

All of the animals in the forest

d)

All of the abiotic factors in the forest

49.

In the relationship between a snake and a frog, if the snake eats the frog, the frog is —

a)

alpha

b)

a predator

c)

prey

d)

a mutualistic relationship

50.

The second consumer in the energy pyramid is the —

a)

mice

b)

snake

c)

eagle

d)

grass

51.

Organisms that absorb nutrients from dead plants and animals are called —

a)

producers

b)

herbivores

c)

decomposers

d)

carnivores

52.

According to the energy pyramid, the organism that obtains the most energy is—

a)

alfalfa

b)

garter snake

c)

red-tailed hawk

d)

field mouse

53.

Grass, trees, and animals?

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

54.

Temperature, salinity, and wind speed

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

55.

Something in the environment that keeps a population from growing is called —

a)

habitat distruction

b)

eutrophication

c)

dormancy

d)

a limiting factor

56.

If a forest fire kills all the producers and decomposers in the shown food web, which levels would be affected?

a)

primary and tertiary consumers

b)

primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers

c)

primary and secondary consumers

d)

secondary and tertiary consumers

57.

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?

a)

Phytoplankton

b)

Seaweed

c)

Jellyfish

d)

Fish