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WorksheetsGS I - Final Review
Total questions: 122
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a scientific observation?
a)
The potato is brown in color.
b)
The potato tastes the best.
c)
The potato may cause allergies.
d)
The potato smells funny.
2.
What is another word for hypothesis?
a)
evidence
b)
graph
c)
investigation
d)
prediction
3.
A scientist is collecting data on the number of times a cricket chips per minute. What sense is the scientist most likely using to make observations?
a)
hearing
b)
smell
c)
sight
d)
touch
4.
Justin blows his nose, but mucus seems to leak through the tissue. He decides to test which tissue holds up the best while sneezing. What is the independent variable?
a)
sneezing
b)
Justin
c)
amount of tissue
d)
type of tissue
5.
Mr. McNeice wanted to know if different types of music affected people's heart rates, so he played different music and checked their pulses. What is the dependent variable?
a)
type of music
b)
heart rate
c)
how long they listend to music
d)
Mr. McNeice
6.
Which question can best be investigated by a scientist?
a)
Should I buy a red shirt or a green shirt?
b)
Does chocolate milk or plain milk taste better?
c)
Does a plant need sunlight to grow?
d)
Which feels softer, cat fur or dog fur?
7.
The container is filled to the 350 mL mark with water.
a)
observation
b)
inference
c)
problem
d)
hypothesis
8.
Why should an experiment be repeated?
a)
to form a hypothesis
b)
to reduce the chance of error
c)
to change controls
d)
to identify the problem
9.
This is the outcome of the experiment. We get data and results from this.
a)
Independent Variable
b)
Dependent Variable
c)
Control
d)
Constant
10.
How many independent variables should be tested at a time in a scientific investigation?
a)
none
b)
one
c)
two
d)
three
11.
Which is the dependent variable in Amelia's experiment?
a)
the number of bean plants in each group
b)
the amount of water given daily to each plant
c)
the height of each bean plant
d)
the amount of fertilizer given to each group of bean plants
12.
To get data from systematic observations, you must:
a)
Create a model of what you are studying
b)
Collect animals to study and bring inside
c)
Design an entire experiment
d)
Use 5 senses or take pictures to study
13.
The variable that is changed on purpose is:
a)
Control
b)
Dependent
c)
Independent
d)
Outcome
14.
How would you collect data about the stars?
a)
Make a bar graph
b)
Read about the stars
c)
Ask a friend what they think
d)
Draw what you see
15.
The variable in the experiment that is the outcome that you measure is called:
a)
Control
b)
Dependent
c)
Independent
d)
Hypothesis
16.
What is an inference?
a)
Just a guess.
b)
A statement based off of your observations.
c)
The same as an observation.
d)
Examples of something.
17.
When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the water?
a)
Dependent
b)
Independent
c)
Control
d)
Outcome
18.
Which statement is an observation?
a)
That house is empty because there are no lights on.
b)
Her hair is brown.
c)
Her hair is brown because she dyed it.
d)
Her hair has not been cut in two years.
19.
In the paper airplane experiment, changing the size of the airplane would be which variable?
a)
Dependent
b)
Independent
c)
Control
d)
Conclusion
20.
Squidward found new reeds to tryout for his clarinet. He used an APPLAUSOMETER to measure clapping/applause after playing Under the Sea with each reed. The results were put in the table.
What was the dependent variable?
What was the dependent variable?
a)
The Song
b)
The Reed
c)
The Applause
d)
The clarinet
21.
Choose the best answer to this question:
How do scientists classify living things?
How do scientists classify living things?
a)
By similarities
b)
By kingdoms
c)
By similarities,their body structure, how they get their nutrients and energy, and how they dunk a basketball.
d)
By similarities their body structure, how they get their nutrients and energy, and how they reproduce.
22.
Name the five kingdoms.
a)
Moneran, Protists, Fungus humungous, Plant, and Animal
b)
Moneran, Protists, Fungus, Plant, and Animal
c)
Moneran, Protists, Fungus, Plant, Bacteria
d)
Plant, Animal, Sponge Bob, Protist, and Moneran
23.
What is the smallest group you can make when classifying organisms.
a)
Bacteria
b)
Genus
c)
Species
d)
invertebrates
24.
What are two ways members of the moneran kingdom can get energy?
a)
From the sun and from chemicals.
b)
Using energy from the sun or from chemical reactions, as well as getting nutrients from other bodies of organisms.
c)
Fun in the sun with chemicals and potato chips.
d)
From other organisms and water.
25.
Why don't scientists classify organisms just by shape, size, or color?
a)
Organisms may have the same shape, size and color, but may not be closely related.
b)
Organisms may have the same shape
c)
Organisms may be related by shape, but none of the rest.
d)
Toothless could prove scientists wrong
26.
Would you find a one celled organism classified in the plant kingdom? Why or why not?
a)
Yes. Plants can be one celled and many celled.
b)
No.
c)
Yes
d)
No, plants are all many-celled organisms.
27.
The largest group scientists classify living things into is called:
a)
Order
b)
Family
c)
Kingdom
d)
Genus
28.
Chose the smallest group:
a)
Kingdom
b)
Order
c)
Family
d)
Species
29.
What captures energy from the sun and used it to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide?
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
cytoplasm
d)
cell wall
30.
What controls what goes in and out of a cell?
a)
Cell wall
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Nucleus
d)
Cytoplasm
31.
A bird migrating for the winter is what life process?
a)
Growing
b)
Reproducing
c)
Reacting to Change
d)
Getting Energy
32.
What is the smallest out of all the choices?
a)
Organ Systems
b)
Organs
c)
Tissues
d)
Cells
33.
What is the function of the nerve cell?
a)
They help hold bones together.
b)
They carry messages to and from different parts of the body.
c)
They are groups of similar cells.
d)
They are organs made up of different tissues.
34.
What are groups of similar cells?
a)
Organs
b)
Tissues
c)
Organ systems
d)
Prison
35.
Organs working together are called:
a)
Tissues
b)
Cells
c)
Organ Systems
d)
McDonald's.
36.
Animals with a backbone are called:
a)
invertebrate
b)
vertebrains
c)
vertebrates
d)
invertebrains
37.
Which answer represents a vascular plant?
a)
moss
b)
celery
c)
mold
d)
bacteria
38.
What are ferns?
a)
They are often called evergreens.
b)
They have seeds.
c)
They are not vascular, seedless plants that reproduce using cones.
d)
They are flowerless, seedless plants that reproduce by forming spores.
39.
What are two ways scientists group plants?
a)
How they reproduce and size.
b)
How they blow in the wind and if they have flowers.
c)
How they reproduce and whether they are vascular or non vascular.
d)
How they reproduce, if they are non vascular and non vascular, and what and how smelly their flower is.
40.
Which answer IS NOT an invertebrate?
a)
sponge
b)
cow
c)
worm
d)
mollusk
41.
80 percent of all species on Earth are:
a)
humans
b)
flowers
c)
arthropods
42.
What is Mr. Paveglio's middle name?
a)
Patricia
b)
Patrick
c)
Peter
d)
David
43.
What invertebrates did Libby find out in the farm field tonight?
a)
dog
b)
Jack
c)
worms
d)
slugs
44.
How does a fern reproduce?
a)
seed
b)
spore
c)
flower
d)
moss
45.
What is Libby's middle name?
a)
Marie
b)
Sue
c)
Alice
d)
Alina
46.
Which term refers to the diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane?
a)
osmosis
b)
engulfing
c)
active transport
d)
facilitated transport
47.
Sugar molecules can combine with one another to form large molecules called
a)
proteins
b)
starches
c)
enzymes
d)
lipids
48.
Enzymes are important because they
a)
contain water
b)
speed up chemical reactions
c)
contain genetic material
d)
help the cell maintain its shape
49.
A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler elements is a(n)
a)
particle
b)
element
c)
carbohydrate
d)
compound
50.
What is the function of the 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
51.
Unlike Hooke, Leeuwenhoek observed cells that
a)
had no cell walls
b)
came from plants
c)
were alive
d)
could only be seen with a compound microscope
52.
Specialized cells are only found in
a)
animals
b)
single-celled organisms
c)
bacteria
d)
many-celled organisms
53.
How does magnification occur in an electron microscope?
a)
An electron beam creates an image
b)
an electron beam makes the object become larger
c)
light is changed into electrons by a convex lens
d)
light is reflected by an electron beam
54.
The invention of the microscope made it possible for people to discover
a)
plants
b)
skin
c)
animals
d)
cells
55.
DNA belongs to the group of organic compounds known as
a)
carbohydrates
b)
lipids
c)
nucleic acids
d)
starches
56.
A light microscope that has two or more lenses in a(n) ________ microscope
a)
compound
b)
electron
c)
light
d)
small
57.
A microscope allowed Hooke to see "tiny rectangular rooms," which he called _________.
a)
organelles
b)
cells
c)
plants
d)
nucleus
58.
Small grain-like bodies called ____________ produce proteins inside cells.
a)
nucleus
b)
cell membranes
c)
cell wall
d)
ribosomes
59.
Cells are the basic units of structure and ______ in living things.
a)
function
b)
life
c)
support
d)
oxygen
60.
In passive transport, materials move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration through a cell membrane.
a)
True
b)
False
61.
You can't see the cells in your body because most of them are very small.
a)
True
b)
False
62.
Organelles that use energy from sunlight to produce food are called mitochondria.
a)
True
b)
False
63.
The cells in a many-celled organism often have different sizes and shapes.
a)
True
b)
False
64.
The cell theory states that cells are produced from nonliving cells.
a)
True
b)
False
65.
Photosynthesis is when you take Carbon Dioxide + Water + light energy and produce _________.
a)
Glucose and Chlorophyll.
b)
Glucose and oxygen
c)
Glucose and sunlight
d)
Glucose and water
66.
The main pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants is _____________________
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
glucose
c)
chlorophyll
d)
water
67.
What are the products (what's made) of photosynthesis?
a)
Carbon Dioxide & Water
b)
Glucose and oxygen
c)
glucose and water
d)
glucose and Carbon dioxide
68.
The process by which a cell captures the energy of the sunlight and uses it to make food is ___
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Cellular Respiration
c)
the cell cycle
d)
Fermentation
69.
_____ are the green organelles in plant cells.
a)
Ribosomes
b)
Chloroplast
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleus
70.
An Organism that can make its own food.
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
71.
An organism that cannot make its own food is called ________.
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
72.
An organism that cannot make its own food is called ________.
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
73.
The sugar that is produced in photosynthesis is called _______________________
a)
Ribose
b)
glucose
c)
Sucrose
d)
domino
74.
Cellular Respiration is when Glucose and Oxygen produce ENERGY + _____________ & __________.
a)
Water and Sugar
b)
Water and Oxygen
c)
Water and Salt
d)
Water and Carbon Dioxide
75.
What are the products (what's made) of cellular respiration?
a)
Water & Carbon Dioxide
b)
Water & Glucose
c)
Water & Oxygen
d)
Water & Sugar
76.
What are the raw materials of Cellular Respiration?
a)
Glucose & Carbon Dioxide
b)
Glucose & Oxygen
c)
Glucose & Water
d)
Glucose & Energy
77.
Where does the first stage of cellular Respiration take place?
a)
Nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
cytoplasm
d)
mitochondria
78.
Where does the second stage of cellular respiration take place?
a)
Nucleus
b)
mitochondria
c)
cytoplasm
d)
robosome
79.
What type of fermentation sometimes occurs in human muscle cells?
a)
alcoholic fermentation
b)
lactic acid fermentation
80.
What type of fermentation occurs in yeast?
a)
alcoholic
b)
lactic acid
81.
What are the 3 stages of the cell cycle?
a)
interphase, meiosis, replication
b)
interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
c)
prophase, anaphase,telophas
82.
phases of mitosis- What is the correct?
a)
telophase, anaphase, prophase, metaphase
b)
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
c)
interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
83.
Regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo is ______________
a)
interphase
b)
mitosis
c)
cell cycle
d)
cytokinesis
84.
process in which DNA is copied.
a)
.cytokinesis
b)
cell cycle
c)
replication
d)
chromosome
85.
Stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus divides.
a)
interphase
b)
cell cycle
c)
cytokinesis
d)
mitosis
86.
two sister chromatids held together in the center by a centromere....
a)
chromatids
b)
chromosomes
c)
cells
d)
dna
87.
final stage of the cell cycle.
a)
interphase
b)
cytokinesis
c)
mitosis
d)
meiosis
88.
What are the raw materials of photosynthesis _______
a)
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen
b)
Oxygen and Glucose
c)
Carbon Dioxide and Water
d)
Energy and Oxygen
89.
What stage is this?
a)
prophase
b)
anaphase
c)
telophase
d)
metaphase
90.
These are all three reasons that cells divide.
a)
Repair or replace dead or damaged cells
b)
to use up the available food supply
c)
reproduce
d)
cell growth and development
91.
Name this stage
a)
interphase
b)
anaphase
c)
cytokinesis
d)
telophase
92.
What is known as a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur?
a)
Probability
b)
Heredity
c)
Percentage
d)
Genes
93.
The laws of probability predict what is likely to occur, not necessarily what will occur?
a)
True
b)
False
94.
A tool that can help you understand how the laws of probability apply to genetics is called a?
a)
Genetic cross
b)
Hybrid
c)
Punnett Square
d)
Combination
95.
A punnett square is a chart that does not show all the possible combinations of alleles?
a)
True
b)
False
96.
In a genetic cross, the allele that each parent will pass in to its offspring is based on probability?
a)
True
b)
False
97.
Two useful terms that geneticists use are?
a)
Phenotype and Kenotype
b)
Kenotype and Genotype
c)
Genotype and Phenotype
d)
Domininant and Kenotype
98.
An organisms Phenotype is its what?
a)
Genetic makeup
b)
Recessive Trait
c)
Dominant Trait
d)
Physical makeup
99.
An organisms genotype is its what?
a)
Genetic makeup
b)
Recessive Trait
c)
Dominant trait
d)
Physical trait
100.
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait is said to be what?
a)
Hybrid
b)
Co-dominant
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
101.
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait is?
a)
Hybrid
b)
Co-Dominant
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
102.
Whos discoveries set the foundation for the study of genetics?
a)
Oliver
b)
Taylor
c)
Mendel
d)
Newton
103.
Which answer indicates homozygous recessive?
a)
RR
b)
Tt
c)
Aa
d)
ee
104.
The human male genotype for the sex cell is
a)
XX
b)
YY
c)
XY
d)
TT
105.
The offspring of homozygous dominant and recessive parents will always be . . .
a)
heterozygous
b)
homozygous dominant
c)
homozygous recessive
d)
heterozygous recessive
106.
One die has 6 sides. The probability of rolling the number 5 is
a)
1:6
b)
1/5
c)
50%
d)
25/100
107.
Which of these is NOT a phenotype?
a)
long ears
b)
BB
c)
Red hair
d)
webbed feet
108.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
109.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
110.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
111.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
112.
What are the 4 nitrogen bases?
a)
adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
b)
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
c)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
d)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose
113.
What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?
a)
the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
b)
the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
c)
the color of the nitrogen bases
d)
the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases
114.
Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?
a)
deoxyribose and adenine
b)
deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond
c)
deoxyribose and the nucleus
d)
deoxyribose and phosphate
115.
DNA codes for...
a)
cholesterol
b)
proteins
c)
fatty acids
d)
a sandwich
116.
When an extra base is inserted into the DNA sequence of a gene, the protein doesn't work. Which explains why?
a)
the base increases rate of translation
b)
the base causes DNA to be transcribed in opposite direction
c)
the inserted base causes the codons in the sequence to be incorrect for the desired protein
d)
the base signals enzymes to translate DNA rather than RNA
117.
DNA sequence is ACAGTGC. How would this be coded on mRNA?
a)
TGTCACG
b)
UGUCACG
c)
GUGACAU
d)
CACUGUA
118.
Where are the proteins made?
a)
DNA
b)
nucleus
c)
ribosome
d)
mitochondria
119.
Amino acids are joined together in order to form
a)
DNA
b)
ribosomes
c)
proteins
d)
RNA
120.
The process by which a DNA molecule is copied is called _____.
a)
binary fission
b)
mitosis
c)
replication
d)
translation
121.
What is the name of the shape of DNA?
a)
Single Helix
b)
Double Helix
c)
Double Stranded
d)
Semiconservative
122.
Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG
ATG TGA CAG
a)
ATG TGA CAG
b)
TAC ACT GTC
c)
GTA AGT GAC
d)
CAT TCA CTG
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