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1st 9 Weeks Test Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
All living things have an internal structure of ____________, which are the smallest unit of life. 
a)
Cells
b)
ATP
c)
Glucose
d)
Sugar
2.
How many students either chose a snake or a hamster?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
3.
When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
4.
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
5.
Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?
a)
Make observation
b)
Form a theory
c)
Collect data
d)
Form a hypothesis
6.

All living organisms use energy. They also grow and reproduce. What is another characteristic of all living organisms?

a)

All living organisms can produce glucose through photosynthesis.

b)

All living organisms consist of many cells with specialized organelles.

c)

All living organisms must consume food in order to acquire nutrition.

d)

All living organisms are composed of one or more cells.

7.

There are many criteria that are used to define living things. Living things reproduce, grow, and develop. They respond to stimuli, use materials and energy, and evolve and adapt over time to their environment. What is another criteria used to define living things?

a)

All living things are able to move.

b)

All living things are intelligent.

c)

All living things are complex.

d)

All living things are made of cells.

8.

All living organisms share many characteristics necessary for life. For example, all organisms, including both prokaryotic and eukaryotic,

a)

have cells arranged into complex organ structures.

b)

must obtain and use energy for life processes.

c)

can use abiotic factors to make their own food.

d)

can sexually reproduce to produce unique offspring.

9.
There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
10.
Which organism performs all life processes in one cell?
a)
grass
b)
bacteria
c)
mushroom
d)
butterfly
11.
What step does every scientific experiment begin with?
a)
hypothesis
b)
question/problem
c)
procedures
d)
conclusion
12.
Which of these contains steps in the right order?
a)
Ask a question, state your hypothesis, research, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
b)
State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
c)
Ask a question, research, state your hypothesis, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
d)
State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, make a conclusion, experiment, analyze
13.
A gazelle running away from a hunting lion is an example of ____________.
a)
homeostasis
b)
responding to stimuli
c)
growing and developing
d)
reproducing
14.
The pendulum made 17 full swings in 30 seconds.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
c)
Both
d)
Neither
15.
There are 15 boys and 17 girls.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
c)
Both
d)
Neither
16.

In the atom, which particles are in constant motion around the nucleus?

a)

protons

b)

protons and neutrons

c)

neutrons

d)

electrons

17.

Which type of bond holds two or more water molecules together?

a)

covalent bonds

b)

van der Waals forces

c)

hydrogen bonds

d)

ionic bonds

18.

Which type of macromolecule regulates cell processes or transports material into and out of a cell?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

proteins

c)

lipids

d)

nucleic acids

19.

What is a substance that is dissolved in another substance?

a)

solution

b)

solute

c)

solvent

d)

compound

20.

What are ionic bonds?

a)

Valence electrons transferred between atoms

b)

Inner most electrons transferred between atoms

c)

Sharing electrons

21.

Enzymes are considered to be

a)

Lipids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Proteins

d)

Nucleic Acids

22.

Water is polar because…

a)

The unequal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its oxygen atom and a slight positive charge near its hydrogen atoms.

b)

The molecule has two poles, at which the it is colder than other regions of the molecule.

c)

The unequal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its hydrogen atoms and a slight positive charge near its oxygen atom.

d)

The water molecule is neutral.

23.

Capillary action is the result of adhesion. Which aspect of water is responsible for this?

a)

Nonpolar covalent bonds that enable water to dissolve other substances.

b)

Polar covalent bonds that join molecules of water to other substances

c)

Hydrogen bonds between water and another substance

d)

Ionic bonds that enable electrons to flow through water and into another substance

24.
Which of the following decreases the activation energy necessary to initiate the chemical change within the body?
a)
nucleotides
b)
enzymes
c)
amino acids
d)
fatty acids
25.

Which type of bond holds two or more water molecules together?

a)

covalent bonds

b)

van der Waals forces

c)

hydrogen bonds

d)

ionic bonds

26.

Breaking a window or crumpling a piece of paper are examples of a....

a)

Physical Change

b)

Chemical Change

c)

There is no change occuring

27.

What is the name for the mechanism of enzyme activity?

a)

lock and key

b)

jigsaw puzzle

c)

hammer and nail

d)

two hands pattern

28.

Living things that capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and convert it into usable energy for cells are called __________________.

a)

heterotrophs

b)

autotrophs

c)

monotrophs

d)

terratrophs

29.

What is the net movement of particles such as oxygen from an area where there are many particles to an area where there are fewer particles?

a)

osmosis

b)

active transport

c)

diffusion

30.

What separates the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells from the watery environment in which they exist?

a)

plasma membrane

b)

selective permeability

c)

homeostasis

31.

Which of these statements do NOT fit into the cell theory?

a)

All living things are composed of cells.

b)

Cells are the basic unit of structure & function.

c)

New cells are produced from existing cells.

d)

All of these are components of the cell theory.

32.

The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called…

a)

diffusion

b)

channel proteins

c)

concentration gradient

d)

osmosis

33.

This organelle is responsible for the process of photosynthesis:

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplast

c)

chlorophyll

d)

lysosome

34.

Which organelle connects the nuclear membrane to the cell membrane in case they need to communicate.

a)

golgi apparatus

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

vacuole

d)

lysosome

35.

This organelle is filled with enzymes; what are the two purposes of this organelle?

a)

golgi apparatus; modify and package

b)

golgi apparatus; destroy old cells and rid of wastes

c)

lysosomes; modify and package

d)

lysosomes; destroy old cells and rid of wastes

36.

Which of these two characteristics do all cells have to have?

a)

nucleus & DNA

b)

nucleus & cytoplasm

c)

DNA & cell membrane

d)

DNA & cytoplasm

37.

In osmosis, water always moves toward the ___________ solution: that is, toward the solution with the ___________ solute concentration.

a)

isotonic, greater

b)

hypertonic, greater

c)

hypertonic, lesser

d)

hypotonic, lesser

e)

hypotonic, greater