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End of Year Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the scientist most famous for his study of natural selection and evolution?

a)

Theodor Schwann

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Rudolf Virchow

2.

How do we measure the age of a fossil in years?

a)

variation

b)

absolute dating

c)

selection

d)

mutation

3.

What do you call similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Analogous Structure

c)

Vestigial Structure

d)

Homologous Structure

4.

What do you call a characteristic that allows an organism to survive in an environment?

a)

variation

b)

adaptation

c)

selection

d)

overproduction

5.

Hibernation is an example of which type of adaptation?

a)

Behavioral Adaptation

b)

Physical Adaptation

6.

Beak shape, camouflage, and webbed feet are all examples of which type of adaptation?

a)

Behavioral Adaptation

b)

Physical Adaptation

7.

Select ALL that show evidence of evolution.

a)

DNA

b)

mutations

c)

fossils

d)

skeletal structures

8.

The photo above shows the different fur colors that occur naturally in "bunnius sciencius." What is this an example of?

a)

homologous structures

b)

different species

c)

variation in traits

d)

different structures.

9.

Darwin believed that species changed ________________________, adapting to the particular conditions they lived in.

a)

within their lives

b)

on purpose, because they wanted to survive

c)

gradually, over many generations

d)

immediately

10.

Adaptations help organisms - whether plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, or protists - survive in their environment. If they survive, they can _______________ and pass the genes for those adaptations to their offpsring.

a)

adapt

b)

evolve

c)

reproduce

d)

decompose

11.

Which fossil is the oldest?

a)

Fossil 1

b)

Fossil 2

c)

Fossil 3

d)

Fossil 4

12.

Scientists found a fossil (circled) in the same layer as fossil 1. They want to know if it is the exact same age as fossil 1.

How can they tell?

a)

They can check for a common ancestor.

b)

They can send it to a lab for radioactive dating.

c)

They can send it to a lab for relative dating.

d)

They can check for the fossil's color.

13.

Passing on the trait of being tuskless has become an advantage for the female Mozambique elephants in their environment because....

a)

females use the tusks for fighting

b)

female elephants are more attractive without tusks

c)

tuskless elephants are less likely to be killed by poachers

d)

the females won't injure themselves with their tusks.

14.

Most fossils are formed when organisms that died get buried in rocks and soil, which over millions of years forms.. .

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

d)

lava

15.

Why is the fossil record incomplete?

a)

Scientists have lost most of the fossils.

b)

Most animals hide when they start to fossilize

c)

Most organisms decompose or are eaten before they can become fossils.

d)

Once the dinosaurs became extinct, no more fossils were created.

16.
What is the function of the mitochondria?
a)
Pack and ship proteins
b)
Make proteins
c)
Make energy (ATP)
d)
Removes waste
17.
I am the control center of the cell and house the DNA. Who am I?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Nucleus
c)
Ribosome
d)
Golgi Apparatus
18.

What is the function of the cell membrane?

a)

Produces ATP

b)

Produces proteins and lipids

c)

Keep the organelles in place

d)

Control what enters and leaves the cell

19.
I am the tough exterior that protects plant cells and gives them their shape. Who am I?
a)
Cell wall
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Mitochondria
20.

I am much bigger in plant cells than I am in animal cells. What am I?

a)

Golgi Apparatus

b)

Nucleus

c)

Vacuole

d)

Ribosomes

21.
What is the function of chloroplasts?
a)
Helps plants make food from the sun
b)
Protects plant cells
c)
Store food and water
d)
Make energy for the cell
22.

I am the gel-like substance that holds all the organelles in place within the cell. Who am I?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Cell wall

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Centriole

23.
Which of the following organelles will you NOT find in an animal cell?
a)
Cell membrane
b)
Cell wall
c)
Golgi Apparatus
d)
Lysosome
24.

You will find a lot of me in muscle cells, to produce the massive amounts of ATP for movement and exercise. Who am I?

a)

Nucleus

b)

ER

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Ribosomes

25.

I am located in the leaf cells of plants, but NOT the root cells. Who am I?

a)

nucleus

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Vacuole

d)

Mitochondrion

26.

I am the "security gate" of the cell and I control what enters and leaves all types of cells. Who am I?

a)

Cell wall

b)

nucleus

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Cell membrane

27.
The place where an organism lives is its __________.
a)
habitat
b)
ecosystem
c)
organism
d)
population
28.

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called __________ factors.

a)

biotic

b)

biology

c)

abiotic

d)

biography

29.

A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area is called a/an __________.

a)

community

b)

habitat

c)

population

d)

ecosystem

30.
All of the living AND non-living things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an __________.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
31.

A group of different species that live together and interact in an environment is called a/an __________.

a)

community

b)

habitat

c)

population

d)

ecosystem

32.
ALL energy flow for an ecosystem begins with ...
a)
plants
b)
the moon
c)
the sun
d)
algae
33.
What are biotic factors?
a)
dead things
b)
living things/ organisms
c)
weather
d)
plants
34.
Which is an example of an ABIOTIC factor?
a)
hummingbird
b)
water
c)
dead tree branch
d)
skunk
35.

Which is an example of a BIOTIC factor for coral?

a)

lightning

b)

algae

c)

sand

d)

clouds

36.

Which are located at the very BOTTOM of an energy pyramid?

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

d)

scavengers

37.
Organisms that hunt other organisms for food are called __________.
a)
predators
b)
prey
c)
producers
d)
heterotrophs
38.
A bird in a tree watched as a lion stalked, attacked, and then ate a zebra. Which of these animals was the prey?
a)
bird
b)
lion
c)
zebra
d)
all of the above
39.
Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, and scavengers are all examples of __________.
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
d)
abiotic factors
40.

Another name for a living thing is a/an ___________.

a)

habitat

b)

ecosystem

c)

organism

d)

population

41.
G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
all of the choices result in yellow
42.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes
43.

Which of the following genotypes is purebred dominant?

a)

A

b)

Aa

c)

AA

d)

aa

44.

Which of the following genotypes is hybrid?

a)

Bb

b)

BB

c)

bb

d)

B

45.

In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant in this species?

a)

rr

b)

R

c)

RR

d)

RR or Rr

46.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
47.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
Aa
b)
red hair
c)
heterozygous
d)
DNA
48.
One form of a gene is called_______________
a)
a DNA
b)
a Phenotype
c)
a trait
d)
an allele
49.
In this punnett square, which is the dominant trait?
The B stands for bud.
a)
purple flower bud
b)
white flower bud
c)
dominant
d)
recessive
50.
The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics 
a)
gene
b)
genetics 
c)
meiosis 
d)
hybrid 
51.

The digestive and respiratory systems pair together to ...

a)

bring carbon dioxide and wastes to cells.

b)

bring oxygen and wastes to cells.

c)

bring oxygen and nutrients to cells for cellular respiration.

d)

bring carbon dioxide and nutrients to cells for cellular respiration.

52.

The digestive and respiratory systems rely on the ___ systems to transport needed materials to the cells.

a)

circlatory and excretory

b)

circulatory and muscular

c)

nervous and digestive

d)

nervous and skeletal

53.

All organ systems have this at its most basic unit.

a)

Cells

b)

Neurons

c)

Tissues

d)

Organs