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Vocab. 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an element?

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Nucleus

c)

Atom

d)

Ribsome

2.

____ is all living things are composed of cells.

a)

Cell Theory

b)

Cell Wall

3.

What is produced in green plants by photosynthesis and serve as a major energy source in animal diets?

a)

Constant

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Carbohydrate

4.

____ is the protective layer external to the plasma membrane in plant cells, bacteria, fungi, and some protists.

a)

Chlorophyll

b)

Cellular Respiration

c)

Mean

d)

Cell Wall

5.

The most prevalent and efficient catabolic pathway for the production of ATP.

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Science

c)

DNA

d)

Atom

6.

What is a green pigment located within the chloroplasts of plants?

a)

fertilization

b)

Genotype

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Identify

7.

An organelle found only in plants and photosynthetic protists that absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water.

a)

Cytoskeleton

b)

Gene

c)

Golgi Complex

d)

Chloroplast

8.

A threadlike, gene-carrying structure found in the nucleus.

a)

DNA

b)

Chromosome

c)

RNA

9.

What is the part that doesn't change during the experiment

a)

Dependent Variable

b)

Law

c)

Constant

d)

Independent Variable

10.

What is the inner structural elements, or backbone, of a cell?

a)

DNA

b)

Cytoskeleton

c)

Model

d)

Organic Compound

11.

This is a broad field that refers to the collective processes, theories, concepts, tools and technologies that enable the review, analysis and extraction of valuable knowledge and information

a)

Law

b)

Data

c)

Element

12.

Affected during the experiment.

a)

Dependent Variable

b)

Constant

c)

Independent Variable

d)

Experiment

13.

What are the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid?

a)

DCA

b)

DVD

c)

RNA

d)

DNA

14.

Any substance that cannot be broken down to any other

substance is ____

a)

Gene

b)

Constant

c)

Element

d)

Experiment

15.

Evidence relating to or based on experience or observation

a)

Fertilization

b)

Science

c)

Empirical Evidence

d)

Hypothesis

16.

What is a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Theory

c)

Experiment

d)

Lipid

17.

The union of haploid gametes to produce a diploid zygote is which of the following?

a)

Identify

b)

Fertilization

c)

Lysosome

d)

Gene

18.

____ is a discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA.

a)

Gene

b)

Atom

c)

Genotype

d)

Proteins

19.

The genetic makeup of an organism is?

a)

Gene

b)

DNA

c)

Model

d)

Genotype

20.

An organelle in eukaryotic cells consisting of stacks of flat membranous sacs that modify, store, and route products of the endoplasmic reticulum. Is which of the following?

a)

Golgi Complex

b)

Mitochondrion

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Organic Compound

21.

___ is a temporary working explanation or supposition based on accumulated facts and suggesting some general principle or relation of cause and effect

a)

Theory

b)

Experiment

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Science

22.

To determine the taxonomic position of is

a)

Lipid

b)

Identify

c)

Observation

23.

Changed by the experimenter.

a)

Dependent Variable

b)

Science

c)

Experiment

d)

Independent Variable

24.

a generalized rule to explain a body of observations in the form of a verbal or mathematical statement.

a)

Law

b)

Science

c)

Mean

d)

Theory

25.

What is one of a family of compounds, including fats, phospholipids, and steroids, that are insoluble in water?

a)

Mitochondrion

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Lipid

d)

Compound

26.

Which of the following is a membrane-enclosed bag of hydrolytic enzymes found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells?

a)

Protein

b)

Vacuole

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Lysosome

27.

Which of the following words means, "the average" ?

a)

Mode

b)

Mean

c)

Median

28.

An organelle that’s main function is to produce energy.

a)

Mitochondrion

b)

Lysosome

c)

DNA

d)

Ribosome

29.

____ is a representation of an idea, an object or even a process or a system that is used to describe and explain phenomena that cannot be experienced directly.

a)

Median

b)

Mode

c)

Mean

d)

Model

30.

What serves as a blueprint for proteins and, through the actions of proteins, for all cellular activities?

a)

DNA

b)

Element

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Gene

31.

The process of using one or more of the senses to gather information?

a)

Experiment

b)

Observation

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Theory

32.

A chemical compound containing the element carbon and usually synthesized by cells, is known as?

a)

Organic Compound

b)

Open Compound

c)

Acid Compound

d)

Ionic Compound

33.

The process by which plants prepare their own food by combining water and carbon dioxide in the presence of sunlight is called?

a)

Photography

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Pollinate

d)

Pollen

34.

____ is a three-dimensional biological polymer constructed from a set of 20 different monomers called amino acids

a)

DNA

b)

Popcorn

c)

Science

d)

Proteins

35.

Which of the following is, a cell organelle constructed in the nucleolus, functioning as the site of protein synthesis in the cytoplasm?

a)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Amino Acid

c)

Ribosome

36.

_____refers to a system of acquiring knowledge. This system uses observation and experimentation to describe and explain natural phenomena.

a)

Theory

b)

Law

c)

Science

d)

Social Studies

37.

What is the imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing?

a)

Science

b)

Simulation

c)

Experiment

d)

Test

38.

A generalization based on many observations and experiments and is a verified hypothesis. Is known as?

a)

Theory

b)

Law

c)

Science

d)

Hypothesis

39.

What is know as a membrane-enclosed sac taking up most of the interior of a mature plant cell and containing a variety of substances important in plant reproduction, growth, and development.

a)

Nucleolus

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Plasma Membrane

d)

Vacuole

40.

Which of the choices fit the following definition? An extensive membranous network in eukaryotic cells, continuous with the outer nuclear membrane and composed of ribosome-studded and ribosome-free regions.

a)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Nuclear Envelop

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Gene