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WorksheetsFinal Exam Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
1. What is Science?
Science is the understanding of the physical and natural world and how it works
a subject required for you to take
only the study of plants and animals
only the study of the environment and space
2. What is science based on?
facts to explain the natural world
opinions of the smartest people
knowledge of scientists only
3. What is a fact?
something that you feel certain about
is a bit of information that is true
information that everyone agrees on
something that sounds smart
4. What is data?
factual information that you collect from an experiment, observation, or investigation
numbers you come up with
whatever google says
optional proof
5. In order to gain scientific information, scientists take a series of steps that allow us to investigate and answer scientific questions. What is this series of steps called?
the scientific method
lab instructions
science procedures
there is no name
6. Which of the following is an example of an opinion?
Humans and animals require oxygen to live
New Designs Charter is the school I attend
LA is the best city in the world
There are 5280 feet in a mile
7. Waldriana would like to investigate the effect of temperature on the amount of food birds eat. What should she do FIRST to begin her investigation?
develop a question
conduct background research
design an experiment
come up with a theory
8. After you come up with a question and do background research, you need to come up with a hypothesis, which is a testable explanation to a problem that you are trying to explore. What two things must your hypothesis be?
easy and fun
testable and falsifiable
true and verifiable
short and simple
9. Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):
answer
experiment
problem
safety check
10. The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is known as the ________
conclusion
procedures
materials
responding variable
11. "If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller."What part of the scientific method is this an example of?
Procedure
Hypothesis
Question
Results
12. A scientist is collecting data on the number of times a cricket chirps per minute. What sense is the scientist most likely using to make observations?
hearing
sight
smell
touch
13. Darren is using tongs to carefully lift and move a beaker. What most likely happened before Darren moved the beaker?
The beaker broke and shattered.
The contents of the beaker spilled.
The beaker was heated.
The beaker was emptied and cleaned.
14. Which of the following tools would a scientist use to determine the temperature of a solution?
a graduated cylinder
a thermometer
a balance
a stopper
15. Which is not one of the parts of the cell theory?
a. Cells are the smallest, basic unit of structure and function of living things
b. All living things are made of cells
c. All cells come from other preexisting cells
d. Cells are made up of tissues
16. Who is the scientist credited with discovering the cell?
a. Robert Hooke
b. Isaac Newton
c. Albert Einstein
d. Mathias Scheiden
17. The scientist who "discovered" the cell was examining ________ under a microscope.
a. Cork
b. Onion
c. Skin
d. Pond water
18. The scientist who discovered cells was using which device when he saw them?
a. Lab goggles
b. A Microscope
c. A Magnifying glass
d. A Telescope
19. Which type of cells have a nucleus and membrane bound organelles?
a. Prokaryotes
b. Eukaryotes
20. Amoebae are unicellular. Unicellular organisms have
a. one cell
b. two cells
c. millions of cells
d. no cells
21. The tiny structures inside of cells that perform specific functions are called
a. tissues
b. organs
c. organelles
d. systems
22. Which organelle would you expect to find in a plant cell but not an animal cell?
a. Chloroplast
b. Mitochondria
c. Nucleus
d. Ribosome
23. In order to see the tiny organelles inside of a cell you would need to use what kind of microscope?
Light microscope
Transmission electron microscope
Compound microscope
Stereo microscope
24. Which of the following cell organelles is the control center of the cell that safely stores DNA
A
B
C
D
E
25. Which of the following cell organelles makes proteins
A
B
C
D
E
26. Which of the following cell organelles digests old material
A
B
C
D
E
27. Which of the following is the hereditary material found in humans and almost all other organisms?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Muriatic acid
Nuclear acid
Bicarbonate acid
28. Which of the following is NOT one of the information chemicals stored in DNA?
adenine
guanine
cytosine
sulfide
29. DNA nucleotides are made of three things. Which of the following is not part of a nucleotide?
a base (either adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine)
sugar
phosphate
lipid
30. In DNA, the two long strands that form a spiral are called which of the following?
Double strand
Ladder
Double helix
Spiral helix
31. The term "double helix" refers to:
the type of cell that contains DNA
the number of DNA molecules in each cell
the size of a DNA molecule
the shape of a DNA molecule
32. Each DNA sequence (or part) that contains instructions to make a protein is known as which of the following?
A gene
A hormone
A nucleus
A sequence
33. Forensic scientists can use DNA in blood, skin, saliva or hair to identify a matching DNA of an individual. This process is formally called which of the following?
DNA pictures
DNA profiling
DNA publication
DNA projections
34. DNA can best be compared to a building's:
bricks
blueprint
residents
rooms
35. Which part of the term "deoxyribonucleic acid" indicates where DNA is located?
oxy
ribo
nucleic
acid
