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8th Grade Life Science 1 FSA Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An environment factor not associated with the activities of living organisms.

(a)  

2.

A characteristic of an organism that increases the chances of survival in its environment.

a)

Abiotic

b)

Adaptation

c)

Allele

d)

Biodiversity

3.

An organism that cannot produce their own food.

a)

Budding

b)

Consumer

c)

Eukaryote

d)

Heterotroph

4.

An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals

(a)  

5.

Any of 2 or more alternate forms of a genes that an organism may have for a particular trait.

a)

Behavior

b)

Abiotic

c)

Allele

d)

Biotic

6.

The process is sexual, reproduction in which an egg and a sperm cell join to form a new cell.

a)

Evolution

b)

Gene

c)

Dominant

d)

Fertilization

7.

Herbivore is what?

a)

An animal that obtains nutrients only from plants

b)

An animal that obtains nutrients from animals and plants

c)

An animal that obtains nutrients from only animals

d)

An plant that obtains nutrients from other plants

8.

A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.

a)

Sexual reproduction

b)

Eukaryote

c)

Asexual reproduction

d)

Gene

9.

An organism that can produce food from inorganic materials (carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water)

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Biotic

d)

Consumer

10.

The process by the which plants begin to grow from a seed or a spore.

a)

Enhancing

b)

Budding

c)

Germination

d)

Evolution

11.

A specific part of a chromosome or sequence of DNA that determines a particular feature of characteristics in an organism.

(a)  

12.

A diagram representing the transfer of energy from the Sun through producers and a series of consumers.

a)

Food Pyramid

b)

Food Web

c)

Food Life

d)

Food Chain

13.

The existence of a wide range of different species in a given area of specific period of time.

a)

Binomial Nomenclature

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Environment

14.

A factor in an environment relating to caused by or produced by living organisms.

(a)  

15.

A plant or animals action, reaction, or activity that occurs in response to stimuli (gravity, light, and temp).

a)

Behavior

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Characteristic

d)

Community

16.

The classification system in which each organism is given a unique, two part scientific name indicating its genus and species.

a)

Autotroph

b)

Community

c)

Dominant

d)

Binomial Nomenclature

17.

An asexual reproductive process in which an outgrowth of a parent organism detaches and forms a new individual of the same species.

a)

Fermintation

b)

Germination

c)

Budding

d)

Sexual Growth

18.

Change over time, the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.

a)

Dominant

b)

Evolution

c)

Gene

d)

Adaptation

19.

A feature quality, property, or trait of an organism

a)

Community

b)

Behavior

c)

Characteristic

d)

Way of Life

20.

Population of different species of organism living together in the same geographic area.

(a)  

21.

An organism in a food chain that obtains nutrients from producers or other consumers; These may be herbivores or carnivores

(a)  

22.

The form of a trait that is expressed or shown when the combination of alleles for this trait is heterozygous.

a)

Community

b)

Dominant

c)

Environment

d)

Ecosystem

23.

All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment.

(a)  

24.

An area that includes all living organisms and the surrounding physical features such as air, water, soil, weather, and land forms.

a)

Environment

b)

Biosphere

c)

Niche

d)

Hydrosphere

25.

An organism whose cells contain a nucleus surrounded by a membrane.

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

c)

Community

d)

Autotroph