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Second Semester Exam Practice

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part of the Bacteria cell is strong and rigid but also has the ability to adjust to pressure

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

Ribosomes

2.

Unicellular means

a)

single-celled

b)

many cells

c)

multi-celled

3.

Prokaryotic cells include bacteria.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Where is the DNA found in a prokaryotic cell?

a)

floating around in the cytoplasm

b)

in the nucleus

5.

One example of a prokaryote is a...

a)

fungus

b)

bacteria

c)

animal

d)

plant

6.

Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have a nucleus.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

First type of cell to appear on Earth?

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Prokaryotic

d)

Eukaryotic

8.

Bacteria that live in EXTREME environments are known as

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Archea bacteria

9.

The _____ helps the bacteria move

a)

flagella

b)

cell wall

10.

What shape are these bacteria?

a)

cocci

b)

bacili

c)

spirilla

11.

What shape are these bacteria?

a)

cocci

b)

bacilli

c)

spirilla

12.

What shape are these bacteria?

a)

cocci

b)

bacilli

c)

spirilla

13.

What term best describes the function of flagella in bacteria?

a)

Locomotion

b)

Digestion

c)

Absorption

d)

Reproduction

14.

Phili are what type of structures?

a)

jelly like

b)

DNA

c)

Hair like

15.

Bacteria that is found in uncooked eggs and raw chicken

a)

Salmonella

b)

E. Coli

c)

Dysteniary

16.

Bacteria that is found in food products. Its origins come from feces (poop).

a)

E. coli

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Commensalism

17.

Bacteria (shigella) or an amoeba can can diarrhea, death, vomiting, fever & spread from contaminated food or water

a)

Dysteniary

b)

Mutualism

c)

Salmonella

18.

This relationship is harmful for the host. A leech or tapeworm feeds off the host

a)

Parasite

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

19.
Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because
a)
They are not cellular
b)
They cannot reproduce on their own
c)
They cannot make proteins
d)
all of the above
20.
A(n) _____ is a virus that enters a bacterial cell.
a)
endospore
b)
decomposer
c)
plasmid
d)
bacteriophage
21.

What provides direct energy for the virus?

a)

DNA

b)

its host

c)

the sun

d)

a parasite

22.

What is the machine Polio patients are kept in?

a)

Automated breathing apparatus

b)

Legit colony

c)

Iron lung

d)

Nebulizer

23.

Any mammal can get rabies, including cats and dogs.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Where is the rabies virus carried?

a)

saliva

b)

blood

c)

venom

d)

fingernails

25.

After the replication in muscles, rabies virus travels within axons (nerves) to infect :

a)

muscles

b)

legs

c)

arms

d)

spinal cord then the brain

26.

Malaria causes over 400,000 deaths per year.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

An infection caused by the malaria parasite enters the ___________, usually through the bite of an infected female mosquito.

a)

Lungs

b)

Bloodstream

c)

Mouth

28.

Has nucleus

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

c)

both

29.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
30.

Chloroplasts in plant cells allow the plant to perform a function. What is the main function?

a)

to absorb light energy and manufacture food

b)

to remove waste materials by active transport

31.

In what part of the plant cell does the process of photosynthesis take place?

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

chloroplasts

d)

vacuoles

32.

Fungi can ONLY reproduce asexually

a)

True

b)

Fales

33.

Fungi are decomposers

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The best environment for fungi is...

a)

Cool and damp

b)

Warm and dry

c)

Cool and dry

d)

Warm and moist

35.

The reproductive cells of fungi are called:

a)

pollen

b)

seeds

c)

spores

d)

mold

36.

All of the following are examples of fungi except one. Which of the following is NOT a type of fungus?

a)

yeast

b)

mold

c)

mushroom

d)

algae

37.

What can yeast be used for?

a)

Making eggs

b)

Wax for candles

c)

Making bread

d)

Making syrup

38.

This organism is multicellular, heterotroph, that has a cell wall made of chitin. What kingdom does it belong in?

a)

fungi

b)

plantae

c)

animalia

39.
A Heterotroph is an organism that
a)
makes it's own food
b)
is a consumer or decomposer
c)
uses the sun for food and nourishment
40.
Yeast is a(n)
a)
autotroph
b)
producer
c)
heterotroph
d)
plant
41.

Ethanol (drinking alcohol) is produced from

a)

corn

b)

barley

c)

sugar cane

d)

all of the above

42.

True or false:


Yeast ferments sugar?

a)

True

b)

Flase

43.

Enzymes in the yeast breaks down sugars from fruit turning them into Ethanol and a gas called carbon dioxide.


This process is known as?

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Fermentation

44.

What part of the plant soaks up nutrients from the ground?

a)

leaves

b)

stem

c)

roots

d)

flower

45.

Which part of the plant makes the food?

a)

roots

b)

stem

c)

leaf

d)

flower

46.

This part of the plant acts like an "elevator" carrying nutrients to the plant.

a)

roots

b)

stem

c)

leaves

d)

flower

47.

How could a plant spread its seeds?

a)

An animal could eat fruit and spread the seeds.

b)

A seed could get tangled in animal fur and be carried to a new place.

c)

Seeds could float away in the wind.

d)

all of the above

48.

What is the pigment in chloroplasts that performs photosynthesis?

a)

Chlorosynthesis

b)

Chlorophyll

c)

ADP

d)

Electron Transport

49.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

a)

water and carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen and glucose

c)

oxygen and carbon dioxide

d)

oxygen and water

50.

What organelle in the leaves of plants capture light energy from the sun to complete photosynthesis?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

d)

Ribosomes

51.
The reactants of photosynthesis are
a)
sugar and water.
b)
sugar and oxygen.
c)
carbon dioxide and water.
d)
carbon dioxide and oxygen.
52.

What is the name of flower part #3 ?

a)

sepal

b)

pistil

c)

stamen

d)

petal

53.

What is the name of flower part #2 ?

a)

stigma

b)

style

c)

anther

d)

sepal

54.

What is the name of flower part #5 ?

a)

anther

b)

style

c)

stigma

d)

filament

55.

What is the name of flower part #6 ?

a)

pollen tube

b)

style

c)

receptacle

d)

anther

56.

What is the name of flower part #8 ?

a)

stigma

b)

receptacle

c)

ovule

d)

ovary

57.

What is the name of flower part #11 ?

a)

pedicle

b)

sepal

c)

stamen

d)

receptacle

58.

What is the name of flower part #12 ?

a)

style

b)

ovule

c)

stamen

d)

pistil

59.

This contains the male parts of the flower?

a)

stamen

b)

pistil

c)

sepal

d)

style

60.

This part of the plant bears pollen?

a)

anther

b)

filament

c)

pistil

d)

stamen

61.

This contains all the female parts of the flower?

a)

pistil

b)

stamen

c)

stigma

d)

sepal

62.

This is the base of the pistil, matures to become fruit?

a)

ovule

b)

ovary

c)

style

d)

stigma

63.

What attracts insects for pollination?

a)

anther

b)

ovary

c)

pistil

d)

petals

64.

Vascular tissue in plants include Xylem and _____________.

a)

Phloem

b)

Veins

c)

Arteries

d)

Moss

65.

Which has true roots, stems, and leaves?

a)

Vascular Plants

b)

Nonvascular Plants

66.

Which are small and grow close to the ground?

a)

Vascular

b)

Nonvascular

67.

All of the following are vascular plants EXCEPT:

a)

ferns

b)

oak tree

c)

moss

d)

tulips

68.

Examples of these plants include mosses, liverworts, and other plants with no xylem or phloem

a)

dicot

b)

vascular plant

c)

monocot

d)

nonvascular plant

69.

___________________ plants have true roots, true stems, and true leaves.

a)

Protist

b)

Vascular

c)

Fungi

d)

Non-vascular

70.

Flowering plants are called:

a)

gymnosperm

b)

dicots

c)

angiosperms

71.

Flowering plants are also known as ...

a)

Angiosperms

b)

Gymnosperms

c)

Nonvacular plants

d)

Seedless vascular plants

72.

What type of plant is this?

a)

Angiosperm

b)

Gymnosperm

c)

hornworts

d)

moss

73.

True or false:


Invertebrates are organisms that have a backbone?

a)

True

b)

False

74.

Invertebrates do NOT have

a)

exoskeleton

b)

soft body

c)

internal skeleton

d)

eyes

75.
Invertebrates are animals
a)
with a backbone
b)
without a backbone
76.

True or false:


Vertebrates are animals with a backbone?

a)

True

b)

False

77.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
78.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile