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Life Science Midterm Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an organ system?

a)

The way mammals breathe

b)

A group of organs working together to complete a certain task

c)

The outer layer of a cell

d)

One organ providing resources for multiple life forms

2.

What does an electron microscope direct?

a)

Plant cells

b)

Traffic

c)

Jaws

d)

A beam of electrons

3.

What type of microscope is most commonly used for academic purposes

a)

Compound

b)

Triple

c)

Electron

d)

Simple

4.

What is a vaccine made of?

a)

Microneedles

b)

Living viruses

c)

Weakened virus particles

d)

Mitochondria

5.

What does a nucleus control?

a)

Cell membranes

b)

Thoughts

c)

Surrounding cells

d)

All cell activities

6.

What did Theodor Schwann conclude?

a)

Cells divide

b)

All animals are made of cells

c)

All plants are made of cells

d)

Eggos are explosive

7.

What does pasteurization do to kill bacteria?

a)

Freezes food

b)

Shakes food back and forth

c)

Injects food with chemicals

d)

Heats food

8.

How do MOST bacteria reproduce?

a)

Citation

b)

Fission

c)

Vaccination

d)

Conjugaation

9.

What type of bacteria is spiral-shaped?

a)

Spirilla

b)

Bacilli

c)

Cocci

d)

Spiralus

10.

What conditions do archaebacteria live in?

a)

warm

b)

mild

c)

cold

d)

XTREME!!

11.

Vaccines are made from weakened

(a)  

12.

What does bioremediation do?

a)

It uses bacteria to break down wastes and pollutants

into simpler harmless compounds.

b)

It cleans up the side of highways from all of the litter left behind that was thrown from passing cars

c)

It de-poisons trees

d)

use certain

pollutants as a food source for bacteria

13.

What shape is bacteria in the bacilli group?

a)

Spiral

b)

Rhombus

c)

Rod

d)

Sphere

14.

What shape is bacteria in the cocci group?

a)

Flat

b)

Sphere

c)

Rod

d)

Spiral

15.

How do leaves help a plant?

a)

Scaring away predators

b)

Making food

c)

Absorbing water

d)

Storing liquids

16.

What 2 things does the stem transport?

a)

Water & Energy

b)

Water & Red Blood Cells

c)

Food & Water

d)

Food & Veins

17.

What part of the plant anchors it to the ground?

a)

Stem

b)

Roots

c)

Vascular Tissue

d)

Leaves

18.

What does xylem do?

a)

Transport leaf parts

b)

Support the plant

c)

Make food

d)

Transport water and dissolved substances

19.

What is a characteristic of a seed?

a)

Soft outer covering

b)

Heavy

c)

Stationary

d)

Stored Food

20.

What do angiosperms produce?

a)

Fruit

b)

Extra-Thick Roots

c)

Pinecones

d)

Happiness

21.

What type of plant does not flower?

a)

Angiosperms

b)

Monocot

c)

Gymnosperms

d)

Dicot