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Worksheets8th SemTest Review 21-22
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
variations present in living organisms that aided in their survival
a)
Adaptations
b)
Amino Acid
c)
Analogous structures
d)
Artificial selection
e)
Asexual Reproduction
2.
a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes
a)
Adaptations
b)
Amino Acid
c)
Analogous structures
d)
Artificial selection
e)
Asexual Reproduction
3.
having very different characteristics, because humans selectively bred organisms for traits
a)
Adaptations
b)
Amino Acid
c)
Analogous structures
d)
Artificial selection
e)
Asexual Reproduction
4.
the structural units that make up proteins
a)
Adaptations
b)
Amino Acid
c)
Analogous structures
d)
Artificial selection
e)
Asexual Reproduction
5.
used for the same purpose but are not due to a common ancestor
a)
Adaptations
b)
Amino Acid
c)
Analogous structures
d)
Artificial selection
e)
Asexual Reproduction
6.
A distinguishing quality, trait or feature of an individual, or thing
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Base Pairs
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Characteristic
e)
Chromosome
7.
a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Base Pairs
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Characteristic
e)
Chromosome
8.
An educated guess about the outcome of an experiment based on evidence that is testable
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Base Pairs
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Characteristic
e)
Chromosome
9.
most common are Adenine and Thymine or Cytosine and Guanine
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Base Pairs
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Characteristic
e)
Chromosome
10.
the soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Base Pairs
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Characteristic
e)
Chromosome
11.
Data that is based on observable characteristics of things or events that can be collected using the five senses. Example: "The juice tastes sweet to me."
a)
Experimental Group
b)
Continental drift
c)
Convergent boundary
d)
Core
e)
Qualitative Data
12.
the boundary between two colliding tectonic plates
a)
Experimental Group
b)
Continental drift
c)
Convergent boundary
d)
Core
e)
Qualitative Data
13.
the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle
a)
Experimental Group
b)
Continental drift
c)
Convergent boundary
d)
Core
e)
Qualitative Data
14.
The group or subjects that is included in the experiment. This is the group where the independent variable is applied.
a)
Experimental Group
b)
Continental drift
c)
Convergent boundary
d)
Core
e)
Qualitative Data
15.
the theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have in the past
a)
Experimental Group
b)
Continental drift
c)
Convergent boundary
d)
Core
e)
Qualitative Data
16.
Deoxyribonucleic acid or the material within cells contains all of the genetic information for a species
a)
Crossing over
b)
Crust
c)
Cytokinesis
d)
Divergent boundary
e)
DNA
17.
the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
a)
Crossing over
b)
Crust
c)
Cytokinesis
d)
Divergent boundary
e)
DNA
18.
the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells
a)
Crossing over
b)
Crust
c)
Cytokinesis
d)
Divergent boundary
e)
DNA
19.
the swapping of genetic material that occurs in meiosis
a)
Crossing over
b)
Crust
c)
Cytokinesis
d)
Divergent boundary
e)
DNA
20.
the thin, outermost layer of the Earth
a)
Crossing over
b)
Crust
c)
Cytokinesis
d)
Divergent boundary
e)
DNA
21.
A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor
a)
Dominant
b)
Double Helix
c)
Embryology
d)
Evolution
e)
Extinction
22.
Study of organisms in their earliest form that show common ancestry.
a)
Gene
b)
Double Helix
c)
Embryology
d)
Evolution
e)
Extinction
23.
The change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and relies on the process of natural selection
a)
Gene
b)
Double Helix
c)
Embryology
d)
Evolution
e)
Extinction
24.
The paired stranded of DNA that are coiled into a spiral
a)
Gene
b)
Double Helix
c)
Embryology
d)
Evolution
e)
Extinction
25.
The termination of a kind of organism or of a group of species
a)
Gene
b)
Double Helix
c)
Embryology
d)
Evolution
e)
Extinction
26.
A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
a)
Fossils
b)
gene
c)
Homologous structures
d)
Inherit
e)
Law of superposition
27.
Imprints or remains of organisms found in rock
a)
Fossils
b)
Dominant
c)
Homologous structures
d)
Inherit
e)
Law of superposition
28.
Is to receive something from someone who came before you
a)
Fossils
b)
Dominant
c)
Homologous structures
d)
Inherit
e)
Law of superposition
29.
Law states that the oldest layers of strata were deposited first
a)
Fossils
b)
Dominant
c)
Homologous structures
d)
Inherit
e)
Law of superposition
30.
Similar anatomy in different types of animals because of common ancestor
a)
Fossils
b)
Dominant
c)
Homologous structures
d)
Inherit
e)
Law of superposition
31.
A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Migration
d)
Mitosis
e)
Natural selection
32.
The layer of Earth between the crust and the core
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Migration
d)
Mitosis
e)
Natural selection
33.
The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Migration
d)
Mitosis
e)
Natural selection
34.
The periodic movement from one place to another and then back again.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Migration
d)
Mitosis
e)
Natural selection
35.
Traits favorable for a species surviving and reproducing in the wild were selected for
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Migration
d)
Mitosis
e)
Natural selection
36.
Makes up part of the DNA strand, sits between the deoxyribose (sugar) and the organic base
a)
Nucleotide
b)
Phosphate
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Predation
e)
Proteins
37.
Present in all living organisms that are made up of amino acids
a)
Nucleotide
b)
Phosphate
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Predation
e)
Proteins
38.
The subunits that make up DNA; contains a deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and an organic base
a)
Nucleotide
b)
Phosphate
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Predation
e)
Proteins
39.
The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere
a)
Nucleotide
b)
Phosphate
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Predation
e)
Proteins
40.
When one organism is hunted and killed by another
a)
Nucleotide
b)
Phosphate
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Predation
e)
Proteins
41.
Is any kind of signal that carries information and can be detected.
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Sexual reproduction
c)
Sexual selection
d)
Stimulus
e)
Subduction zone
42.
Occurs when the female (usually) responds to specific behaviors or physical traits
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Sexual reproduction
c)
Sexual selection
d)
Stimulus
e)
Subduction zone
43.
The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Sexual reproduction
c)
Sexual selection
d)
Stimulus
e)
Subduction zone
44.
The region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Sexual reproduction
c)
Sexual selection
d)
Stimulus
e)
Subduction zone
45.
Type of reproduction that involves combining the genetic information from two individuals of different sexes
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Sexual reproduction
c)
Sexual selection
d)
Stimulus
e)
Subduction zone
46.
A distinguishing quality or characteristic
a)
Synthesis
b)
Tectonic plate
c)
Trait
d)
Transform boundary
e)
Vestigial structures
47.
A piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top the asthenosphere
a)
Synthesis
b)
Tectonic plate
c)
Trait
d)
Transform boundary
e)
Vestigial structures
48.
Shrunken remnants of structures that were more useful in the ancestral form of a species
a)
Synthesis
b)
Tectonic plate
c)
Trait
d)
Transform boundary
e)
Vestigial structures
49.
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
a)
Synthesis
b)
Tectonic plate
c)
Trait
d)
Transform boundary
e)
Vestigial structures
50.
To make
a)
Synthesis
b)
Tectonic plate
c)
Trait
d)
Transform boundary
e)
Vestigial structures
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