WorksheetsSemester 1 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why is it most important to listen to your teacher and follow all lab rules and procedures?
To keep everyone safe.
It is not important at all.
To keep from getting in trouble.
To get a good grade on your lab.
Which of the following is the FIRST STEP of the scientific method?
Ask a Question / Identify a Problem
Create an Experiment
Analyze Data
Draw a Conclusion
The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism... where life begins.
Organ
Cell
Tissue
Nucleus
The theory stating that all living things are made of one or more cells, the cell is the smallest unit of life, and all new cells come from pre-existing cells.
Organism Theory
Human Theory
Function Theory
Cell Theory
Groups of similar types of cells that work together to carry out specific tasks.
Organ
Tissue
Organism
Organelle
Groups of different tissues that work together to perform a particular job.
Organ
Tissue
Organism
Organelle
An organelle of a eukaryotic cell that directs cell activity and contains genetic information stored in DNA. The brain of the cell.
Nucleus
Chloroplast
Mitochondrion
Vacuole
An organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. The powerhouse of the cell.
Nucleus
Chloroplast
Mitochondrion
Vacuole
The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment (or creating "balance" inside your body) is called what?
Homeostasis
Stimulus
Routine
Compensation
Which major organ system is responsible for sending signals to and from our brains in order to help us maintain homeostasis?
The Digestive System
The Circulatory System
The Integumentary System
The Nervous System
Which of the following is another word that describes homeostasis?
Balance
Routine
Exercise
Environment
How much genetic material is provided by the parents in sexual reproduction?
0% from each
25% from each
50% from each
100% from each
What is the sex cell that carries the 23 chromosomes from the male?
Egg
Seminal vesicle
Sperm
Penis
What is the sex cell that carries the 23 chromosomes from the female?
Egg
Vagina
Sperm
Ovary
Letters are used to describe the genetic makeup of an organism. These letters are called:
Alleles
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Phenotypes
Capital letters are used to show traits that are:
Recessive Traits
Hidden Traits
Dominant Traits
Lower case letters are used to show traits that are:
Recessive Traits
Fully Shown Traits
Dominant Traits
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross is called what?
Purple Square
Spreadsheet
Square Box Chart
Punnett Square
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait (hybrid), for example Yy:
fertilization
genotype
homozygous
heterozygous
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (purebred), for example YY or yy:
genotype
phenotype
homozygous
heterozygous
