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Life Science Basics Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
2.
What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Organisms
3.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
4.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
5.
The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
6.
The image provided is an example of a:
a)
Producer
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
7.
List the correct order of the three stages in an incomplete life cycle. 
a)
egg, nymph, adult
b)
adult, nymph, egg
c)
egg, adult, nymph
d)
nymph, egg, adult
8.

Complete or Incomplete Metamorphosis?

a)

Complete because it has 3 stages

b)

Complete because it has 4 stages

c)

Incomplete because it has 3 stages

d)

Incomplete because it has 4 stages

9.

Which stage does this represent?

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

nymph

d)

pupa

10.
What are the stages called that show how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly?
a)
Life Cycle
b)
Process
c)
Growing Up
d)
Life Steps
11.

Which of these will undergo a complete metamorphosis as it grows into an adult organism?

a)

a tadpole

b)

a cat

c)

a cow

d)

a cricket

12.
What part of the plant soaks up nutrients from the ground?
a)
leaves
b)
stem
c)
roots
d)
flower
13.
Which part of the plant makes the food?
a)
roots
b)
stem
c)
leaf
d)
flower
14.
Where are the seeds located on an adult plant?
a)
roots
b)
stem
c)
leaf
d)
flower
15.
What part of the plant is #1?
a)
flower
b)
stem
c)
root
d)
leaf
16.
What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of energy for living things
a)
Sugar
b)
Sun
c)
Moon
d)
Carbon Dioxide
17.
Plants need ________ for photosynthesis
a)
oxygen
b)
soil
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
sugar
18.
Which of the following is not needed for photosynthesis to occur?
a)
sunlight
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
water
d)
oxygen
19.

Which stage does this represent?

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

nymph

d)

pupa

20.

Which stage does this represent?

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

nymph

d)

pupa

21.

Which insect goes thru complete metamorphosis?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

What type of root is shown in the picture?

a)

Fibrous

b)

Taproot

23.

What type of root is shown in the picture?

a)

Fibrous

b)

Taproot

24.

Plants make food in a process called _________.

a)

adult

b)

larva

c)

photosynthesis

d)

metamorphosis

e)

root

25.

Living things make more living things of their own kind when they ____________.

a)

leaf

b)

larva

c)

adult

d)

metamorphosis

e)

reproduce

26.

What two things are the product (end result) of photosynthesis?

a)

chloroplast

b)

glucose

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

27.

What is the last stage of the butterfly life cycle?

a)

egg

b)

pupa

c)

adult

d)

larva

28.

Choose the type of metamorphosis based on the picture.

a)

Incomplete Metamorphosis

b)

Complete Metamorphosis

29.

Choose the type of metamorphosis based on the picture.

a)

Incomplete Metamorphosis

b)

Complete Metamorphosis

30.

Choose the type of metamorphosis based on the picture.

a)

Incomplete Metamorphosis

b)

Complete Metamorphosis

31.

Choose the type of metamorphosis based on the picture.

a)

Incomplete Metamorphosis

b)

Complete Metamorphosis

32.

Choose the type of metamorphosis based on the picture.

a)

Incomplete Metamorphosis

b)

Complete Metamorphosis

33.

Choose the type of metamorphosis based on the picture.

a)

Incomplete Metamorphosis

b)

Complete Metamorphosis

34.

Alligators go through _______________.

a)

Incomplete metamorphosis

b)

Unfinished life cycle

c)

Complete metamorphosis

d)

Germination