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Grade 8 8D Chapter Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organisms with _______ cells are considered 'multicellular organisms'

a)

0

b)

1

c)

10

d)

1,000,000,000

2.

The average humans has _______ of cells

a)

thousands(1000s)

b)

millions(1,000,000s)

c)

billions(1,000,000,000)

d)

trillions(1,000,000,000,000)

3.

Which answer correctly shows the relative size of different parts of the body?

a)

organ systems > organs > tissues > cells

b)

tissues > organ systems > organs > cells

c)

Tissues > organs > organ systems > cells

d)

Organ systems > tissues > organs > cells

4.

Which function of life do the lungs help humans perform?

a)

sensitivity

b)

respiration

c)

movement

d)

excretion

5.

Organisms with _______ cells are considered 'unicellular organisms'

a)

0

b)

1

c)

10

d)

1,000,000,000

6.

Which organs do all unicellular organisms have?

a)

Hearts

b)

Skin

c)

None of these

d)

Eyes

7.

What is a problem that must be solved for multicellular organisms but not unicellular organisms?

a)

Transporting substances

b)

Moving

c)

Reproduction

d)

Eating food

8.

Multicellular organisms can be _______ and unicellular organisms can be _______. (microscopic = need a microscope to see)

a)

big or microscopic; microscopic

b)

big; big or microscopic

c)

big or microscopic; big

d)

big or microscopic; big or microscopic

9.

What limits the cell size of unicellular organisms?

a)

The size of their environment

b)

The rate of diffusion into/out of the cell

c)

The size of their food

d)

Their rate of reproduction

10.

Which answers are Kingdoms of life?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Insects

d)

Viruses

11.

Organisms are classified into one of the 5 kingdoms based on their:

a)

behaviour

b)

cells

c)

size

d)

organs

12.

Viruses are not considered as 'living things' because..

a)

They are too small to be alive

b)

They only affect animals

c)

They have no proteins

d)

They cannot do the 7 processes of life by themselves

13.

These organisms can have a nucleus, mitochondria, and a cell wall

a)

prokaryotes

b)

protists/

protoctists

c)

fungi

d)

animals

e)

plants

14.

What is the common name for organisms in the Fungi kingdom?

a)

bacteria

b)

mushrooms

c)

cells

d)

seaweed

15.

Yeast, the organism that is used to make bread and wine is an organism in which kingdom?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Fungi

d)

Prokaryotes

e)

Protists/

Protoctists

16.

Which kind of respiration can humans perform?

a)

aerobic respiration

b)

anaerobic respiration

c)

cellular respiration

17.

Yeast used in baking respires ______ and yeast used in brewing alcohol respires ________. Select the BEST answer

a)

aerobically; aerobically

b)

aerobically; anaerobically

c)

anaerobically; aerobically

d)

anaerobically; anaerobically

18.

The 'population' of yeast is the....

a)

the X axis value

b)

number of yeast cells

c)

the Y axis value

d)

the time when the number of yeast cells is the greatest

19.

The 'limiting factor' in population growth is...

a)

The factor that is used to determine the initial population number

b)

The factor that makes a population number increase

c)

The factor that stops population number from continuing to increase

d)

The factor that makes the population number decrease

20.

According to the pie chart, the PROPORTION (% of all) of which deaths INCREASED from 1854 to 1855?

a)

"diseases caused by microorganisms"

b)

"wounds"

c)

"other causes"

d)

None

21.

Glucose -> Ethanol + Carbon dioxide

The equation above shows...

a)

Cellular respiration

b)

anaerobic respiration

c)

Aerobic respiration

d)

Ventilation

22.

Possible products of anaerobic respiration include...

a)

Oxygen ( O2O_2  )

b)

Glucose

c)

Lactic acid

d)

Ethanol

23.

Bacteria are prokaryotes, which are different from eukaryotes because...

a)

prokaryotes do not have a nucleus

b)

prokaryotes have skin

c)

prokaryotes are multicellular

d)

prokaryotes can live in oceans

24.

The DNA of bacteria is stored in a....

a)

circular chromosome

b)

nucleus

c)

X-shaped chromosome

d)

flagella

25.

Flagella are used to...

a)

help bacteria move

b)

do cellular respiration

c)

push mucus out of the lungs

d)

create energy

26.

This is a _____________ and it is used to ___________

a)

statement key; identify organisms

b)

organism identifier; give bacteria a name

c)

organism map; identify organisms

d)

statement key; pick the organism you want

27.

What happens during 'binary fission'?

a)

Bacteria transfer their DNA to each other

b)

Bacteria mate and reproduce

c)

Bacteria split into two identical parts

d)

Bacteria do cellular respiration

28.

'pseudopods' are used for...

a)

sensitivity

b)

moving

c)

breathing

d)

digestion

29.

Algue, a common protoctist have...

a)

cytoplasm

b)

chloroplasts

c)

pseudopods

d)

flagella

30.

The producers in most food chains are...

a)

Photosynthesizing organisms

b)

Insects

c)

Bacteria

d)

Humans

31.

Organisms that use sunlight to 'make food' do so using...

a)

mitochondria

b)

food

c)

chloroplasts

d)

stomach

32.

This is the equation for photosynthesis: CO2+H2O > O2CO_2+H_2O\ ->\ O_2  + Glucose ( C6H12O6C_6H_{12}O_6   = Glucose) How does photosynthesis compare to aerobic respiration?

a)

The products of aerobic respiration are the reactants of photosynthesis

b)

Aerobic respiration happens in the mitochondria, photosynthesis happens in the chloroplasts

c)

Animals only do aerobic respiration and plants only do photosynthesis

d)

The products and reactants of aerobic respiration and photosynthesis are unrelated

33.

What information can we get from looking at a food chain?

a)

The size of the organisms

b)

The direction of energy transfer

c)

The relative number of organisms

d)

What food each organism eats

34.

What information can we get from looking at a pyramid of numbers?

a)

The size of the organisms

b)

The direction of energy transfer

c)

The relative number of organisms

d)

What food each organism eats

35.

Why are there fewer organisms as the level goes up on the pyramid of numbers?

a)

because each octopus will eat more than one mussel

b)

because algae like to live in big groups

c)

because mussels will also eat each other

d)

because each mussel will use some of the energy it has to stay alive so that the octopus cannot get all of the energy the mussel had

36.

If the population of octopi become poisoned, which organisms will be affected MOST negatively by this?

a)

shark

b)

mussels

c)

algae

37.

What role do 'decomposers' have in an ecosystem?

a)

produce energy by photosynthesis to supply energy to the food chain

b)

help energy transfer from producers to consumers

c)

break down dead organisms and animal wastes in a process called decay

d)

Stop organisms from dying so quickly

38.

The process of 'decay' is useful for ______ in dead organisms and waste be used again by other organisms.

a)

nutrients

b)

oxygen

c)

heat

d)

gases

39.

Which organisms can act as decomposers?

a)

bacteria

b)

fungi

c)

protoctists

d)

animals

40.

What is shown in this image?

a)

the pyramid of numbers

b)

the carbon cycle

c)

the food chain

d)

the energy cycle