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life science review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What cell part is NOT found in all cells?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Nucleus

2.

What is the large sac that holds food, water, and waste?

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Vacuole

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

3.

Which cell structure acts as a brain/control center for the cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Vacuole

c)

Cell wall

d)

Cytoplasm

4.

This type of cell needs a cell wall and chloroplasts

a)

Animal Cell

b)

Plant Cell

5.

This organelle is where plants do photosynthesis.

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Lysosome

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Vacuole

6.

What kind of cell is this?

a)

plant

b)

animal

7.

What kind of cell is this?

a)

plant

b)

animal

8.

Which of the following, found ONLY in plant cells, provides structure?

a)

cell wall

b)

chloroplast

c)

mitochondria

d)

vacuole

9.

What is number 2?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cytoplasm

c)

vacuole

d)

nucleus

10.

This is the jelly-like material that holds all the organelles.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

chloroplast

c)

cell membrane

d)

cell wall

11.

The cell wall provides this for the plant

a)

keeps all organelles within the cell

b)

makes energy from food

c)

stores food and water

d)

protection and support

12.

Chloroplast in cells do this.

a)

make food for the cells

b)

keep all the organelles within the cell

c)

make energy for the cell

d)

protect the cell and give it support

13.

Which part of the cell is a STIFF STRUCTURE that gives the plant cell its BOXY SHAPE?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Ribosome

14.

A cat has claws.

a)

inherited

b)

not inherited

15.

Your eyes are shaped like your father's eyes.

a)

inherited

b)

not inherited

16.

A person likes wearing cowboy boots.

a)

instinct (inherited)

b)

not inherited

17.

A dog barks.

a)

instinct (inherited)

b)

not inherited

18.

A plant uses the sun's energy to grow.

a)

instinct (inherited)

b)

not inherited

19.

A behavior animals are born knowing how to do is an __________.

a)

example

b)

animal

c)

option

d)

instinct

20.
When a bird uses mud and grass to build a nest, it's demonstrating...
a)
environmental influences
b)
learned behavior
c)
recessive traits
d)
instinct
21.
A behavior that is developed by observing others or by being taught is a 
a)
learned behavior 
b)
inherited trait
c)
adaptation 
d)
function
22.
Which is an example of a learned behavior?
a)
blinking
b)
riding a bike
c)
swallowing
d)
crying
23.
An example of an inherited trait could be __.
a)
long nails
b)
speaking English
c)
curly hair
d)
a scar
24.
Colorblindness is an example of __.
a)
inherited trait
b)
learned behavior
c)
acquired behavior
d)
instinct
25.
A dog chasing another animal is a(n) __.
a)
trick
b)
inherited trait
c)
acquired behavior
d)
instinct
26.
When monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico for the winter it is because of__.
a)
instinct
b)
inherited traits
c)
acquired traits
d)
environmental traits
27.
Baby turtles moving toward the ocean when they hatch is because of __.
a)
inherited traits
b)
mutation
c)
learned behavior
d)
instinct
28.
A dolphin that catches bubbles and balances a bouncy ball after a whistle is because of  ___.
a)
learned behavior
b)
mutation
c)
inherited trait
d)
instinct
29.

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

a)

Blue eyes

b)

Having freckles

c)

Speaking English

30.
What is an instinct?
a)
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
b)
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
c)
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
31.
Look at the picture.
A dog that sits when told to.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
32.
Look at the picture.
Eye color.
a)
inherited
b)
acquired
33.
Look at the picture.
Purple hair.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
34.
Look at the picture.
A bird knowing how to build a nest.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
35.

This is a...

a)

fern

b)

liverwort

c)

hornwort

d)

club moss

e)

horsetail

36.
When mosses and ferns reproduce, what do they produce in the first cycle?
a)
spores
b)
fronds
c)
sperm
d)
egg
37.
How are mosses and ferns alike?
a)
They both have fronds
b)
They both reproduce without seeds
c)
They both grow only at night
d)
They both grow in the oceans
38.

Is the right answer for classifying this organism chosen on this dichotomous key?

a)

Yes

b)

No

39.

What trait is present in mammals but not in any other related vertebrates?

a)

hair

b)

amniotic egg

c)

limbs

d)

bony skeleton

40.

What is the name of bird X?

a)

Certhidea

b)

Geospiza

c)

Camarhynchus

d)

Platyspiza

41.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Amphibian
c)
Bird
d)
Reptile
42.
My body is moist and smooth, I lay eggs, and live in or near the water.  What am I?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Fish
43.
My body is warm and covered in feathers.  I lay eggs which hatch into chickens.  What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Mammal
d)
Bird
44.
My body is warm, I have fur, feed my young on milk, and have live births.  What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Bird
c)
Mammal
d)
Fish
45.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
46.
My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Mammal
c)
Reptile
d)
Amphibian
47.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Mammal
48.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Fish
49.
What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Fish
d)
Mammal
50.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Bird
c)
Fish
d)
Reptile
51.

A structure that contains a young plant in a protective coating is called _____________.

a)

Spore

b)

Seed

c)

Sperm

d)

Ovary

52.

Spore producing plants use ____ instead of _______

a)

seeds; spores

b)

spores; seeds

53.

Almost all flowerless plants produce _______.

a)

seeds

b)

spores

54.

Algea

a)

Flowering

b)

Non Flowering

55.

A student researches several plants. She then groups them according to their characteristics.

Which are MOST LIKELY the names of the plant groups.

a)

ferns, trees

b)

mosses, flowering plants

c)

spore producers, seed producers

d)

flowering plants, coniferous plants

56.
The dots on the back of this fern plant are tiny reproductive cells called
a)
chloroplasts
b)
anthers
c)
spores
d)
ovaries
57.

Plants that reproduce by forming seeds

a)

seedless plants

b)

seed plants

c)

bryophytes

d)

rhizoids

58.

Plants that reproduce from spores, for example ferns and mosses

a)

seedless plants

b)

seed plants

c)

rhizoids

d)

angiosperms

59.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
60.
There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
61.
What animals breathe with their lungs?
a)
Mammals and birds
b)
Fish and chips
c)
Mammals, birds, reptiles and adult amphibians
d)
Humans, birds and sharks
62.
Which of these animals breathe through their gills?
a)
Fish
b)
Fish and baby amphibians
c)
Mammals, adult amphibians, reptiles and birds
63.
Which animal can breathe with their lungs and also through their moist skin?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Fish
c)
Reptiles
64.
Which group of animals have bodies covered with scales or shell?
a)
Turtles
b)
Amphibians
c)
Reptiles
65.
All of the following are characteristics of mammals except _____
a)
they give birth to live young
b)
they produce milk
c)
they breathe through gills
d)
they are covered with hair
66.
What word means  body temperature changes when the outside temperature changes?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
67.
What word means body temperature stays the same no matter what the outside temperature is?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
68.

Comparing or organizing things into groups is called...

a)

Classifying

b)

Cleaning

c)

Coming together

d)

Metamorphosis

69.

How do fish breathe?

a)

Through their gills

b)

Through their skin

c)

Through their fins

d)

Through their feathers

70.
What covers a reptile and a fish's body?
a)
Scales
b)
Fur/hair
c)
Feathers
d)
Spines

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