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Review for the FA3 Bench Mark Test 3-9-22.

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is NOT an example of an inherited trait?

a)

Eye color

b)

Hair color

c)

Favorite color

d)

Tongue rolling

2.

What characteristic is most likely to be inherited by a baby?

a)

Being hungry

b)

The ability to talk

c)

Crying every 5 minutes

d)

Blue eyes

3.

What best describes an inherited trait?

a)

A characteristic gained by ones environment.

b)

A characteristic received from ones parents.

c)

A characteristic influenced by the food one eats.

d)

A characteristic one learns in school.

4.

What do we call the product of parents?

a)

Teenager

b)

Child

c)

Offspring

d)

Infant

5.

Which of the following is an inherited trait?

a)

Sally's basketball skills.

b)

Johnny's brown hair.

c)

Alexa speaking Chinese.

d)

Billy's blue house.

6.

Which of the following is a trait people are born with?

a)

Attached earlobes.

b)

Disliking bananas.

c)

Being a good dancer.

d)

Speaking a second language.

7.

What do we call a behavior animals are born to do?

a)

Learned behaviors.

b)

Instincts.

c)

Environmental behaviors.

d)

Physical characteristics.

8.

Curly hair is a _______.

a)

Inherited trait.

b)

Behavioral trait.

c)

Learned trait.

d)

Instinct.

9.

Which is an example of an observation of inherited traits in plants?

a)

The plant with purple flowers came from a plant with purple flowers.

b)

The plant with green seeds came from a plant with purple seeds.

c)

The plant with purple flowers is facing the sun.

d)

The plant with yellow leaves drank a lot of water.

10.

Genetic material is found in the form of?

a)

DNA

b)

Genes

c)

Chromosome

d)

All of the above

11.

Which of these is not an inherited trait?

a)

Eye color

b)

Fur color

c)

tattoo

d)

hair color

12.
Which is a characteristic of a dog that is most likely a result of its environment? 
a)
its color 
b)
its length of ears 
c)
its food preference
d)
its ability to see in the dark 
13.

Individual traits are passed through?

a)

the environment

b)

Preference

c)

Genetic Material

d)

External forces

14.
The following are inherited traits of humans except
a)
long hair.
b)
blue eyes.
c)
long eyelashes.
d)
small dimples.
15.

Liking Science is

a)

Learned

b)

Inherited

c)

Genetic

d)

found in the cell

16.
Plants growing in a partially dark environment will grow toward light in a response called phototropism. Which of the following statements is true regarding phototropism? 
a)
It is caused by an electrical signal.
b)
One chemical involved is ethylene. 
c)
Auxin causes a growth increase on one side of the stem.
d)
Auxin causes a decrease in growth on the side of the stem exposed to light. 
17.

A response that results in plant growth toward or away from a stimulus is a?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Tropism

c)

Photoperiodism

d)

Plant Hormone

18.

The growth of a plant toward or away from light is called?

a)

Stimuli

b)

Phototropism

c)

Thigmotropism

d)

Geotropism

19.

The growth of a plant in response to touch is?

a)

Stimuli

b)

Phototropism

c)

Thigmotropism

d)

Geotropism

20.

A plants response to the number of hours of darkness in its environment is called?

a)

Photoperiodism

b)

Phototropism

c)

Tropism

d)

Stimuli

21.

Substances that act as chemical messengers within plants are called?

a)

Tropisms

b)

Stimuli

c)

Plant Hormones

d)

Nerves

22.

This plant hormone was one of the first plant hormones discovered, it is responsible for phototropism, the growth of a plant toward light. This hormone concentrates on the dark side of the plant's stem.

a)

Auxin

b)

Ethylene

c)

Gibberellins

d)

Cytokinins

23.

Roots growing away from light is called?

a)

Positive Phototropism

b)

Negative Phototropism

c)

Positive Geotropism

d)

Negative Geotropism

24.

A vine that touches a fence and begins to grow up the fence is an example of?

a)

Positive Geotropism

b)

Negative Geotropism

c)

Positive Thigmotropism

d)

Negative Thigmotropism

25.

Thigmotropism is a plants response to what type of stimuli?

a)

Light

b)

Darkness

c)

Touch

d)

Gravity

26.

Geotropism is a plants response to what type of stimuli?

a)

Light

b)

Darkness

c)

Touch

d)

Gravity

27.

Any changes in an organism's environment that causes a response is?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Tropism

c)

Photoperiodism

d)

Plant Hormone

28.
What do you call an inherited BEHAVIOR?
a)
inherited trait
b)
learned behavior
c)
instinct
d)
dominant gene
29.
Which is an example of a learned behavior?
a)
blinking
b)
riding a bike
c)
swallowing
d)
crying
30.
What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?
a)
eye color
b)
tongue rolling
c)
handedness
d)
language
31.

The interaction between animals of the same species, generally involving some form of communication.

a)

innate behavior

b)

response

c)

reflex

d)

social behavior

32.
Defense of a space against encroachment by other individuals.
a)
habituation
b)
migration
c)
submission
d)
territoriality
33.
A period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allows them to survive on stored body fat.
a)
pheromone
b)
hibernation
c)
submission
d)
estivation
34.

Any biological behavior/process that functions on a 24 hour cycle.

a)

hibernation

b)

migration

c)

estivation

d)

circadian rhythm

35.
A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior of another animal of the same species.
a)
submission
b)
hibernation
c)
pheromone
d)
courtship
36.
A simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus.
a)
territoriality
b)
habituation
c)
reflex
d)
dominance
37.
A reaction to a stimulus.
a)
territoriality
b)
courtship
c)
response
d)
trial and error
38.

A reaction caused by hormones that prepares an animal to either face an intense activity or remove themselves from the activity.

a)

courtship

b)

fight or flight

c)

trial and error

d)

habituation

39.
A regular, long-distance change in location due to resource availability.
a)
stimulus
b)
imprinting
c)
migration
d)
classical conditioning
40.

____________ reproduction requires only one parent organism.

a)

sexual

b)

asexual

c)

external

d)

internal

41.

Most vertebrates and most invertebrates reproduce _______________.

a)

sexually

b)

asexually

c)

internally

d)

externally

42.

Sponges reproduce asexually by breaking off from a parent in a process called _________.

a)

internal

b)

fragmentation

c)

budding

d)

external

43.

_________ may occur either inside or outside the female organism's body.

a)

budding

b)

fertilization

c)

asexual

d)

fragmentation

44.

External fertilization usually occurs in _________ so that the egg and sperm cells do not dry out.

a)

fertilization

b)

internal

c)

water

d)

dry areas

45.

Fertilization that takes place inside the female organism's body is ___________.

a)

internal fertilization

b)

gestation period

c)

external fertilization

d)

asexual reproduction

46.

the length of time between fertilization and birth is called

a)

incubation period

b)

internal fertilization

c)

external fertilization

d)

gestation period

47.
True/False: Pollination can occur between flowers of the same plant
a)
True 
b)
False 
48.
Pollination is the process by which the pollen grains are transferred from the ________ to the _________. 
a)
anther... ovary
b)
anther ... stigma
c)
stigma ... ovary 
d)
stigma ... filament
49.
Pollination is the process by which pollen
a)
causes people to sneeze
b)
is formed inside a plant
c)
moves from stamen to pistil
50.

List the four stages of the complete metamorphosis life cycles in the correct order.

a)

Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult

b)

Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult

c)

Adult, Egg, Pupa, Larva

51.
What is the stage of the caterpillar called?
a)
pupa
b)
adult
c)
egg
d)
larva
52.

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

53.
The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:
a)
compensating
b)
homeostasis
c)
balancing
d)
routine
54.
If the environment gets cold, we will often shiver in order to:
a)
keep body temperature the same as the external temperature
b)
decrease body temperature
c)
increase body temperature
d)
regulate blood pressure
55.
What is another word that can be used to describe "homeostasis"?
a)
STABLE
b)
EQUAL
c)
COMPLETE
d)
CORRECT
56.

If you are dehydrated, in order to maintain homeostasis, you should

a)

drink water

b)

go for a run

c)

take a nap

d)

drink coffee

57.

Which of the following could help you maintain homeostasis? Choose all that apply

a)

Going to the bathroom

b)

Riding a roller coaster

c)

Sweating

d)

Eating a snack

e)

Taking a test

58.

Which of the following is a disease where sufferers cannot control their blood glucose levels?

a)

Diabetes

b)

Influenza

c)

Cholera

d)

Cystic fibrosis

59.
This is when a trait is controlled by more than one gene.
a)
Multiple alleles
b)
Polygenetic inheritance
c)
Codominance
d)
Incomplete Dominance 
60.

Examples include skin color and height (the individual's phenotype exists somewhere along a spectrum)

a)

polygenic inheritance

b)

multiple alleles

c)

linked genes

d)

incomplete dominance

61.

The two cows on the top are the parents and the cow on the bottom is the offspring. What is the type of inheritance pattern is being exhibited?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Inheritance

62.

What type of inheritance pattern does the image represent?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Inheritance

63.

The blending of two traits is known as ---

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

64.

A condition in which both alleles for a gene are expressed so that both traits are visible is known as ---

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

65.

What type of inheritance pattern is shown here?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

66.

A calico cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele expression is this?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

67.

This is an example of ---

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

68.

A woman with curly hair and a man with straight hair produced a child with wavy hair:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

69.

When an ovum is first fertilized it is known as

a)

a nucleus

b)

an embryo

c)

a zygote

d)

a fetus

70.
The developing embryo is fed by its mother’s blood through a tissue called the
a)
placenta
b)
vagina
c)
amnion
d)
uterus
71.
The developing embryo is connected to the placenta by
a)
the spinal cord
b)
the umbilical cord
c)
the amniotic fluid
d)
the developing nerves
72.
Which characteristic is inherited?
a)
hair color
b)
sleeping late
c)
enjoying hiking
d)
loving to read
73.
An acquired trait means _________.
a)
your sister gave it to you
b)
it is learned or happened after birth
c)
you are a squire for the king
d)
your parents gave it to you
74.

A ____________ is something that you inherit.

a)

parent

b)

trait

c)

child

d)

inherit

75.

John has naturally blonde hair, brown eyes, and is very tall. He plays the piano, speaks English, and noticed that his ear lobes are attached to his head. One fun fact about john is that he has dimples in his smile. Which of these physical characteristics about John are AQUIRED TRAITS?

a)

Blonde Hair

b)

playing Piano

c)

speaking English

d)

Tall height

e)

Dimples