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PHYSICAL LIFE SCIENCE MAP

Total questions: 119

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the basic unit of structure and function of all living things?

a)

classification

b)

microorganism

c)

heredity

d)

cell

2.

What are specialized parts of a cell that have a specific task?

a)

DNA

b)

genes

c)

organelles

d)

seeds

3.

What's the correct system used to classify organisms?

a)

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus,

b)

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

c)

domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, species

d)

kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, species

4.

Which kingdom is made of one-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus?

a)

bacteria

b)

fungus

c)

animal

d)

protist

5.

Which vertebrate group has smooth skin, lays eggs, and is cold-blooded?

a)

fish

b)

amphibians

c)

invertebrates

d)

reptiles

6.

What is an example of a nonvascular plants?

a)

moss

b)

ferns

c)

dandelion

d)

daisies

7.

What is the passing on of traits and physical features from parents to their offspring?

a)

genes

b)

chromosomes

c)

heredity

d)

DNA

8.

Which one of these behaviors is an instinct?

a)

A cat licking its fur to keep it clean

b)

A seal clapping its flippers together for a treat

c)

A pod of orcas working together to hunt fish

d)

A dog running to the door when it sees its owner grab a leash

9.

Which type of plants reproduce with cones?

a)

nonvascular

b)

gymnosperm

c)

angiosperm

d)

perennials

10.

True or False: Microorganisms can be harmful to plants.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The gene for unattached earlobes is dominant. True or False: Two parents with unattached earlobes could never have a child with attached earlobes.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The monarch butterfly flies from Mexico to Canada and back again during migration. This is an example of a (n)

a)

inherited trait

b)

instinctive behavior

c)

gene mutation

d)

learned behavior

13.

Which one is not a learned behavior?

a)

a dog sitting on command

b)

a boy playing the drums

c)

a girl saying, "Yes ma'am"

d)

a spider spinning a web

14.

Which one of these plants is an angiosperm?

a)

pine tree

b)

spruce tree

c)

apple tree

d)

liverwort

15.

True or False: Nonvascular plants grow close to the ground because they must soak up nutrients and water.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which organelle is a storage center for the cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell membrane

d)

vacuole

17.

Which organelle is not in an animal cell?

a)

chloroplast

b)

cell membrane

c)

nucleus

d)

cytoplasm

18.

True or False: Domains have the greatest number of living things and species includes only one living thing.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which animal is not an invertebrate?

a)

clam

b)

jellyfish

c)

spider

d)

snake

20.

Which animal is an amphibian?

a)

frog

b)

turtle

c)

lizard

d)

crayfish

21.

A state of matter that does not have a definite shape or take up a definite amount of space. A ___ can expand to fill any available space in a container.

a)

liquid

b)

gas

c)

solid

d)

displacement

22.

A state of matter that does not have a definite shape but takes up a definite amount of space. A ____ fills the bottom of its container when at rest, and flows freely when poured.

a)

liquid

b)

powder

c)

solid

d)

gas

23.

A state of matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space. It keeps it shape when at rest, whether or not it is in a container.

a)

gas

b)

state

c)

solid

d)

volume

24.

A form, stage, or condition of something that can change. Solid, liquid, and gas are _____ of matter.

a)

observation

b)

states

c)

procedure

d)

liquid

25.

The measure of how heavy something is. It is often used as a measure of mass.

a)

weight

b)

air

c)

property

d)

solid

26.

The amount of space something occupies. A property of all matter.

a)

air

b)

expand

c)

volume

d)

property

27.

What is needed to do work or cause change

a)

Energy

b)

Sound Energy

c)

Mechanical Energy

d)

Protein

28.

A combination of 3 or more substances in which each keep their physical properties and can be separated easily.

a)

Mixture

b)

Solution

c)

Physical Property

d)

Dissovle

29.

A change in a substance without forming a new substance, such as changing size or state of matter

a)

physical property

b)

physical change

c)

physical state

d)

mixture

30.

A characteristic that can be observed or measured

a)

Physical State

b)

Physical Change

c)

Solution

d)

Physical Property

31.

Anything that has mass and takes up space

a)

mass

b)

matter

c)

physical properties

d)

magnetism

32.

Characteristics that can be observed or measured

a)

matter

b)

mass

c)

physical properties

d)

physical state

33.

The classification of matter as a solid, liquid, and gas

a)

physical state

b)

physical property

c)

mass

d)

matter

34.

A material that slows down or stops electric current or heat from flowing.

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

mass

d)

magnetism

35.

An amount of matter in something

a)

weight

b)

matter

c)

mass

d)

volume

36.

A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change directions.

a)

Friction

b)

Position

c)

Force

d)

Location

37.

A force that resists the motion of two surfaces sliding across one another.

a)

Force

b)

Push

c)

Location

d)

Friction

38.

The force that causes objects with mass to attract each other.

a)

Friction

b)

Gravity

c)

Force

d)

Location

39.

A change in position or location.

a)

Friction

b)

Force

c)

Movement

d)

Direction

40.

Where an object is located.

a)

Friction

b)

Distance

c)

Location

d)

Force

41.

A line or course in which something is moving.

a)

Gravity

b)

location

c)

Direction

d)

Force

42.

A force that resists the motion of two surfaces sliding across one another.

a)

Gravity

b)

Force

c)

Direction

d)

Friction

43.

The force that causes objects with mass to attract each other.

a)

Force

b)

Direction

c)

Gravity

d)

Position

44.
The surroundings in which an organism lives 
a)
niche
b)
biotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
45.
Living parts in the environment
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
c)
community
46.
Nonliving parts in the environment 
a)
cooperation
b)
predation
c)
abiotic
d)
biotic
47.
Home to an organism
a)
biotic 
b)
evaporation
c)
population
d)
habitat
48.
Organisms of the same species living in the same environment together
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
49.
Populations living in the same environment at the same time 
a)
population
b)
community
c)
biotic 
d)
niche
50.
Community  and the abiotic parts living together
a)
evaporation
b)
ecosystem
c)
abiotic 
d)
enviroment
51.
Role of an organism
a)
niche
b)
community
c)
biotic 
d)
water cycle
52.
Movement of water through earths ecosystems
a)
precpitation
b)
transpiration
c)
condensation
d)
water cycle
53.
What are examples of biotic factors?
a)
 mushroom, snail, whale
b)
tree, hair, paper
c)
 clouds, dirt, plastic
d)
 athlete's foot, grapes, gold
54.
What are examples of abiotic factors?
a)
clouds, dirt, mold
b)
glass, sand, water
55.
An organism that does not make its own food and gets energy from other organisms
a)
 consumer
b)
 producer
c)
 autotroph
d)
 scavenger
56.
What member of an ecosystem would a field of daisies represent?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
57.
What member of an ecosystem would a group of cats represent?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
58.
What part of an ecosystem would a single flower represent?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Ecosystem
59.
What would a combination of various life forms represent in an ecosystem?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
60.
What would you call all of the biotic and abiotic organisms living together in the same place?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
61.
What do you call the place where plants, animals and non-living things form a single living space?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
62.
a rock
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
63.
water
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
64.
What is the vocabulary word for a group of individuals that live in a certain area?
a)
Community 
b)
Individual 
c)
Population 
d)
Ecosystem 
65.
What is the vocabulary word for a group of individuals that live in a certain area?
a)
Community 
b)
Individual 
c)
Population 
d)
Ecosystem 
66.
What are personal characteristics called that have been passed on to offspring from parents, such as dimples or eye color?
a)
recessive traits
b)
genetics
c)
inherited traits
d)
gene
67.
What is the study of heredity called?
a)
Genes
b)
Genetics
c)
Unique
d)
Inherited traits
68.
What type of trait is rare?
a)
Dominant trait
b)
Inherited trait
c)
Recessive trait
d)
Albino trait
69.
What is a set of instructions for an inherited trait?
a)
Genes
b)
Jeans
c)
Genetics
d)
Genesis
70.
What type of trait is more common?
a)
Parental trait
b)
Inherited trait
c)
Recessive
d)
Dominant
71.
Inherited traits can include cleft chin, freckles and color blindness.
a)
True
b)
False
72.
Which characteristic is NOT inherited?
a)
Hairline (straight or widow's peak)
b)
Spoken language (English, Spanish, etc...)
c)
Earlobes (attached or detached)
d)
Hair type (straight or curly)
73.
If one parent has blue eyes and one parent has green eyes, the offspring will definitely have blue eyes. 
a)
True
b)
False
74.
What tool can you use to help figure out the probability of a trait being dominant or recessive?
a)
Four Square
b)
Punnett Square
c)
Puzzle Square
d)
Circle Square
75.

A quality or characteristic of a living thing.

a)

trait

b)

genes

c)

behavior

d)

population

76.

Characteristics that a living thing gets from their parents.

a)

acquired traits

b)

inherited traits

c)

population

d)

behavior

77.

A characteristic that a living thing gets in its lifetime.

a)

acquired traits

b)

inherited traits

c)

genes

d)

population

78.

The passing on of traits and physical features from parents to their offspring.

a)

population

b)

heredity

c)

trait

d)

acquired trait

79.

All the organisms in one group at the same place and time.

a)

trait

b)

genes

c)

heredity

d)

population

80.

A way in which a living thing acts or responds to its surrounding.

a)

behavior

b)

inherited traits

c)

genes

d)

heredity

81.

A mother dog and her puppy both have curly fur. Which BEST explains this?

a)

In dogs, curly fur is more common than straight fur.

b)

In dogs, curly fur is an acquired trait.

c)

The mother dog acquired curly fur and passed on that trait to her puppy.

d)

The mother dog inherited curly fur and passed on that trait to her puppy.

82.

Which of these is a learned behavior for a human.

a)

sleeping

b)

laughing

c)

playing a violin

d)

having brown eyes

83.

In a population of cardinals, all the birds have short beaks. Their short beaks are an example of _________________.

a)

a learned behavior

b)

an inherited trait

c)

an acquired trait

d)

an inherited behavior

84.
Is gravity a push or a pull?
a)
push
b)
pull
c)
neither
d)
both
85.

You are testing how the amount you water a plant affects its growth. What would be the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this experiment.

a)

They type of pot you put the plants in.

b)

The amount you water each plant.

c)

The amount of sunlight the plants get.

d)

The amount the plant grows.

86.

(7) Which scenario is showing gravity as the main force moving an object?

a)

My pencil fell to the ground when I dropped it.

b)

A plane taking off.

c)

A feather floating in the wind.

d)

A boy threw a ball up in the air.

87.
What is the force that causes everything to be pulled down to the Earth?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
balanced
d)
unbalanced
88.
the transfer of heat energy between substances that are in direct contact with each other
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
transfer
89.
the transfer of heat energy through liquids and gases (air)
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
transfer
90.
the transfer of heat energy through waves or particles
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
transfer
91.
A form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.
a)
energy
b)
conduction
c)
heat
d)
convection
92.
objects that more easily transfer heat
a)
insulator
b)
conductor
c)
kinetic energy
d)
potential energy
93.
objects that prevent heat transfer
a)
insulator
b)
conductor
c)
kinetic energy
d)
potential energy
94.
to pass from one place to another
a)
heat
b)
energy
c)
transfer
d)
conductor
95.
energy in motion
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
heat
d)
transfer
96.
stored energy
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
heat
d)
transfer
97.
the ability to do work or transfer heat
a)
energy
b)
transfer
c)
heat
d)
insulator
98.

Fog is the _____ cloud.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Stratus

d)

Nimbus

99.

The mid-level cloud is the ______ cloud.

a)

Stratus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Nimbus

100.

Which cloud is higher in the sky.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

None

101.

Thunder Storm Clouds are called ______

a)

Stratus

b)

Nimbus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Cirrus

102.

____ clouds look like cotton

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Nimbus

d)

Cirrus

103.

Hard Question: What are mid_level clouds made of?

a)

Water vapor

b)

Gas

c)

Ice Crystals

d)

Water vapor and ice crystals

104.

Clouds that look like stripes in the air are ______ clouds.

a)

Cirrus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Nimbus

d)

Stratus

105.

Clouds that cover the sky like a blanket are ______ clouds.

a)

Stratus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Nimbus

106.

The cloud made out of ice crystals are the______ clouds.  Hint: is the picture.

a)

Stratus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Nimbus

107.

What does a thermometer measure?

a)

time

b)

temperature

c)

weight

108.
According to the diagram, when does condensation take place?
a)
when the water runs from rivers into the sea
b)
when the water is falling to the Earth as rain or snow
c)
when the water goes from the sea to the clouds
d)
when the water turns into rain in the clouds
109.
Which of the following situations is an example of condensation?
a)
car windows fogging up
b)
snow falling from the clouds
c)
a pot of boiling water turning into gas
d)
a plant releasing oxygen into the atmosphere
110.
Which instrument is used to measure changes in wind speed?
a)
hygrometer
b)
thermometer
c)
anemometer
d)
barometer
111.
Imagine the United States has a high mountain range all along its western coastline.  The land east of the mountain range would probably be
a)
desert.
b)
swamp.
c)
grassland.
d)
forest.
112.

clouds that bring strong storms, usually anvil shaped

a)

cirrus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cumulus

113.

blows to the land from the sea, brings cooler air to the beach, happens during the day

a)

sea breeze

b)

land breeze

c)

beach breeze

d)

prevailing westerlies

114.

winds that change frequently, occur low to the ground, and are unpredictable

a)

global winds

b)

prevailing winds

c)

westerlies

d)

local winds

115.

blows to the sea from the land, happens at night

a)

sea breeze

b)

land breeze

c)

maritime tropical

d)

global winds

116.

a warming of the Pacific ocean due to weak trade winds, floods/droughts occur, fish have to move, not many hurricanes

a)

gulf stream

b)

jet stream

c)

El Nino

d)

La Nina

117.

measures air pressure

a)

barometer

b)

anemometer

c)

thermometer

d)

wind vane

118.

ocean current that brings warm moist weather up the East coast

a)

jet stream

b)

polar stream

c)

tropical stream

d)

gulf stream

119.

a cooling of the Pacific ocean, due to weak trade winds, floods/droughts occur, good for fishing, many hurricanes

a)

La Nina

b)

El Nino

c)

El Gato

d)

La Bolsa

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