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End of Semester Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Homozygous is when an organism has either both dominant alleles or both recessive alleles.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

When two objects collide, a force is exerted on each object. The two forces are _____.

a)

dependent on the mass

b)

in the same direction

c)

of equal strength

d)

greater on the object with more mass

3.

Light carries energy that can cause materials to change.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The sex cell(s) created through meiosis are _______.

a)

muscle cells

b)

egg cells

c)

sperm cells

d)

heart cells

5.

When a bumper car carrying a person with more mass collides with a bumper car carrying a person with less mass, what happens?

a)

The person will less mass will experience a weaker force.

b)

The person with more mass will move father after the collision.

c)

The person with more mass will experience a stronger force.

d)

The person with less mass will move farther after the collision.

6.
Which of the following cells is a gamete?
a)
egg
b)
bone
c)
heart
d)
muscle
7.
What is it called when a sperm and egg meet?
a)
meiosis
b)
fertilization
c)
cell division
d)
mitosis
8.
The traits of an organism are passed to its offspring on small coded strands of DNA material called
a)
meiosis
b)
recessive traits
c)
genes
d)
heredity
9.
HETEROZYGOUS
a)
same
b)
different
10.
traits that show up more often
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
11.
An organism's physical appearance or visible traits...
a)
genotype
b)
inherit
c)
gene
d)
phenotype
12.
True or False? The passing of traits from one parent to offspring is heredity.
a)
False
b)
True
13.

In order for an object to speed up, the direction of the force is:

a)

in any direction

b)

in the same direction as the object's motion

c)

in the opposite direction of the object's motion

14.

In order for an object to stop moving, the force must come from

a)

the same direction as the object's motion

b)

the opposite direction as the object's motion

c)

any direction.

15.

If the same strength force is exerted on two objects with different masses

a)

the object with more mass will have a greater change in velocity

b)

the object with less mass will have a greater change in velocity

16.

Object A is traveling to the right at 5 cm/s. Object B is not moving (0 cm/s). They both have the same mass. When they collide . . .

a)

the forces will be different strengths and in the opposite direction

b)

the forces will be the same strength and in the opposite direction

c)

the forces will be the same strength in the same direction

d)

the forces will be different strengths in the same direction

17.

What are the five ways an object's motion can change?

a)

start, stop, speed up, slow down, hit something

b)

force, friction, mass, velocity, speed

c)

start, stop, change direction, speed up, slow down

d)

none of the above (there are only 4 ways)

18.

The area of magnetic force around a magnet is known as its _____________.

a)

Magnetic Field

b)

Magnetic Fan Lines

c)

Magnetic Area

d)

Magnetic Location

19.

Which move will result in the greatest potential energy increase?

a)

Moving the cart on Track 1 one space to the right.

b)

Moving the cart on Track 2 one space to the left.

c)

Moving the cart on Track 2 one space to the right.

d)

All moves will result in the same increase in potential energy.

20.

What happens to the energy in a system of magnets when the magnetic force causes two magnets to move?

a)

The potential energy in the system increases.

b)

The kinetic energy in the system decreases.

c)

Some of the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.

d)

Some of the kinetic energy changes to potential energy.

21.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

The energy that is stored in an object or system

b)

To push objects away from each other

c)

The energy that an object has because it is moving

d)

To move from one object to another

22.

What is potential energy?

a)

The energy that an object has because it is moving

b)

The energy that is stored in an object or system

c)

To provide evidence against a claim

d)

One of the two opposite ends of a magnet

23.

When a material absorbs energy from light,

a)

the energy causes the material to cool down.

b)

there is no effect on the material.

c)

the energy causes the material to heat up.

d)

the energy causes the material to change.

24.

The taller the amplitude, the less energy a light wave has.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

The number of waves that pass in a second describes a waves ___

a)

wavelength

b)

wave speed

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

26.

These graphs show the wavelength and amplitude of light coming from three lasers. Could any of these lasers be giving off a different type of light?

a)

Yes. Laser 2 could be giving off a different type of light because Laser 2 has a different wavelength than Lasers 1 and 3.

b)

Yes. Laser 3 could be giving off a different type of light because Laser 3 has a different amplitude than Lasers 1 and 2.

c)

No. All three lasers must be giving off the same type of light because all three are lasers.

27.
Which wave has the greatest amplitude?
a)
The blue wave
b)
The red wave
28.
The different forms of a gene
a)
heredity
b)
genetics
c)
gene
d)
alleles
29.
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait (hybrid)
a)
fertilization
b)
genotype
c)
homozygous
d)
heterozygous
30.
An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination
a)
fertilization
b)
genotype
c)
phenotype
d)
heterozygous
31.

Which of the following is an example of incomplete dominance?

a)

A red cow and a white bull have a red and white spotted calf.

b)

Human ABO blood types

c)

A red flowering plant and a white flowering plant have pink flowered offspring.

d)

A tall plant and a short plant have tall offspring.

32.

Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of

a)

Ribosomes

b)

DNA

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Mitochondria