Free Printable HHS Intro to Biology: Unifying Themes and Characteristic of Life

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HHS Intro to Biology: Unifying Themes and Characteristic of Life

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name

Class

Date

A group of cells that live and work together to make one organism is...

unicellular

colonial

multicellular

bacteria

One advantage of cell specialization...

cells are efficient at what they can do

all cells perform the same duties as others

if one type of cell dies they all perish

the cells are not efficient

This is an organism made of one cell.

multicellular

unicellular

colonial

plant kingdom

All cells have two things in common. Name those two things.

Nucleus and DNA

cell membrane and DNA

Organelles and cell wall

nuclear membrane and cytoplasm

The name given to the internal balance that a cell maintains with its external environment.

velocity

membrane

homeostasis

circulation

A group of tissues that works together for a common function is called ___.

organ

cell

organ system

organism

Evolution...

Is the result of natural selection

Means animals turn into other animals

Always has to involve billions of years

Means weak traits never get passed onto offspring.

The branch of biology that studies the interaction of organisms and their environment is called ___.

psychology

ornithology

ecology

paleontology

Life on Earth depends on energy from...

the sun

fossil fuels

rocks and soil

mining

10.

A plant growing towards the light is an example of

reproduction.

responding to a stimuli.

metabolism.

homeostasis.

11.

A maggot changing into a fly is an example of

reproduction.

growth and development.

homeostasis.

evolution.

12.

The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:

compensating

homeostasis

balancing

routine

13.

All organisms contain instruction molecules that help determine which traits the organism will have is an example of

universal genetic code (DNA/RNA)

metabolism

evolution

growth and development

14.

A group of cells that work together to perform the same function.

colonial

tissue

organ

unicellular

15.

Groups of organs working together to carry out an important life process are called . . .

cytoskeleton

organisms

organelles

organ systems

16.

The chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes is called

Metabolism

Respiration

Mitosis

Homeostasis

17.

A change in genetic makeup of a population of a species (the change in living things over time)

Adaptation

Biodiversity

DNA

Evolution

18.

Biology is the study of...?

animals

plants

bacteria

all living things

19.

Living things are made up of units called

DNA

Cells

Homeostasis

Seeds

20.

A stimulus can be external or internal.

False

True

21.

All living things are composed of cells.

True

False

22.

Which of the following are characteristics of all living things?

ability to reproduce

problem solve

response to the environment

care for offspring

23.

Which characteristic of life does this illustrate?

"A pill bug (roly poly) eats a carrot."

All living things contain cells

All living things need energy

All living things maintain homeostasis

All living things grow and develop

24.

Which characteristic of life does this illustrate?

"A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset"

All living things have cells

All living things use energy

All living things respond to their environment

All living things grow and develop

25.

Which characteristic of life does this illustrate?

"An adult hydra is producing its offspring through budding."

All living things use energy

All living things reproduce

All living things contain cells

All living things grow and develop

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HHS Intro to Biology: Unifying Themes and Characteristic of Life

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

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