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Vocabulary List 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Atom

a)

Largest living thing

b)

Basic unit of a chemical element

c)

A mammal or reptile

d)

H2O

2.

Carbohydrate

a)

A type of drink

b)

A type of sport played with an orange ball

c)

Organic compounds occurring in food and living tissue

d)

A way to classify living creatures

3.

Cell Theory

a)

A theory that all living things are made up of cells

b)

A theory that all living things are not made up of cells

c)

A theory that only plants are made up of cells

d)

A theory that only animals are made up of cells

4.

Cell Wall

a)

A layer outside the cells of mammals

b)

A layer outside the cells of reptiles and amphibians

c)

A layer outside the cells of humans

d)

A layer outside the cells of plants and bacteria

5.

Cellular Respiration

a)

Cells multiplying into larger cells

b)

Cells receiving oxygen and blood supply

c)

A process to convert chemical energy and release waste

d)

Cells dying off

6.

Chlorophyll

a)

Absorbs light in animals to create energy for photosynthesis

b)

Absorbs light in plants to create energy for photosynthesis

c)

A type of cleaning solution used to clean the bathroom

d)

A organ in animals that secretes hormones

7.

Chloroplast

a)

contains chlorophyll and where photosynthesis takes place

b)

Only where photosynthesis takes place

c)

Only where the chlorophyll is contained

d)

The main organ in animals that controls the nervous system

8.

Chromosome

a)

A way that plant receive nutrients

b)

Houses all the cells in a living thing

c)

A way that animals receive nutrients

d)

Carries genetic information in the form of genes

9.

Constant

a)

A reliable way of experimenting

b)

A quantity that is unknown but assumed to be a fixed value

c)

A expense that scientists have to pay to continue to do research

d)

A quantity that is known and assumed to be a changing value

10.

Cytoskeleton

a)

The scientific name for the human skeleton

b)

The scientific name for an animals skeleton

c)

Protein filaments that give the cytoplasm a shape

d)

The outer skeleton of a bug

11.

Data

a)

A way of determining information

b)

How much liquid is in a container

c)

The network used on cellular devices

d)

Information collected used for studying and analyzing

12.

Dependent Variable

a)

The theory created before an experiment

b)

Does not rely on anything to determine

c)

What is being measured in an experiment

d)

Has nothing to do with an experiment

13.

DNA

a)

Contains genetic information

b)

The process of elimination

c)

A type of coffee that you can order at Starbucks

d)

Has nothing to do with genetics

14.

Element

a)

A type of cooking ingredient

b)

Air, Fire, Water, Earth

c)

A substance that cannot be broken down into smaller components

d)

The thing that falls out of the sky during a storm

15.

Empirical Evidence

a)

Evidence researchers use to create hypothesis

b)

Information that researchers generate

c)

Evidence gathered against an emperor

d)

Evidence that can be used in a court room

16.

Endoplasmic Reticulum

a)

A network of membranous tubules within the cytoplasm

b)

The official name of the plasma inside of human blood

c)

The trail of slime that snails leave behind

d)

A type of plasma found in plants

17.

Experiment

a)

A way of trying out a new cooking skill

b)

A type of surgery perform by a new surgeon

c)

A scientific way of making a discovery

d)

A process that you go through to apply for a job

18.

Fertilization

a)

The powerhouse of the cell

b)

A way of determining a hypothesis

c)

The scientific way of create a new compound

d)

The action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant

19.

Gene

a)

The basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child

b)

A piece of clothing worn on your legs

c)

A name for a woman

d)

There are 46 of them

20.

Genotype

a)

A new type of pants

b)

The genetic constitution of an individual organism

c)

The basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child

d)

A form of DNA extracted from animals

21.

Golgi Complex

a)

A membrane lining only in plants

b)

A type of cell found in birds

c)

A way of thinking about an experiment

d)

A stack of small flat sacs formed by membranes inside the cell's cytoplasm

22.

Hypothesis

a)

A thesis that grad students have to write

b)

A disease

c)

A theory using if, then statements

d)

A component containing genetic material

23.

Identify

a)

Establish or indicate who or what something is

b)

To gave evidence in a crime scene

c)

The process of making a new identity

d)

A way to search for the answer to a question

24.

Independent Variable

a)

The x in a math problem

b)

The y in a math problem

c)

A variable that stands alone

d)

A variable that does not stand alone

25.

Law

a)

Another word for the police

b)

The description of an observed phenomenon

c)

A rule that everyone must follow

d)

A major for criminal justice

26.

Lipids

a)

When your lip is swollen

b)

When you have a lisp

c)

A property of water

d)

Fatty acids or their derivatives

27.

Lysosome

a)

The white blood cells scientific name

b)

an organelle containing degradative enzymes

c)

A type of cleaning solution that kills 99% of germs

d)

The power house of the cell

28.

Mean

a)

The average value of a set of numbers

b)

The most common occurring number

c)

The difference between the highest and lowest number

d)

The middle number of a set of numbers

29.

Mitochondrion

a)

A motorized vehicle

b)

The name of the outer wall in plant cells

c)

A type of alien found in Star Wars

d)

The powerhouse of the cell

30.

Model

a)

A person or thing showing off a new line of clothing

b)

To make a particular part or feature of the world easier to understand

c)

A man or woman who walks a catwalk

d)

A diagram of an organ

31.

Nucleic acid

a)

A poison used in the 18th century

b)

The acid that breaks down food in the stomach

c)

Essential to all known forms of life

d)

The middle part of a cell

32.

Observation

a)

The act of knowing and recording something

b)

What teachers do to make sure students are working

c)

Creating a theory before doing an experiment

d)

A way to view the world

33.

Organic compound

a)

Freshly grown fruit

b)

A compound that is organically created

c)

Teal and Red

d)

One or more atoms of carbon are covalently linked to atoms of other elements

34.

Photosynthesis

a)

The name for a really expensive camera

b)

What Spongebob and Patrick use to survive

c)

Green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods

d)

Taking a photo and making it smaller

35.

Protein

a)

Has many different definitions

b)

Composed of many peptide-bonded amino acids

c)

A drink that people drink before a workout

d)

An element used to create life

36.

Ribosome

a)

Teal and Red

b)

The bone that protects many organs in animal bodies

c)

A tasty meat

d)

They bind messenger RNA and transfer RNA to synthesize polypeptides and proteins

37.

Science

a)

The study of numbers

b)

A class everyone has to take this semester

c)

Study of the structure and behavior of the world

d)

The study of only the human body

38.

Simulation

a)

Reproduces actual events and processes under test conditions

b)

What people believe the world is

c)

The act of playing a VR video game

d)

A type of game to create your own world and people

39.

Theory

a)

The last word in a TV show

b)

Allow scientists to always guess the correct outcome

c)

Allows scientists to make predictions of what they should observe

d)

An idea that every living thing breathes oxygen

40.

Vacuole

a)

A medical procedure exposing the eardrum

b)

A small hole in the head used to hear things

c)

A tool used to get dirt and other things off of carpet

d)

A space within the cytoplasm typically containing fluid