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1st Semester Life Science

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 4hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 3 reactants of photosynthesis? The reactants are the things needed for photosynthesis to occur.

a)

oxygen, glucose, sunlight

b)

sunlight, oxygen, water

c)

water, oxygen, carbon dioxide

d)

carbon dioxide, sunlight, water

2.

What are the 2 products of photosynthesis? The products are the things made in the process of photosynthesis.

a)

water, sunlight

b)

glucose, carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen, glucose

d)

sunlight, oxygen

3.

Where do plants get the carbon needed to make glucose molecules during the process of photosynthesis?

a)

from the ground

b)

from the air

c)

from the water

d)

from the sun

4.

The waste product of photosynthesis is ____.

a)

chlorophyll

b)

water

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

oxygen

5.

What is the process that combines glucose and oxygen to release energy?

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Chemical Reaction

d)

Natural Selection

6.

What is the process that takes sunlight and stores it as glucose?

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Chemical Reaction

d)

Natural Selection

7.

Which organelle does cellular respiration happen in?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Chloroplast

8.

In what molecule is the energy carried in cells?

a)

Glucose

b)

Oxygen

c)

ATP

d)

Carbon Dioxide

9.

Which type of cell uses cellular respiration?

a)

Plant cells

b)

Animal cells

c)

Both Animals and Plants

10.

Put the following stages of mitosis in order: anaphase, prophase, metaphase, and telophase.

a)

prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase

b)

prophase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase

c)

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

d)

prophase, telophase, metaphase, anaphase

11.

Why would it be important to replicate DNA before a cell divides in mitosis or meiosis?

a)

In order for genetic information to be transferred into daughter cells.

b)

In order for the cell to be able to increase in size.

c)

In order for the DNA to be contained in the nucleus.

d)

In order for the cell to re-order the DNA sequencing in the new cells.

12.

Humans have ________ pairs of chromosomes.

a)

21

b)

23

c)

46

d)

None of the above

13.

The structures labeled B are

a)

centrioles

b)

chromatids

c)

centromeres

d)

chromopheres

14.

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

a)

cell membrane

b)

vacuole

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

15.

How many daughter cells are produced at the end of meiosis?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

16.

Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.

a)

23, 46

b)

46, 23

c)

2, 4

d)

50, 100

17.

Select the answer with three (3) kinds of tissue.

a)

Bone, Stomach, Muscle

b)

Heart, Respiratory, Nerve Cell

c)

Bone, Muscle, Nerve

d)

Brain, Stomach, Heart

18.

Select the answer with three (3) kinds of organs.

a)

Bone, Stomach, Muscular

b)

Heart, Respiratory, Nerve Cell

c)

Bone, Muscle, Nerve

d)

Brain, Stomach, Heart

19.

Select the answer with three (3) kinds of body systems.

a)

Bone, Stomach, Muscular

b)

Heart, Respiratory, Nerve Cell

c)

Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous

d)

Brain, Stomach, Heart

20.

Choose the most accurate organizational level for:

FAT TISSUE (LIPIDS)

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

organ system

e)

organism

21.

Choose the most accurate organizational level for:

HEART

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

organ system

e)

organism

22.

Choose the most accurate organizational level for:

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

organ system

e)

organism

23.

Choose the most accurate organizational level for:

BONE

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

organ system

e)

organism

24.

What system controls your hormones?

a)

Endocrine

b)

Circulatory

c)

Respiration

d)

Muscles

25.

What three main systems are interacting to allow you to walk around?

a)

Endocrine & Nervous & Skeletal

b)

Nervous & Muscle & Skeletal

c)

Muscle & Endocrine & Leg

d)

Skeletal & Endocrine & Muscle

26.

The nervous system is?

a)

Long strands of nerve cells that carry electrical signals from your brain to different parts if your body.

b)

Glands that release hormones

c)

Just the brain

d)

The largest organ

27.

Do all systems work together to keep you in a state of homeostasis?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Both true and false

d)

Some work together and some do not

28.

A stimulus is what?

a)

Something from outside your body interacting with one of your senses

b)

Something only your body can produce

c)

Something not possible without gravity

d)

Always something bad for you

29.
Amino acids are the building blocks of... 
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Atoms
d)
Proteins
30.
Nucleotides are made up of a sugar, phosphate, and..?
a)
nitrogenous base
b)
nucleic acid
c)
cholesterol
d)
fatty acid
31.
DNA codes for...
a)
cholesterol
b)
proteins
c)
fatty acids
d)
a sandwich
32.

Body Cell mutations can contribute to...

a)

Cancer

b)

Parkinson's Disease

c)

Bronchitis

d)

Heart Failure

33.

What is a gene

a)

a section of DNA that codes for a trait

b)

a pair of pants that are made of denim

c)

the whole entire chromosome found in the nucleus

34.
In DNA, Adenine pairs with ___________. 
a)
Guanine
b)
Cytosine
c)
Thymine
d)
Uracil
35.

The base pair guanine always pairs with which other base pair?

a)

thymine

b)

adenine

c)

cytosine

d)

guanine

36.

The base pair cytosine always pairs with which other base pair?

a)

thymine

b)

adenine

c)

cytosine

d)

guanine

37.

The base pair thymine always pairs with which other base pair?

a)

thymine

b)

adenine

c)

cytosine

d)

guanine

38.

The base pair adenine always pairs with which other base pair?

a)

thymine

b)

adenine

c)

cytosine

d)

guanine

39.

DNA holds the code for making

a)

lipids

b)

carbohydrates

c)

proteins

d)

sugars

40.

a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

a)

Character

b)

Chromosome

c)

Trait

d)

Organism

41.
The yellow part of this picture is DNA. What do you think the turquoise part around it is?
a)
chromosome
b)
gene
c)
DNA
d)
ACTG
42.
Where, in the eukaryotic cell, is DNA located?
a)
ribosomes
b)
nucleus
c)
E.R.
d)
cytoplasm
43.
Genes are passed from parents to offspring on 
a)
DNA
b)
duplicated genes
c)
chromosomes
d)
little boats
44.
This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
45.
If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable?
a)
True
b)
How fast you get to school
c)
Riding a bike or walking
d)
False
46.
You will want your experiment to have ____ independent variable(s) in it for the experiment to be valid.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
47.

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. The fact that we kept the light, plant, and water the same in each experiment are examples of ____________. These can be unlimited in number.

a)
an dependent variable
b)
an independent variable
c)
a control
d)
constants
48.

What is a control?

a)

What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

b)

What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

c)

What happens when you do an experiment

d)

What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups and what your results are compared to

49.

Explaining the color of a chemical would be what kind of observation? We would use the 5 senses to make this kind of observation.

a)
Qualitative 
b)
Quanitative