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Semester Test Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wait until the end of the period to tell your teacher about an accident that occured during the lab.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

You should know the locations of all safety equipment.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

When smelling chemicals or unknown substances in the lab, you should inhale directly into your nose.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

No eating or drinking during the lab.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

No horseplay during the lab.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.
What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
7.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
8.
Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:
a)
dichotmous key
b)
binomial nomenclature
c)
2 scientific names
d)
binomial key
9.
The first part of a scientific name is an organism's _______________ and the second part is its ________________.
a)
species, genus
b)
phylum, order
c)
class, spices
d)
genus, species
10.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

11.

Biotic factors are

a)

Living

b)

nonliving

12.

Abiotic factors

a)

living

b)

nonliving

13.

Water would be an example of:

a)

Biotic

b)

abiotic

14.

All of the organisms of the same species in an area is defined as:

a)

Community

b)

population

c)

limiting factor

d)

carrying capacity

15.

Choose all the abiotic factors listed

a)

water

b)

mates

c)

space

d)

temperature

e)

predators

16.

Giraffes have long necks that help them reach leaves high up in trees. They get all the energy they need from plants such as this. What type of consumer are giraffes.

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

decomposer

17.

Mushrooms often grow around dead plants such as decomposing trees. They break down these dead organisms and put energy that stores in the plant back into the ground for other plants to use. What type of consumer are mushrooms?

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

decomposer

18.

Arrows represent ______________

a)

flow of organisms

b)

what eats what

c)

flow of energy

d)

percent of energy

19.

What is the ultimate source of energy?

a)

food

b)

plants

c)

sun

d)

sugar

20.

What percentage of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?

a)

1%

b)

10%

c)

90%

d)

100%

21.

What is the primary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

snake

e)

red hawk

22.

What is the producer?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

snake

e)

red hawk

23.

Which organism is NOT a producer?

a)

grass

b)

tree

c)

grasshopper

d)

shrub

24.

Where does the rabbit get its energy from?

a)

snake

b)

shrub

c)

cricket

d)

robin

25.

What symbiotic relationship occurs between humans and mosquitoes?

a)

Mutualistic

b)

Parasitic

c)

Commensalistic

d)

Competitive

26.

What symbiotic relationship occurs between bees and flowers?

a)

Mutualistic

b)

Parasitic

c)

Commensalistic

d)

Competitive

27.

What symbiotic relationship occurs between a whale and a barnacle?

a)

Mutualistic

b)

Parasitic

c)

Commensalistic

d)

Competitive

28.

an organism that can make its own food by using energy from the sun

a)

heterotroph

b)

decomposer

c)

biotic factor

d)

autotroph

29.

An organism that obtains energy from eating other consumers (animals)

a)

detritivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

30.

An organism that obtains energy from the remains of others

a)

detritivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

31.

An organism that obtains energy from eating only plants

a)

detritivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

32.

An organism that obtains energy from eating both consumers and producers (plants and animals)

a)

detritivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

33.

All the living organisms in a particular location, together with their nonliving environment

a)

community

b)

population

c)

species

d)

ecosystem

34.

an organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms

a)

heterotroph

b)

decomposer

c)

biotic factor

d)

autotroph

35.

Something that is living

a)

organism

b)

abiotic

c)

predation

d)

prey

36.

An organism that is being hunted or eaten

a)

organism

b)

abiotic

c)

predation

d)

prey

37.
Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?
a)
a.  Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system
b)
a.  Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism
c)
a.  Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
d)
a.  Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system
38.
The smallest level of organization of life in an organism
a)
tissue
b)
cell
c)
organ
d)
organ system
39.

Groups of cells with similar functions.

a)

Organs

b)

Molecules

c)

Tissues

d)

Organelles

40.

Group of tissues with similar functions.

a)

Organelles

b)

Cells

c)

Tissues

d)

Organs

41.

Group of organs with similar functions.

a)

Organism

b)

Cell

c)

Organ

d)

System

42.
What do scientists call the parts of a cell?
a)
Pieces
b)
Sections
c)
Organelles
d)
None of the above
43.
Which of these organelles do animal cells not have?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Chloroplasts
c)
Cell membrane
d)
Lysosome
44.
What do you call the gooey liquid in a cell?
a)
Lysosome
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Cytoplasm
45.
This organelle is often referred to as the power house of the cell.
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Lysosome
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Vacuole
46.
This organelle is where plants do photosynthesis.
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Lysosome
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Vacuole
47.
Which organelle is on the outside of an animal cell?
a)
Cell wall
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Cellular lining
d)
Cytoplasm
48.

What kind of cell is this?

a)

plant

b)

animal

49.

Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called _____.

a)

Eukaryotes

b)

Multicellular

c)

Unicellular

d)

Prokaryotes

50.

An organism made of only one cell is called _____ .

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Mutlicellular

c)

Monocellular

d)

Unicellular

51.

A population is all the ____________ species.

a)

Same

b)

Different

c)

Other

d)

Alternating

52.

A community is ___________ types of species living together.

a)

Same

b)

Alternating

c)

All

d)

Different

53.
Earth is also known as a 
a)
A gas giant
b)
Fourth rock from the sun
c)
Biosphere 
d)
A star 
54.

Movement across the cell membrane that does not require energy from the cell is called

a)

active transport

b)

passive transport

c)

mass transport

55.

It is a type of passive transport which involves the movement of substances from a high concentration area to a low concentration area.

a)

effusion

b)

diffusion

c)

concentration gradient

56.

A solution in which the concentration of dissolved substances is higher than the

concentration inside a cell is

a)

hypotonic

b)

hypertonic

c)

isotonic

57.

 

A solution in which the concentration of dissolved substances is equal to that of the

concentration inside a cell is

a)

hypotonic

b)

hypertonic

c)

isotonic

58.

The part of the cell that regulates what enters and exits it.

a)

cell membrane

b)

golgi apparatus

c)

nucleus

d)

mitochondria

59.
What process occurs when WATER diffuses across a membrane?
a)
endocytosis
b)
mitosis
c)
osmosis
d)
nuclear fission 
60.
What does selectively-permeable mean?
a)
The cell controls what passes in and out of the cell
b)
Nothing gets through
c)
The cell lets only large substances through
61.
 An animal cell placed in a hypertonic (salty) solution will
a)
Stay the same
b)
Shrink- get smaller
c)
Swell- get bigger
62.
Where is there a high concentration of water?
a)
in the flower
b)
cannot be determined by picture.
c)
in the vase
d)
in the leaves
63.
A person should never drink salty water because their cells would
a)
shrink
b)
expand
64.
a)

solvent

b)

solute

65.

solute + solvent =

a)

solution

b)

equation

66.
a)

solute

b)

solvent

67.

Solutes dissolve quicker in _________ water.

a)

cold

b)

warm

68.

Solutes dissolve quicker if you stir them.

a)

true

b)

false

69.
a)

solution

b)

solute

c)

solvent

70.

The vertical (up and down) columns in the Periodic Table are called

a)

groups

b)

towers

c)

periods

d)

atomic numbers

71.
The horizontal row on the periodic table is called a
a)
group
b)
family
c)
period
d)
atomic number
72.
What does the 1.00794 stand for?
a)
Hydrogen
b)
atomic number
c)
atomic mass
d)
atomic explosion
73.
Beryllium is in group number______.
a)

Group 2

b)

Group 3

c)

Group 4

d)

Group 7

74.
The period for Bromine is ___________.
a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

75.

The elements shaded blue are called 

a)

metals

b)

nonmetals

c)

metalloids

d)

noble gases

76.

Metals are on the:

a)

Left side

b)

Right Side

c)

Stairstep

77.

Nonmetals are on the:

a)

Left side

b)

Right Side

c)

Stairstep

78.

Oxygen (O) has how many electrons

a)

10

b)

8

c)

16

d)

2

79.

Silicon (SI) has how many protons

a)

12

b)

8

c)

10

d)

14

80.

What type of atom is this?

a)

Neutral atom

b)

Cation

c)

Anion

d)

Isotope

81.

What is the charge on a lithium atom that loses 1 electron?

a)

+1

b)

0

c)

-1

d)

-2

82.

What is a positive ion called?

a)

anion

b)

cation

c)

isotope

d)

covalent

83.

What particles are in the nucleus?

a)

Protons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Electrons

d)

Nucleus

84.

Which particle is outside the nucleus?

a)

Protons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Electrons

d)

Nucleus

85.

Protons are:

a)

Positive

b)

Neutral

c)

Negative

86.

Neutrons are:

a)

Positive

b)

Neutral

c)

Negative

87.

Electrons are:

a)

Positive

b)

Neutral

c)

Negative

88.

How many valence electrons in this diagram:

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

89.

Chlorine

a)

C

b)

Ch

c)

Cl

d)

Co

90.

Sodium

a)

S

b)

So

c)

Sm

d)

Na

91.

Calcium

a)

Ca

b)

C

c)

K

d)

Cl

92.

Fluorine

a)

Fl

b)

F

c)

Fn

d)

Fe

93.

Aluminum

a)

A

b)

Am

c)

Au

d)

Al

94.

Nitrogen

a)

Na

b)

N

c)

Ni

d)

No

95.

Gold

a)

G

b)

Go

c)

Ag

d)

Au

96.

Copper

a)

C

b)

Cu

c)

Co

d)

Cr

97.

Potassium

a)

P

b)

Po

c)

K

d)

Pt

98.

Silver

a)

S

b)

Si

c)

Au

d)

Ag

99.

Mercury

a)

M

b)

Me

c)

Hg

d)

W

100.

Sulfur

a)

S

b)

Su

c)

Sf

d)

Sr