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End of term Exam

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the basic unit of the nervous system?

a)

Synapse

b)

Neuron

c)

Dendrite

d)

Axon

2.

What is the function of the cochlea in the ear?

a)

Produce insulin

b)

Convert sound vibrations into electrical signals

c)

Detect light waves

d)

Regulate body temperature

3.

Which part of the eye controls the amount of light entering the eye?

a)

retina

b)

cornea

c)

iris

d)

pupil

4.

Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Venus

c)

Saturn

d)

Mars

5.

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Neptune

d)

Mars

6.

Which extreme survivor is known for its ability to survive in extreme heat?

a)

polar bear

b)

desert fox

c)

camel

d)

penguin

7.

What is the process of an organism adapting to its environment over time?

a)

Genetic drift

b)

Evolution

c)

Mutation

d)

Natural selection

8.

What is the function of the eardrum?

a)

Transmit sound vibrations to the middle ear

b)

Regulate body temperature

c)

Store excess sound waves

d)

Detect light intensity

9.

Which part of the eye is responsible for focusing light onto the retina?

a)

lens

b)

vitreous humor

c)

cornea

d)

iris

10.

In genetics, what is the term for the physical characteristics of an organism?

a)

phenotype

b)

allele

c)

heredity

d)

genotype

11.
What does DNA stand for?
a)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
b)
Denitrogenous acid
c)
Deribonucleic acid
d)
Diribonucleic acid
12.
G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
all of the choices result in yellow
13.
The physical appearance or the way a gene looks is known as it's....
a)
genotype
b)
allele
c)
gene
d)
phenotype
14.
Are recessive traits shown with capital or lowercase letters? 
a)
Capital
b)
Lowercase
15.
In dim light, your pupil will be 
a)
larger
b)
smaller
16.
Which parts of your eye are transparent?
a)
retina
b)
optic nerve
c)
cornea and lens
d)
iris
17.
Light bends when it is 
a)
refracted
b)
reflected
c)
absorbed
18.
Light bounces when it is 
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
c)
refracted
19.
Light travels
a)
around corners
b)
in a straight line
20.

Define sound

4 lines
21.
What animal would you most likely find in the desert habitat?
a)
Squirrels 
b)
Foxes
c)
Camels
d)
Sharks
22.

Why does a camel have a hump?

a)

to keep the camel's body from the hot sand.

b)

to stores fat when there's no food or water.

23.
What is this?
a)
Opaque
b)
transparent
c)
translucent
24.
A stained glass window is
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
25.
If an object allows most all light to pass through it then it is...
a)
transparent
b)
opaque 
c)
translucent
d)
cold
26.
what controls your personality ?!
a)
parietal lobes
b)
occipital lobes
c)
temporal lobes
d)
frontal lobes
27.
what controls your balance ?!
a)
thalamus 
b)
cerebellum
c)
basal ganglia
d)
frontal lobes
28.
How many planets are in our solar system (not including pluto)
a)
9
b)
8
c)
10
d)
7
29.

Which is the hottest planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

30.

What is the biggest planet?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

31.

What are the outer planets made of?

a)

Helium

b)

Ice

c)

Rock

d)

Gases

32.

What are the outer planets?


Select ALL that apply.

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

e)

Neptune

33.

_________ is the planet that takes the shortest time to revolve around the sun.

a)

Neptune

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Mercury

34.

What planet is known as the red planet because of its red looking surface?

a)

Earth

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Mars

35.

What is the only planet that supports life?

a)

Mars

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

Saturn

36.

What planet is the same size as earth?

a)

Pluto

b)

Mars

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

37.

What planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

38.

What are the Inner planets?


Select ALL that apply.

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Earth

e)

Saturn

39.

The ____  are the four planets closest to the Sun

a)

outer planets

b)

gas giants

c)

inner planets

d)

larger

40.

This part of the body gives us our sense of hearing and balance.

a)

nose

b)

tongue

c)

ear

d)

skin

41.

It is the coiled tube which is shaped like the shell of snail.

a)

cochlea

b)

pinna

c)

auditory canal

d)

hammer

42.

What does the eardrum do as it receives sound?

a)

it starts to vibrate

b)

it does nothing

c)

it bursts

43.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A trait that increases the fitness of an organism.

b)

A trait that an organism acquires without genetic influence.

c)

A choice made by humans about what organisms breed for advantageous traits.

44.

Fish breathing through gill under water is considered ...........

a)

Structural adaptations

b)

Physiological adaptations

c)

Behavioral adaptations

45.

............ is when an organism develops a body feature that helps it to survive

a)

Structural adaptation

b)

Behavioral adaptation

c)

Physiological adaptation

46.

a)

Behavioral Adapation

b)

Physical Adapation

c)

Both

47.

a)

Behavioral Adapation

b)

Physical Adapation

c)

Both

48.

a)

Behavioral Adapation

b)

Physical Adapation

c)

Both

49.

a)

Behavioral Adapation

b)

Physical Adapation

c)

Both

50.

How are birds and reptiles alike or the same?

a)

Both have feathers

b)

Both have beaks

c)

Both have scales

d)

Both lay eggs

51.

A living thing that can move

a)

animal

b)

desk

c)

book

d)

chair

52.
This class has scales.
a)
Fish
b)
Mammal
c)
Bird
d)
Reptile
53.
This class has feathers and wings.
a)
Reptile
b)
Mammal
c)
Bird
d)
Fish
54.
This class has dry scaly skin.
a)
Mammal
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Fish
55.

This class has hair or fur and is the ONLY vertebrate that feed milk to their young.

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibians

c)

Insects

d)

Mammals

56.

What is a carnivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

b)

An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

57.

What is a herbivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy from eating other animals

b)

an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

58.

An animal that hunts other animals for food is a ___________

a)

herbivore

b)

predator

c)

prey

d)

omnivore

59.

Who is the producer?

a)

lettuce

b)

greenfly

c)

ladybird

d)

thrush

60.

Arrows in a food web represent...

a)

eating

b)

sunlight

c)

energy

d)

matter

61.

Producers are ...

a)

plants

b)

able to do photosynthesis

c)

also called autotrophs

d)

all of these are true

62.

Decomposers get energy from...

a)

the sun

b)

eating plants

c)

eating animals

d)

dead things and waste

63.

The original source of energy for a food web is...

a)

plants

b)

sun

c)

producers

d)

decomposers