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Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of a physical property of matter?

a)

Flammability

b)

Density

c)

Reactivity with acid

d)

Ability to rust

2.

What is the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element?

a)

Molecule

b)

Atom

c)

Compound

d)

Mixture

3.

Which of the following is a chemical change?

a)

Melting ice

b)

Dissolving sugar in water

c)

Burning wood

d)

Breaking glass

4.

Which state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

5.

Which form of energy is stored in the bonds of molecules?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Electrical energy

6.

Which simple machine is a flat, slanted surface used to raise objects?

a)

Lever

b)

Pulley

c)

Inclined plane

d)

Wheel and axle

7.

What is the chemical symbol for oxygen?

a)

Ox

b)

O

c)

Oy

d)

O2

8.

Which of the following best describes a molecule?

a)

A single atom

b)

Two or more atoms chemically bonded

c)

A mixture of elements

d)

A type of simple machine

9.

What is the process called when a solid changes directly into a gas?

a)

Condensation

b)

Sublimation

c)

Freezing

d)

Melting

10.

Which of the following is NOT a form of energy?

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Friction

d)

Heat

11.

Which simple machine consists of a wheel with a rope or chain around it?

a)

Pulley

b)

Lever

c)

Wedge

d)

Screw

12.

Which property of matter describes how much matter is in a given space?

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Density

d)

Weight

13.

What is the center of an atom called?

a)

Electron

b)

Nucleus

c)

Proton

d)

Neutron

14.

Which of the following is a product in the chemical reaction: 2H2+O2→2H2O2H_2 + O_2 \rightarrow 2H_2O ?

a)

H2H_2

b)

O2O_2

c)

H2OH_2O

d)

O3O_3

15.

Which state of matter has particles that move freely and fill the entire container?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

16.

What type of energy is associated with moving objects?

a)

Potential energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Nuclear energy

17.

Which simple machine is made up of two inclined planes placed back to back?

a)

Lever

b)

Wedge

c)

Pulley

d)

Screw

18.

Which of the following is a physical change?

a)

Burning paper

b)

Rusting iron

c)

Boiling water

d)

Baking a cake

19.

What is the charge of a proton?

a)

Negative

b)

Positive

c)

Neutral

d)

No charge

20.

Which of the following is an example of a compound?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Water

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Gold

21.

What is the formula for calculating density?

a)

Density = Mass ×\times Volume

b)

Density = Mass ÷\div Volume

c)

Density = Volume ÷\div Mass

d)

Density = Mass ++ Volume

22.

Which subatomic particle has no charge?

a)

Proton

b)

Electron

c)

Neutron

d)

Nucleus

23.

Which of the following is NOT a state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Plasma

d)

Solution

24.

Which simple machine is a bar that pivots on a fixed point?

a)

Pulley

b)

Lever

c)

Wheel and axle

d)

Inclined plane

25.

Which form of energy is produced by vibrating objects?

a)

Light energy

b)

Sound energy

c)

Chemical energy

d)

Nuclear energy

26.

What is the name for a substance made of only one kind of atom?

a)

Compound

b)

Mixture

c)

Element

d)

Solution

27.

Which of the following is a reactant in the chemical reaction: C+O2→CO2C + O_2 \rightarrow CO_2 ?

a)

CO2CO_2

b)

CC

c)

COCO

d)

H2OH_2O

28.

Which state of matter has a definite shape and definite volume?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

29.

Which simple machine is a circular object attached to a shaft?

a)

Pulley

b)

Lever

c)

Wheel and axle

d)

Wedge

30.

Which form of energy comes from the sun?

a)

Chemical energy

b)

Electrical energy

c)

Light energy

d)

Sound energy

31.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
32.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
33.
What is a decomposer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
34.
What do Omnivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
35.
What do Herbivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
36.
What do Carnivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
37.

What is a food chain?

a)

The flow of energy from one thing to another

b)

The way animals eat each other

c)

The way the sun makes everything

d)

How the plants grow

38.

An individual living things,such as animals or a plants,is called an

a)

Animal

b)

plant

c)

Organism

d)

Nutrition

39.
Use the diagram answer the question.
What is a fitting description for this diagram?
a)
A Food Chain
b)
An Ecosystem
c)
A Food Web
d)
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
40.
An organism that eats the producer- (animals that eats plants)
a)
Secondary Consumer
b)
Primary Consumer
c)
Tertiary Consumer
d)
Consumer
41.
An organism that eats the primary consumer.
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Secondary Consumer
c)
Tertiary Consumer
d)
Producer
42.

A group of the same species of organisms would best be known as a _______________________.

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

biome

43.

What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

a)

predator

b)

producer

c)

ecosystem

d)

abiotic factor

44.
Carnivores that eat freshly dead organisms are
a)
herbivores
b)
decomposers
c)
omnivores
d)
scavengers
45.

An organism that eats the primary consumer.

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Producer

46.
The surroundings in which an organism lives 
a)
niche
b)
biotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
47.
Living parts in the environment
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
c)
community
48.
Nonliving parts in the environment 
a)
cooperation
b)
predation
c)
abiotic
d)
biotic
49.
Home to an organism
a)
biotic 
b)
evaporation
c)
population
d)
habitat
50.
Organisms of the same species living in the same environment together
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
51.
Populations living in the same environment at the same time 
a)
population
b)
community
c)
biotic 
d)
niche
52.

______ is the green pigment in plants that makes it possible for them to make food from carbon dioxide and water.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chlorphyll

c)

Nutrients

d)

Hydroponics

53.

_______ are a part of food and soil that helps living things stay healthy and grow.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chlorphyll

c)

Nutrients

d)

Hydroponics

54.

A method of growing plants in water instead of soil is called _______.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chlorphyll

c)

Nutrients

d)

Hydroponics

55.

_______ is a living thing that makes its own food.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Food Web

d)

Decomposer

56.

A living thing that eats plants or animals is a _______.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Food Web

d)

Decomposer

57.

A ________ is a network of food chains that shows how energy moves through an ecosystem.

a)

Pro

b)

Consumer

c)

Food Web

d)

Decomposer

58.

_______ is an organism hat breaks down dead organisms and the waste of living things.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Food Web

d)

Decomposer

59.

_______ are organisms such as molds and mushrooms, that have no chlorophyll and live on dead and decaying things. These are decomposers.

a)

Fungi

b)

Bacteria

c)

Ecosystem

d)

species

60.

Certain kinds of one-celled living things are called ________. These are decomposers.

a)

Fungi

b)

Bacteria

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Species

61.

______ is all living things and nonliving things in an area and their interactions.

a)

Fungi

b)

Bacteria

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Species

62.

_______ is a group of similar living things that can produce offspring who can, in turn, produce offspring.

a)

Fungi

b)

Bacteria

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Species

63.

All the individuals of a species that live in an area are its ________.

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Invasive Species

d)

Delta

64.

_______ is made up of all the different populations that live and interact in an area.

a)

Pou

b)

Community

c)

Invasive Species

d)

Delta

65.

_______ is a species that has been brought to a new place by people and can harm the environment.

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Invasive Species

d)

Delta

66.

_______ is a new land that forms at the mouth of a river.

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Invasive Species

d)

Delta

67.

The chemical process that green plants se to turn water and carbon dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light is called ________.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Ch

c)

Nutrients

d)

Hydroponics

68.
A distinguishing quality, trait or feature of an individual
a)
nutrient
b)
characteristic
c)
environment
d)
ecosystem
69.

The death of every member of a species.

a)

fossil

b)

endangered

c)

evolution

d)

extinction

70.
A well-substantiated explanation of why things happens in nature, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment.
a)
Law
b)
Theory
c)
Experiment
d)
Data
71.

Historical remnants of a structure that was thought to have greater importance in its’ ancestors, but has little importance now

a)

homologous structures

b)

petrified fossil

c)

vestigial structures

d)

preserved remains

72.

Any difference between individuals of the same species

a)

adaptations

b)

evolution

c)

variations

d)

homologous structures

73.

Theory that species evolve during short periods of rapid change

a)

Gradualism

b)

Punctuated Equalibria

c)

Preserved Remains

d)

Natural Selection

74.

Process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than others of the same species

a)

punctuated equilibrium

b)

adaptation

c)

natural selection

d)

artificial selection

75.

Body parts that are structurally similar in related species ant that provide evidence for a common ancestor.

a)

petrified fossil

b)

homologous structure

c)

variation

d)

vestigial structure

76.

Theory that evolution occurs slowly but steadily

a)

natural selection

b)

gradualism

c)

relative dating

d)

branching tree

77.

Behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive or reproduce in its environment

a)

adaptation

b)

fossil

c)

species

d)

vestigial structure

78.

When humans breed 2 organisms with specific traits to influence the traits of the next generation, it is __________.

a)

selective breeding

b)

natural selection

c)

inbreeding

d)

mutation

79.

What is the name of the process in which genes from one organism are transferred into the genome of another organism?

a)

Genetic Engineering

b)

Selective breeding

c)

Artificial selection

d)

Survival of the fittest

80.

The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasite

c)

Competition

d)

Host

81.

An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

a)

Prey

b)

Parasitism

c)

Symbiosis

d)

Predator

82.

An organism on which a parasite lives.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Predation

c)

Mutualism

d)

Host

83.

An interaction between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed.

a)

Predation

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Parasite

84.

An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food

a)

Commensalism

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predator

85.

An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.

a)

Predation

b)

Commensalism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Host

86.

An organism that feeds on a living host.

a)

Predator

b)

Mutualism

c)

Prey

d)

Parasite

87.

An interaction between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

a)

Predation

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Symbiosis

88.

An interaction in which both organisms benefit.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predation

89.

An interaction between two species that benefits at least one of the species.

a)

Parasitism

b)

Competition

c)

Symbiosis

d)

Commensalism

90.

Autotropism

a)

When plant organs grow towards gravity

b)

When plant organs grow towards the light

c)

When plant organs grow in a straight line unless influenced by an external stimuli.

d)

When a plant dies

91.

Hydrotropism

a)

When plant roots turn away or towards moisture

b)

When plant roots absorb water

c)

When plant roots grow down towards gravity

d)

When roots anchor the plant

92.

Define geotropism

a)

when plant organs grow towards light

b)

When plant organs grow away from light

c)

When plant organs do not grow

d)

when parts of the plant grow towards or away from gravity

93.

Biodiversity means?

a)

No diversity in organisms in an ecosystem or habitat.

b)

An ecosystem contains very few types of organisms.

c)

The non living part of an ecosystem

d)

The variety of living organisms in habitats or ecosystem

94.

Define Homeostasis

a)

Internal environment changes when outside environment changes

b)

Maintenance of a internal environment when outside conditions change

c)

Outside conditions do not affect internal condition of organisms

d)

Nobody cares about the maintenance of internal conditions

95.

What does it mean when a plant is wilting?

a)

The plant is dead

b)

The plant is growing in all directions

c)

When the plant leaves are drooping and drying out due to lack of water

d)

Whent the plant uses solar energy to make chemical energy

96.

What is turgor pressure inside cells?

a)

The force of gravity on the roots

b)

The ability to photosythesize

c)

the inside force within the cell that pushes against the cell wall.

d)

The root hairs growing towards the force of gravity

97.

Define Sustainability

a)

When human needs can be met indefinitely

b)

Not meeting human needs at all

c)

Meeting human needs some of the time.

d)

Humans have no needs.

98.

What is an adaptation?

a)

Selectively breeding organisms for desired traits

b)

any inherited trait that helps an organism survive an reproduce in particular environments

c)

When there are variations within a species

d)

Species cannot adapt to changing environmental conditions...EVER

99.

What is Eutrophication?

a)

When humans dump biological wastes in a fresh body of water.

b)

When humans dump chemicals in the water supply.

c)

The natural build up of decaying biomass in an aging body of water.

d)

When ponds or streams dry up and become bogs.

100.

an animal that obtains nutrients only from plants.

a)

Herbivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Consumer

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