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Unit1,2,3,4,5

Total questions: 105

Worksheet time: 2hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which animal is a vertebrate?

a)

crab

b)

spider

c)

snail

d)

lizard

2.

Which animals lay eggs in water but live on land when they are full grown?

a)

amphibians

b)

reptiles

c)

mollusks

d)

mammals

3.

An animals that has scales and fins is what type of animal?

a)

mammal

b)

fish

c)

reptile

d)

amphibian

4.

A vertebrate is an animal...

a)

with a backbone

b)

without a backbone

5.

Mammals are vertebrates.

a)

True

b)

false

6.

Birds, fish, snakes, and turtles are invertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Insects, worms, and spiders are vertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Most of the world's animals are invertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Mammals breath air with lungs.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

I have two legs and two wings. I lay eggs. I am covered with feathers. What am I?

a)

Fish

b)

Mammal

c)

Amphibian

d)

Bird

11.

Which best describes the animal in the picture above?

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Bird

12.

Pick ALL of the pictures of fish.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
13.

Which best describes the animal in the picture above?

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Bird

14.

Which of these would complete the life cycle?

a)

egg

b)

pupa

c)

sponge

d)

tadpole

15.

Which animal alive today looks most like the fossil?

a)

worm

b)

insect

c)

reptile

d)

amphibian

16.

Which kind of invertebrate animal has a round body and tentacles used to sting other animals?

a)

Jellies

b)

Sponges

c)

Worms

d)

Arthropods

17.

What is this a model of?

a)

a chicken's day

b)

the water cycle

c)

a life cycle

d)

a chicken's family

18.

A caterpillar will eventually turn into what?

a)

butterfly

b)

beetle

c)

lizard

d)

frog

19.

What are you?

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

20.

What is your favorite type of animal?

a)

Reptile

b)

Mammal

c)

Amphibian

d)

Fish

e)

Bird

21.

Flowering plants are called:

a)

pretty

b)

monocotyledons

c)

dicotyledons

d)

angiosperms

22.
Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are ___ plants.
a)
nonvascular
b)
vascular
23.
Nonvascular plants do not have true
a)
roots
b)
stems
c)
leaves
d)
all of these
24.
Nonvascular plants usually grow in:
a)
damp, shady areas
b)
deserts
c)
arctic regions
d)
sunny fields
25.
Vascular, seeded plants that contain seeds in cones are:
a)
angiosperms
b)
gymnosperms
c)
deciduous
d)
moss
26.
Vascular, seeded plants that contain seeds in fruits are:
a)
angiosperms
b)
gymnosperms
c)
deciduous
d)
moss
27.
Angiosperms are easily classified because of the ___ that they produce.
a)
cones
b)
leaves
c)
flowers and fruits
d)
rhizomes
28.
a)
Gymnosperm
b)
Angiosperm
29.
a)
cycad
b)
conifer
c)
gnetophyte
d)
horsetail
30.
What are the 2 MAIN groups of plants?
a)
seed plants and seedless plants
b)
gymnosperms and angiosperms
c)
horsetails and ferns
d)
vascular and nonvascular
31.
Some of the world's tallest plants are:
a)
vascular
b)
nonvascular
32.
Which group of plants absorb water like a sponge?
a)
vascular 
b)
nonvascular
33.
Seedless plants reproduce by
a)
spores
b)
seeds
c)
binary fission
d)
mitosis
34.
Why is the plant in the picture a vascular plant?
a)
it can absorb light from the sun
b)
it has a stem that can carry water and nutrients
c)
it has more than one cell
d)
it can make it's own foo
35.
All plants...
a)
make seeds
b)
have roots
c)
need soil
d)
make food through photosynthesis
36.

Why do nonvascular plants grow close to the ground?

a)

to get less sunlight

b)

for protection

c)

for space

d)

to absorb water

37.

Which of these is NOT a way to classify plants?

a)

as vascular or nonvascular

b)

as vertebrates and invertebrates

c)

as seed producing and spore producing

d)

as deciduous and coniferous

38.

What are the three parts of a vascular plant?

(a)  

39.

____________ is the smallest living part of an organism.

a)

blood

b)

muscle

c)

cell

d)

tissue

40.

Where is DNA stored?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

nucleus

c)

cell membrane

d)

vacuole

41.

A ___________ organism is a type of living thing that only has one cell.

a)

multicellular

b)

unicellular

c)

bacterial

d)

complex

42.

A ___________ is a group of cells that do a specific job.

a)

blood

b)

muscle

c)

cell

d)

tissue

43.

What type organism is made of many cells?

a)

multicellular

b)

unicellular

c)

bacterial

d)

simple

44.

What part of a cell is the "boss" or "brain" of the cell?

a)

vacuole

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell membrane

d)

nucleus

45.

Plant cells look square because they are surrounded by a ________________________.

a)

vacuole

b)

cytoplasm

c)

chloroplasts

d)

cell wall

46.

What controls the flow of materials into and out of the cell?

a)

vacuole

b)

cell wall

c)

cell membrane

d)

cytoplasm

47.

Which part of a plant cell captures sunlight to make food (photosynthesis)?

a)

vacuole

b)

cell membrane

c)

mitochondria

d)

chloroplasts

48.

This cell organelle is very strong. It is known as the powerhouse of the cell. What is its name?

a)

vacuole

b)

mitochondria

c)

nucleus

d)

cytoplasm

49.

The process of a plant making its own food.

a)

growing

b)

photosynthesis

c)

reproducing

d)

moving

50.

____________ is the watery jelly that contains many important materials needed by cells.

a)

vacuole

b)

mitochondria

c)

nucleus

d)

cytoplasm

51.

____________ store food and water. They can even store wastes until the cell can get rid of them.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

nucleus

c)

mitochondria

d)

vacuoles

52.

What do plant cells have that animal cells do not?

a)

cytoplasm and mitochondria

b)

chloroplasts and cell wall

c)

cell membrane and nucleus

d)

vacuole and cytoplasm

53.

In animal cells, the ___________________ is the only border between the cell and its environment.

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

cytoplasm

d)

vacuole

54.

What shapes do bacteria come in?

a)

long, short, and fat

b)

cubes, pyramids, and rectangular prisms

c)

circles, squares, and triangles

d)

spheres, rods, and spirals

55.

The ___________directs all the activities of the cell.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

nucleus

c)

mitochondria

d)

vacuole

56.

_______________ is a stiff structure that separates the plant cell from the environment and gives it support.

a)

nucleus

b)

chloroplasts

c)

cell wall

d)

mitochondria

57.

A type of medicine that kills germs called bacteria or stops them from growing. They do not work on viruses, like the common cold or flu.

a)

antibiotics

b)

fungi

c)

amoebas

d)

virus

58.

Tiny living things that are too small to see without a microscope. They are found everywhere - in the air, water, soil, and even inside your body. Some are good and help us, and some make us sick.

a)

antibiotics

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

algae

59.

Any living thing that can be seen only with the help of a microscope.

a)

fungi

b)

virus

c)

microorganism

d)

bacteria

60.

Tiny germ that can make people, animals, and plants sick. They cause illnesses like the flu, colds, or chickenpox.

a)

virus

b)

e. coli

c)

salmonella

d)

fungi

61.

A tool used to see things you cannot see with just your eyes.

a)

virus

b)

plankton

c)

protist

d)

microscope

62.

A living thing that is made up of just one cell.

a)

protist

b)

single - celled organisms

c)

multi-celled organisms

d)

bacteria

63.

A living thing that is made up of more than one cell.

a)

fungi

b)

single-celled organisms

c)

multi-celled organisms

d)

protist

64.

A simple living thing that usually lives in water.

a)

algae

b)

protist

c)

fungi

d)

plankton

65.

A type of bacteria that lives in the intestines of people and animals. Some types can make you sick.

a)

E. Coli

b)

Salmonella

c)

Virus

d)

Chickenpox

66.

A type of bacteria that can make people sick. It often spreads through food that isn't cooked properly.

a)

Salmonella

b)

E. Coli

c)

fungi

d)

chickenpox

67.

Living things that are similar to plants but do not make their own food. They can be big like mushrooms, or very tiny, like mold or yeast.

a)

protist

b)

fungi

c)

algae

d)

pathogen

68.

A tiny living thing that is not an animal, plant, or fungus but has traits similar to them. Most are single-celled, like some algae and amoebas, but some are made of many cells. They usually live in water or damp places. Some make their own food, while others eat smaller organisms.

a)

pathogen

b)

algae

c)

protist

d)

virus

69.

Tiny organisms that form the base of the food chain.

a)

Plankton

b)
Bacteria
c)

Protist

d)
Fungi
70.

Tiny living things that float in water and make their own food using sunlight, just like plants. They are so small you need a microscope to see them.

a)

fungi

b)

protist

c)

pathogen

d)

Phytoplankton

71.

An organism that causes disease.

a)

algae

b)

antibiotics

c)

pathogen

d)

protist

72.

Tiny, single-celled organisms that can change shape. They live in water or damp environments.

a)

amoebas

b)

plankton

c)

algae

d)

E. Coli

73.
A student knows that some likenesses between parents and offspring are inherited, passed from generation to generation. Which of the following is an example of an inherited likeness in humans?
a)
eye color
b)
length of hair
c)
ability to read
d)
type of language spoken 
74.
Some likenesses between parents and offspring are learned. Which of the following is a learned behavior in dogs?
a)
eating
b)
running
c)
barking
d)
shaking hands 
75.

What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?

a)

eye color

b)

tongue rolling

c)

language

76.
Which trait does a puppy inherit from its parents?
a)
fur color and pattern
b)
food brand preference
c)
obedience to owner's commands
d)
knowledge of where the treats are kept
77.
Which characteristic did Kaysee most likely inherit from her parents?
a)
ability to read fast
b)
ability to speak German
c)
need to wear glasses
d)
ability to dance
78.
All of the following are learned EXCEPT:
a)
reading a book
b)
sneezing
c)
using a knife and fork
d)
avoid poison ivy
79.

Rolling your tongue

a)

inherited

b)

learned

80.

Which of the following characteristics of a field mouse ismost likely NOT inherited from its parents?

a)

a scar on the leg

b)

size of the ears

c)

length of the tail

d)

brown hair

81.
Why do organisms resemble their parents? 
a)
because traits are inherited from parent to offspring 
b)
because traits are given as gifts on holidays
c)
because if they don’t look like their parents they wouldn’t match
d)
because people wouldn’t recognize their siblings if they didn’t look alike
82.
Each of the following is an acquired trait EXCEPT which one?
a)
scar
b)
purple hair
c)
long legs
d)
broken arm
83.

A dog rolls over and receives a treat. The dog rolls over again. This is an example of...

a)

learned behavior

b)

adaptive behavior

c)

inherited behavior

d)

instinctive behavior

84.

Most young animals inherit similar appearances, such as shape and color, from their parent animals. Which best describes why a baby deer (fawn) has spots when the adult deer do not?

a)

The spots help camouflage the fawn for protection.

b)

The spots help a fawn to be seen when crossing roads.

c)

The adult deer lose their spots by rubbing against trees.

d)

The adult deer rub their spots off over time

85.
James and his father are both great athletes. Which characteristic did James most likely learn from his father?
a)
height and weight
b)
fast swimming stroke
c)
large feet and hands
d)
muscular body structure
86.

What is an acquired trait?

a)

a characteristic that a living thing is born with

b)

a characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime

c)

physical appearance

d)

heredity

87.

Looks at the pictures. Which of the pictures does NOT show an acquired trait?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

88.
Earlobe shape is an _______
a)
acquired trait
b)
inherited trait
89.
When danger approaches, a black bear mother will send a warning call to her cubs.  The cubs will then climb a tree.  This response is
a)
an environmental trait
b)
an inherited trai
c)
a learned behavior
d)
a personality trair
90.

A dog has black fur with brown spots, a good sense of smell, a chipped tooth, and four legs. Which of these characteristics is an acquired physical trait?

a)

black fur with brown spots

b)

good sense of smell

c)

chipped tooth

d)

four legs

91.

Jumping when you hear a loud noise is an example of

a)

a learned behavior

b)

an instinct

92.

If you and your brother have a scar above your right eye this is due to __.

a)

inherited traits

b)

instinct

c)

acquired traits

93.

A flying jumping out of the way of a fly swatter is an example of

a)

a learned behavior

b)

an instinct

94.
What is the process of transporting sediments from location to another?
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering
d)
Compaction
95.
The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition 
96.
What is sediment?
a)
the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
b)
bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
c)
the top layer of the soil
d)
decaying plant or animal material 
97.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place
b)
makes the rocks last longer
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides
98.
What is the correct order of the processes?
a)
they all happen at the same time
b)
erosion, weathering, deposition
c)
weathering, erosion, deposition
d)
weathering, deposition, erosion
99.

What can cause weathering? (Check all that apply)

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
100.

Are mountains created by a constructive or destructive process?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

101.

Are river deltas created by a constructive or destructive process?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

102.

Are canyons created by a constructive or destructive process?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

103.

What are the primary purposes for the use of dams?

a)

To prevent droughts and reverse the flow of a river.

b)

To keep unwanted marine organisms from moving down stream.

c)

To control floodwaters and store water for people to use.

d)

To make lakes so that people have a place to go fish.

104.

What does it mean to restore a beach?

a)

Replace the sand on the beach.

b)

Move the sand from one beach to another

c)

Building a wall on the beach to keep wind and water away

d)

Leave all of the seashells and other items on the beach instead of picking them up.

105.
When tectonic plates shift what happens?
a)
volcanoes erupt spewing lava
b)
it causes an earthqake
c)
hurricaines
d)
tornadoes