Identify three characteristics that all living things have in common.
What are "organized, made of cells, respond to stimuli, grow and develop, use energy, and reproduce?"
100
Organisms that convert light energy into usable energy are called ____________.
What are autotrophs?
100
A specific environment where an organism lives is called its ______________.
What is a habitat?
100
The two types of cells are prokaryotic and _____________.
What is eukaryotic?
100
The variable that is being changed on purpose in the experiment is the...
What is the independent variable?
200
Most living things are _______________.
A. unicellular
B. multicellular
C. not made of cells at all
What is A. unicellular?
200
Organisms that obtain energy by eating other organisms are _______________.
What are heterotrophs?
200
Which of the following do organisms NOT need to survive?
A. food
B. water
C. shelter
D. fire
What is fire?
200
The outside of the "plant cell" includes the....
What is cell wall and cell membrane?
200
The second step in the Scientific Inquiry Process is...
What is Hypothesize and Predict?
300
Living things grow and develop. An example of this would be when a ladybug goes through the process of ____________.
What is metamorphosis?
300
The sequence of organisms that shows how energy moves in an ecosystem is called a _______________.
What is food chain (or food web)?
300
The tool used to classify an organism is called the...
What is the dichotomous key?
300
The liquid part of the cell inside the cell membrane is the...
What is cytoplasm?
300
The formula for Density is D=m/V. If an unknown substance is found and it has a mass of 40 g and a Volume of 5 cm3, what would its density be?
What is 8 g/cm3?
400
Lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and proteins are examples of...
What are "macromolecules?"
400
Organisms that use light energy convert it to usable energy through the process of ______________.
What is photosynthesis?
400
Binomial nomenclature is the ____________________ given to organisms to help group them.
What is two word scientific name (including the genus and species of the organism)?
400
Mitochondria are responsible for...
What is breaking down food and releasing energy to the cell.
400
Identify three examples of physical properties.
What are mass, weight, density, volume, solubility, melting point, and boiling point?
500
Identify the missing parts of the "levels" of organization in a multicellular organism.
cell - _________ - organ - ________________
What is "cell - tissue - organ - organ system"?
500
Describe the difference between how an autotroph gets energy and how a heterotroph gets energy.
Anwers will vary.
500
The largest "taxon" (or group of organisms) is called its ________.
What is domain?
Next would be kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
500
Describe the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotic cells DO NOT have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles and eukaryotic cells do.
Prokaryotic cells also have a flagellum.
Eukaryotic cells are mostly found in plants, animals, and humans.
500
The Law of Conservation of Energy states...
Even during energy transformations, energy is never created or destroyed.