Living things/cells
Which substance provides humans with their main source of energy?
a. food
b. water
c. carbon dioxide
a. food
Name one type of producer:
a. rabbits
b. trout
c. grass
d. foxes
c. grass
The principles of dominance, segregation, and independent assortment were first described by..... (hint the scientist who discovered genetics by working with pea plants)
a. Watson
b. Linnaeus
c. Mendel
d. Morgan
c. Mendel
What is the male and female parts of the flower?
stamen, and pistil
Which part of the cell allows nutrients and other materials to enter or leave the cell?
cell membrane
What do all organisms need to survive?
a. energy
b. blood
c. soil
d. carbon dioxide
a. energy
Which organisms obtain energy for growth and development directly from the sun?
a. caterpillars
b. rabbits
c. hawks
d. bean plants
d. bean plants
Which part of the microscope should be used with the low-power objective, but not with the high-power objective?
a. coarse adjustment
b. fine adjustment
c. diaphragm
d. ocular
a. coarse adjustment
Organisms are classified as insects based on their:
a. method of reproduction
b. internal and external structures
c. where they live
d. form of communication
b. internal and external structures
A green plant absorbs light. A frog eats flies. These are both examples of how organisms:
a. obtain energy
b. escape predators
c. produce offspring
d. excrete waste
a. obtain energy
A student viewing a cell with a microscope observes a cell wall, a cell membrane, and a nucleus. The presence of these structures indicates that the student is looking at a cell from a:
a. rabbit
b. carrot
c. worm
d. fly
b. carrot
What do herbivores eat?
a. plants
b. meat
c. plants and meat
d. they make their own food from sunlight
a. plants
A male chimpanzee has 48 chromosomes in each of his regular body cells. How many chromosomes would be found in each of his sperm cells?
24
What is the name of the process where a plant produces oxygen and sugar?
a. photosynthesis
b. respiration
c. water cycle
d. fertilization
a. photosynthesis
Which groups are arranged from largest to most specific according to a modern classification system?
a. kingdom, genus, phylum, species
b. phylum, kingdom, species, genus
c. kingdom, phylum, genus, species
d. phylum, genus, species, kingdom
c. kingdom, phylum, genus, species
In which part of a plant cell does photosynthesis occur?
a. nucleus
b. choloplast
c. cell membrane
d. cell wall
b. chloroplast
What do carnivores eat?
a. plants
b. meat
c. plants and meat
d. they make through own food with sunlight
b. meat
When making a wet-mount slide, why should the student make sure the edge of the coverslip touches the drop of water before setting the coverslip onto the slide?
a. to increase evaporation
b. to reduce air bubbles
c. to clean the slide
d. to make sure the slide breaks
b. to reduce air bubbles
Which observation of a plant supports the inference that photosynthesis can take place?
a. a strong, sweet smell
b. a dry, rough stem
c. a green color
d. a smooth stem
c. a green color
What does autotroph mean?
Organisms that produce their own food
Which part of the cell holds hereditary information?
chromosomes
Give an example of a a food chain (at least 3 organisms)
example: grass -> rabbit -> fox
In rabbits, the gene for brown fur (B) is dominant over the gene for white fur (b). How would you write the genotype for heterozygous brown?
Bb
All living organisms are dependent of plants because plants:
a. produce carbon dioxide
b. remove oxygen from the air
c. make their own food
d. are consumers
c. make their own food
Imagine this:
Gabe is cooking eggs on the stove. He accidentally touched the hot frying pan and pulled his hand away. Which statement best describes why he pulled his hand away from the hot frying pan:
a. A human requires oxygen to survive
b. Metabolism is influenced by diet
c. All living things require energy
d. A human responds to a stimulus
d. a human responds to a stimulus