Life Science Midterm Review

Cytokinesis is

The scientist responsible for the modern classification system

Which language is used to form most scientific names?

Which of the following does not belong with the other three?

What contains the codes instructions for organisms?

In osmosis, water moves from an area of ___ water concentration to an area of ___ concentration

Genes are the cells

Information collected by observations is

The diffusion of water through a membrane is called

An organisms scientific name can

How many different kinds of amino acids are found in living things?

Which word means educated guess?

Scientists estimate that the human body is made up of about ______ cells.

In DNA, bases form

How many different types of living organisms are found on the earth today?

Which can NOT be accomplished by mitosis?

The factor tested in an experiment is called the

Which problem may be studied with a survey?

Cellulose is to carbohydrate as DNA is to

Genes of chromosomes duplicated but still attached, the structures formed are called

DNA's code is copied onto this type of RNA & then it is carried to the ribosomes

Genes are sections of

Which does not belong with the other three

The building blocks of proteins are

In mitosis, the spindle fibers form in the cell during

Arranging data to see relationships is an example of

A group of cells that perform a particular function

This group of not exposed to the experimental variable

Which of the following is not made of cellulose or something containing cellulose.

When a cell stops using energy it

Which type of reproduction gives the offspring genes from both parents?

What is the process of observing some individuals in a group & draw conclusions about ALL

Light energy collected during photosynthesis is stored in the bonds of

In mitosis, the new chromosomes reach the end of the spindle and begin to uncoil during

A cell cannot survive without ribosomes for making proteins. This is an example of

What base always binds with adenine in RNA?

"There is no such thing as a dinosaur" is an example of a

Which of the following NEVER contains the code for a sequence of amino acids?

The diploid cell that results when an egg and sperm combine is called

Which of the following is not a class of subphylum Vertebrata?

Organisms are classified according to

One DNA molecule becomes two identical DNA molecules by

An answer that can be used in other situations is said to be

Evolutionists believe that similarities between organisms indicate that the organisms

A mushroom belongs to kingdom

Which of these terms is often used to imply that evolution has occurred

The boxlike structures that Robert Hooke first named cells were

The fluid mosaic model does not include

The process that most producer organisms change light energy into chemical energy is

This organelle processes chemicals & packages them into membrane bound packets.

Most chlorophyll is located in

Which of these steps of the scientific method typically comes later?

Which organelle is responsible for recharging certain molecules during cellular respiration?

What is the technical name for the animal kingdom?

In aerobic cellular respiration, the chemical energy of sugar is converted into

Which scientific name is correctly formatted

Today, the okapi is classified into the same family as the

God commanded all living things to reproduce after their

Asexual reproduction is reproduction by

The two stages of cell division are

The compound light microscope is called compound because