Chapter 2 Test Review Life science

Question 1

Which type of cell has larger vacuoles?

Accepted Answer

Plant

Question 2

A change in an organisms surroundings that causes it to react is called a...

Accepted Answer

Stimulus

Question 3

Which of the following statements are not part of the cell theory

Accepted Answer

only animals are composed of cells

Question 4

These tiny things produce proteins

Accepted Answer

ribosomes

Question 5

Which of the following statements is part of the cell theory...

Accepted Answer

All cells are produced by other cells

Question 6

Which word means made of many cells?

Accepted Answer

multicellular

Question 7

What organelles produce the proteins in a cell

Accepted Answer

Ribosomes

Question 8

In many celled organisms, cells of different sizes and structures perform different (two of these answers are correct)

Accepted Answer

functions, jobs

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for living things to survive?

Accepted Answer

oxygen

Question 10

The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving things is called...

Accepted Answer

Spontaneous Generation

Question 11

This is the process of becoming larger

Accepted Answer

growth

Question 12

Which is the most abundant chemical found in living cells?

Accepted Answer

Water

Question 13

The experiments of Redi and Pasteur helped demonstrate that...

Accepted Answer

organisms do not arise from nonliving material

Question 14

Which organelles produce the energy for the cell?

Accepted Answer

mitochondria

Question 15

Which of the following will have the least number of members?

Accepted Answer

order

Question 16

A snake is a heterotroph

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

A plant growing toward light is an example of a...

Accepted Answer

response

Question 18

what is the function of the cell wall

Accepted Answer

to protect and support the cell

Question 19

plant cells have a cell wall and a cell membrane

Accepted Answer

true

Question 20

The source of energy for most autotrophs is...

Accepted Answer

sun

Question 21

How does a microscope lens work

Accepted Answer

Each convex lens bends light to make an object appear larger

Question 22

A lens that is thicker in the center is called a _________________ lens.

Accepted Answer

Convex

Question 23

What is the function of the cell membrane

Accepted Answer

To control what enters and leaves the cell

Question 24

The organelles that take energy from the sun to make food are called

Accepted Answer

Chloroplasts

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all living things share?

Accepted Answer

Movement

Question 26

Cells in many-celled organisms...

Accepted Answer

are quite different from one another

Question 27

This controls what moves into an out of the cell

Accepted Answer

Cell membrane

Question 28

What organelles produce chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones

Accepted Answer

lysosomes

Question 29

What is meant by the sharpness of an image?

Accepted Answer

Resolution

Question 30

Which of the following do all living things need to survive?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 31

A microscope that enlarges an object 400 times is said to have a magnification of 400X

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

Homeostasis refers to...

Accepted Answer

an organisms ability to maintain stable internal conditions

Question 33

What is the total magnification of a microscope with two lenses when one is 10 and other is 40?

Accepted Answer

400

Question 34

The invention of the microscope made it possible for people to discover and learn about...

Accepted Answer

cells

Question 35

What does the term resolution refer to

Accepted Answer

how sharp and object appears

Question 36

How does a bacterial cell differ from a plant or animal cell

Accepted Answer

it does not have a nucleus

Chapter 2 Test Review Life science

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Chapter 2 Test Review Life science

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