SSA Review Quiz # 3 - Life Science

Question 1

Cellular respiration (releasing energy from glucose) occurs in which cell organelle?

Accepted Answer

Mitochondria

Question 2

The grouping of living organisms according to similar structures and functions is called?

Accepted Answer

Classification

Question 3

A community of organisms interacting with the nonliving parts of their environment is called?

Accepted Answer

Ecosystem

Question 4

When an organism dies, it releases its carbon into the soil and air. This is called?

Accepted Answer

Decomposition

Question 5

Plants and animals searching after a limited supply of resources in an ecosystem is called?

Accepted Answer

Competition

Question 6

Photosynthesis takes place in which plant organelle?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplast

Question 7

A change in an organism's physical traits that help it to survive in a changing environment is?

Accepted Answer

Adaptation

Question 8

Every living organism that has a nucleus in its cells belong in which domain?

Accepted Answer

Eukarya

Question 9

Which of the following is not part of the Cell Theory?

Accepted Answer

All cells have a nucleus

Question 10

Which of the following provides evidence of an organism's change over time?

Accepted Answer

Fossil record

Question 11

Which cell structure (organelle) is considered the brain of the cell? Also contains the DNA.

Accepted Answer

Nucleus

Question 12

The passing of traits from parents to their offspring is called?

Accepted Answer

Heredity

Question 13

Which systems are responsible for getting nutrients to all the body's cells?

Accepted Answer

Digestive and circulatory systems

Question 14

Which of the following refers to an organism whose cells have a nucleus inside it?

Accepted Answer

Eukaryote

Question 15

As a baby grows, so do their bones. Which type of cell division do bone cells reproduce from?

Accepted Answer

Mitosis

Question 16

Which cell structure (organelle) is not found in animal cells?

Accepted Answer

Cell wall

Question 17

The trait that will always show up in an offspring if it is inherited is called?

Accepted Answer

Dominant Trait

Question 18

Energy flows through multiple organisms in an ecosystem. What shows all these different ways?

Accepted Answer

Food Web

Question 19

The structures that all living things are made of are called?

Accepted Answer

Cells

Question 20

What happens to the energy in an organism when it dies?

Accepted Answer

None of these

Question 21

Which organ system is responsible for providing support and shape to an animal?

Accepted Answer

Skeletal system

Question 22

Which of the following is the levels of organization for the human body (Smallest to Largest)?

Accepted Answer

Cells, Tissue, Organs, Organ Systems

Question 23

Can 2 plants that are homozygous for pink flowers (recessive) reproduce purple flowered plants?

Accepted Answer

No, absolutely not

Question 24

The process where organisms that are better adapted to a changing environment will survive is?

Accepted Answer

Natural selection

Question 25

Which organ system is responsible for transporting nutrients and oxygen molecules to the cells?

Accepted Answer

Circulatory system

Question 26

Traits have different possibilities, such as brown or black hair(hair color). These are called?

Accepted Answer

Alleles

Question 27

What is the function of the plant's cell wall?

Accepted Answer

Provide support and shape

Question 28

Which of the following describes an organism's change in traits over a long period of time?

Accepted Answer

Evolution

Question 29

Traits are inherited by offspring from their parents. Where are the traits located?

Accepted Answer

In genes

Question 30

What are the products of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Glucose and oxygen

Question 31

Which system is responsible for getting oxygen into the body and CO2 out of the body?

Accepted Answer

Respiratory system

Question 32

Why do an organism's cells need Oxygen to carry out the process of cellular respiration?

Accepted Answer

To break up the glucose to release the energy in it

Question 33

A bumble bee feeding on a flower, takes pollen from the flower to another flower. What is this?

Accepted Answer

Mutualism

Question 34

Grass and trees are grouped in the Plant Kingdom based on which characteristic?

Accepted Answer

They are autotrophs

Question 35

Which of the following changes would cause an organism to need to adapt to be able to survive?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 36

All the body systems working together to keep the body in perfect balance is called?

Accepted Answer

Homeostasis

Question 37

An increase in the primary consumers of an ecosystem would result in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

An increase in secondary consumers

Question 38

Which best describes the following genotypes: BB, rr, TT, ss ?

Accepted Answer

Homozygous

Question 39

Which part of an organism tells the body part what it is and how to perform its function?

Accepted Answer

Cell

SSA Review Quiz # 3 - Life Science

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SSA Review Quiz # 3 - Life Science

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