Life Science Advanced Review

Question 1

This type of blood vessel carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.

Accepted Answer

Artery

Question 2

What did Gregor Mendel learn about his pea plants?

Accepted Answer

The tall plant trait dominates the short plant trait

Question 3

These are the best explanations for a phenomenon with all the available evidence

Accepted Answer

Theory

Question 4

The sex glands in women are called

Accepted Answer

Ovaries

Question 5

The ______ _______ states that the cell is the basic unit of all living things.

Accepted Answer

Cell Theory

Question 6

What type of digestion involves physically breaking up food?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical

Question 7

Which of these statements is true?

Accepted Answer

Your body can't store oxygen at all

Question 8

Which process is governed by the autonomic nervous system?

Accepted Answer

Digesting food

Question 9

What might cause a scientific theory to change over time?

Accepted Answer

The discovery of new evidence

Question 10

Made of similar tissues that work together to perform a specific activity

Accepted Answer

Organ

Question 11

The trachea is to the respiratory system as the esophagus is to which system?

Accepted Answer

Digestive system

Question 12

Which is not a result of mitosis?

Accepted Answer

Gamete production

Question 13

The gradual change of something over time is called

Accepted Answer

Evolution

Question 14

A characteristic that helps an animal survive and reproduce in its environment is called

Accepted Answer

Adaptation

Question 15

Getting rid of waste, reproducing, extracting energy from food is a cell's way of maintaining:

Accepted Answer

Homeostasis

Question 16

What do capillaries have in common with veins and arteries?

Accepted Answer

They are all types of blood vessels

Question 17

What is the smallest level of organization among living things?

Accepted Answer

Cell

Question 18

What are the chemical products of cellular respiration?

Accepted Answer

Carbon dioxide, water, and ATP

Question 19

What are the 3 reactants of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide-Water-Light

Question 20

What do you call the gelatin-like mixture that flows throughout a cell?

Accepted Answer

Cytoplasm

Question 21

Which domain includes all multi-cellular organisms?

Accepted Answer

Eukarya

Question 22

Which hierarchical organization is correct from LEAST complex to MOST complex?

Accepted Answer

Atom-Molecule-Cell-Tissue-Organ-Organ system-Organism

Question 23

Which of the following sequences shows the proper flow of energy through an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Solar energy-producers-consumers

Question 24

Which part of the term "deoxyribonucleic acid" indicates where DNA is located?

Accepted Answer

Nucleic

Question 25

In this type of symbiotic relationship, one organism benefits and the other is harmed or killed

Accepted Answer

Parasitism

Question 26

Which organelle can only be found in plant cells?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplasts

Question 27

The _________ system fights disease and infection by protecting us from pathogens.

Accepted Answer

Immune

Question 28

Many organisms that lived in the past are now extinct. This statement is supported by:

Accepted Answer

The fossil record

Question 29

What must you do before you make a hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Make observations

Question 30

The process often referred to as "Survival of the fittest" refers to:

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

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