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Scientific method, matter, ecology, cell structure, photosynthesis and cellular respiration
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1
How are herbivores and carnivores alike
They both need enzymes
They both consume things
They both produce their own food
None
2
A complex model showing feeding interactions among organisms is a
Ecosystem
Biome
Food chain
Food web
3
Each of the following are abiotic factors except
Rainfall
Temperature
Soil type
Plant life
4
Organisms which break matter down to be return to the environment are called
Consumers
Producers
Scavengers
Decomposers
5
What type of ion forms when an atom loses electrons
Positive
Negative
Neutral
None
6
What water property is shown by a meniscus
Polarity
Adhesion
Cohesion
None
7
Energy flows in one direction and nutrients recycle
False
True
8
Diffusion of water across a semi permeable membrane is called
None
Diffusion
Osmosis
Active transport
9
Which is an example of an organ
None
Circulatory system
Lung
Skin cell
10
The assembly of a ribosome begins in the chromatin
False
True
11
Scientists begin work by
Writing data
Observing
Doing an experiment
Creating conclusions
12
Each step showing the transfer of energy within a food web is called
TROPHIC level
None
Food chain
Food pyramid
13
Which structure makes proteins using codes that come from the nucleus
Vacuole
mitochondria
Ribosome
Golgi apparatus
14
How do most primary producers make their food
Transpiration
Photosynthesis
Catalyst
None
15
What electron is used for bonding
Nuclear
Valence
Covalent
Ionic
16
When an organism reproduces with itself it is
Sexual
Asexual
17
In the water cycle water that is found flowing on land is called
Condensation
Precipitation
Transpiration
Runoff
18
Who discovered all plants have cells
Leeuwenhoek
Schwann
Hooke
Schleiden
19
Who discovered bacteria in his mouth
Schwann
Hooke
Schleiden
Leeuwenhoek
20
Which organelle converts chemical energy into energy the cell can use
ER
Golgi apparatus
Mitochondria
Nucleus
21
The main function of the cell wall is to
Support and protect
Store DNA
Help the cell move
None
22
The branch of biology that deals with organisms and their interactions with the environment
Ecology
Biology
Geology
Chemistry
23
Who looked at cork and came up with the word "cells"
Leeuwenhoek
Hooke
Schwann
Schneider
24
Which organelle is involved with movement of a cell
Micro tubules & microfilaments
None
Nucleus & nucleolus
Chromosomes
25
Cell specialization allows cells to
Reproduce
Be less complex
Perform different functions
Respond to environment
26
Molecules that go from an are of great concentration to less concentration is
Osmosis
Diffusion
Active transport
None
27
Sac like photosynthetic membranes inside chloroplasts are called
None
Thylakoids
Stroma
Grams
28
The correct order of levels of organization start with individual then community
False
True
29
Lipids are waterproof coverings in biological systems
True
False
30
What organisms eat both autotrophs and heterotrophs
None
Omnivores
Herbivores
Carnivores
31
Ribosomes that synthesize ribosomes are found on the rough ER
True
False
32
Carbs, lipids, and nucleic acids are types of
Atoms
Organelles
Macromolecules
Chemical reactions
33
What type of microscope gives a 3D image
SEM
None
TEM
Light
34
Which of the following are not one of the Three particles that make up an atom
Proton
Neutron
Ion
Electron
35
What water property causes a dome shape on a penny
None
Cohesion
Adhesion
Polarity
36
What is an electron carrier
H2O
Oxygen
NADP
CO2
37
What are the reactants in H2 + O--> H2O
O
H2 and O
None
H2O
38
What speeds up a chemical reaction
None
Catalyst
Enzyme
Activation energy
39
Which organelle modifies, packages and sorts proteins
Nucleus
Golgi apparatus
ER
Lysosomes
40
Organisms that obtain their energy by eating dead animals are called
Herbivores
Decomposers
Carnivores
Scavengers
41
Who often examines a scientists discoveries?
Child
No one
Peer
42
Why is carbon the special element
It disappears
It can bond with many things
None
It has a lot of electrons
43
What is more acidic a solution that has a pH level of 3 or 5
5
3
44
Based on observations you suggest that no water is causing the plant to wilt. This is a
Observation
Hypothesis
Conclusion
None
45
What is at the base of ecological pyramids
Producers
None
Scavengers
Consumers
46
When salt is dissolved in water, the water is the
Solution
Solvent
Solute
Reactant
47
How do you know a cell is a prokaryote
Cell wall
None
A nucleus
No nucleus
48
Basic unit of matter is
Atom
Cell
None
Molecule
49
Maintaining a stable internal environment is
Homeostasis
Metabolism
Evolution
Photosynthesis
50
Reproduction with a male and female is
Asexual
Sexual
51
Where in the chloroplast is chlorophyll found
Thylakoid membrane
Thylakoid space
Stroma
ATP
52
A solution with a pH of 11 is a
Acid
Neutral
None
Base
53
Which means of transport require energy from the cell
Diffusion
None
Osmosis
Active transport
54
10%of energy is transferred from one TROPHIC level to the next
True
False
55
A stack of thylakoids is called
None
Granum
Stroma
Thylakoid membrane
56
The following are parts of an ATP molecule except
Phosphate group
Adenine
Chlorophyll
Ribose
57
The process that changes one set of chemicals into another different set of chemicals is
Hydrogen bonding
None
Chemical reaction
Cohesion
58
The cytoskeleton is responsible for what
Keeping the cells shape
Surrounding the cell
Containing DNA
Making proteins
59
Which organelle do you find in plant cells and not animal cells
Chloroplasts
Lysosomes
None
Mitochondria
60
Sue sees an ant with a crumb & wonders where it is going.The scientific attitude shown is
Creativity
Open mindedness
Skepticism
Curiosity
61
The region outside the thylakoids is called the
Stroma
None
Chloroplast
Mitochondria
62
When a phosphate is removed from an ATP molecule
Glucose is formed
Energy is released
None
Energy is gained
63
Which of the following is a function of the nucleus
Stores sugars
Packages proteins
Stores DNA
Builds proteins
64
Isotopes are atoms of the same elements but a different amount of
Protons
Ions
Electrons
Neutrons
65
A tissue system is a group of organs that work together to perform one function
False
True
66
What isn't a characteristic of living things
Ability to move
Responds to environment
Reproduces
Grows & develops
67
Bonding in which an electron is shared with another atom is a
Covalent bond
Ionic bond
Isotope
Hydrogen bond
68
ADP has how many phosphates
3
2
4
0
69
Which organelle would you find in animal cells and not plant cells
ER
Chloroplasts
Lysosomes
Centrioloes
70
The process of converting energy when no sunlight is available is called
Pinocytosis
None
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
71
What type of ion forms when an atom gains an electron
None
Positive
Neutral
Negative
72
Moving particles out of a cell is called
Diffusion
None
Endocytosis
Exocytosis
73
Moving particles into a cell is what kind of transport
Exocytosis
Endocytosis
Osmosis
None
74
An experiment with only 1 variable changing is what kind of experiment
Independent
Variable
None
Controlled
75
Who discovered that all animals have cells
Schwann
Leeuwenhoek
Schleiden
Hooke
76
Solutions with more H+ ions are
Acids
Reactants
Bases
None
77
2 or more elements make a
Nucleus
Isotope
Compound
Ion
78
Hypothesis has to be testable
True
False
79
Diffusion mostly occurs because molecules constantly collide with one another
True
False
80
Which organelle breaks down other organelles that are no longer useful
ER
Lysosomes
Mitochondria
Golgi apparatus
81
Plants gather energy by capturing light with these molecules
Thylakoids
Pigments
None
Glucose
82
Which is found outside the nucleus of an atom
Nucleolus
Electrons
Molecules
Ions
83
What is found in the nucleus of an atom
None
Electron
Ion
Proton
84
Energy used to start a chemical reaction is called
Enzyme
Catalyst
None
Activation energy
85
A personal point of view or preference is
A bias
A theory
An inference
A hypothesis
