Life Science MSP review

Scientists hypothesize that the Earth's earliest atmosphere lacked

Two different forms of the same gene for a particular characteristic are called

Which of the following is most like a blueprint or set of instructions?

How do protists differ from bacteria?

Mendel called the trait that disappeared after a cross of two true-breeding plants the

Which of the following do eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells have in common?

There are many shades of eye color in humans because eye color is determined by

The passing on of traits from parents to offspring is called

Which of the following levels of classification includes the most organisms?

Which of the following is NOT an example of an organ?

Pangaea was

Which of the following molecules do not mix well with water?

One reason that insects can evolve quickly is that

On the ground in a lush rainforest, the limiting factor for plants is likely to be

Single-celled organisms

An organism's way of life within an ecosystem is its

To  find the volume of an object, you would

An organism's appearance, or expression of its genes, is called its

Evidence suggests that hominids, the family that humans belong to, existed as long ago as

Most single-celled organisms reproduce by

Which of the following is NOT a part of the cell theory

The scientific method

Unlike vascular plants, nonvascular plants lack

Scientists can determine the age of a fossil through absolute dating by

Competition occurs whenever

Sexcells receive the proper number of chromosomes through

A healthy ecosystem should consist mostly of

When cells of one type work together as a group, they ar

The region of a cell between the cell membrane and the nucleus is called the

Which of the following SI units represents the smallest length?

The variety of dog breeds we see today is the result of

A controlled experiment

Water and minerals absorbed by the roots are transported by which type of tissue?

Which of the following biomes receives the most rainfall

Darwin found that the finches on the different islands were

Life science can be studied

All organisms that do not make their own food are called

The double helix structure of DNA most closely resembles a

The term Blarina in Blarina brevicauda (short-tailed shrew) represents the

Which of the following gases do green plants need to survive

Allmammals belong to the same

Whether you are a boy or a girl is determined by

Which of the following lists shows a progression from smaller to larger levels of organization?

Cells can use food energy only in the form of

Scientists define a species as

A flower that has a shape and odor to attract a single type of pollinator is the result of

The amount of matter that an object is made of is the object’s

A scientific theory is

Proteins are put together at

Which of the following bases would pair with thymine (T)?

Which type of interaction benefits both species involved?

Which of the cell structures below is responsible for making ATP?

Which of the following would most closely resemble modern humans? 

Which of the following would you expect to see only in a plant cell?

Members of which of the following kingdoms are commonly found living in lethal conditions?

Wolves can benefit the health of an ecosystem by

a stimulus

Succession is best described as