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