FCAT Earth/Space and Life Science

Question 1

sexual reproduction...

Accepted Answer

meiosis

Question 2

holds different parts of cell's organelles together, 80% water, occupies remaining part of cell

Accepted Answer

cytoplasm

Question 3

Al of the following are in Solar systems except what?

Accepted Answer

galaxy

Question 4

What factors affect the survival and change (evolution) of a species over time?

Accepted Answer

offspring will carry adaptations over time, and survuve., best competitors will survive and have more offspring, Organisms compete for limited resources

Question 5

asexual reproduction...

Accepted Answer

mitosis

Question 6

if you repeat a peers investigation, what are you doing?

Accepted Answer

replication

Question 7

The organ that is part of excretory system and filters impurities from the blood is

Accepted Answer

kidney

Question 8

How and why are living organisms classified?

Accepted Answer

according to sharedcharacteristics

Question 9

Rocks put under intense heat and pressure become ______________ rocks.

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Question 10

Mountains are formed when two continental plates _____________

Accepted Answer

converge

Question 11

All but which factors have caused Earth to evolve over geologic time?

Accepted Answer

magma is created on the Earth's surface

Question 12

provides energy for the cell, powerhouse of the cell, location for theproduction of ATP

Accepted Answer

Mitochondria

Question 13

Why are cells essential to life? All of the following are true except...

Accepted Answer

cells build cities

Question 14

There are _______ of galaxies in the universe.

Accepted Answer

billions

Question 15

___________ boundaries cause earthquakes and shifting of the ground.

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 16

What types of organisms cause infections in humans?

Accepted Answer

parasites, viruses

Question 17

Which one describes an Autotroph?

Accepted Answer

producers

Question 18

Which is an example of genotype?

Accepted Answer

Rr

Question 19

All of the following are examples of Heterotrophs except which?

Accepted Answer

fungus

Question 20

What do Plant cells have that animal cells do not?

Accepted Answer

cell walls, chloroplast

Question 21

How does gravity affect mass and weight?

Accepted Answer

As the mass of the two objects increases, sodoes gravity

Question 22

how matter & energy are continuously transferred between organisms & their physical environment

Accepted Answer

carbon cycle

Question 23

Which is an example of phenotype?

Accepted Answer

blue eyes

Question 24

rocks weather, erode, pile up as sediments, compactand become cemented together to become rocks

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Question 25

attractive force between two objects

Accepted Answer

gravity

Question 26

Sperm & eggs each carry _____ allele(s) of the genes that are necessary to create an offspring.

Accepted Answer

1

Question 27

Plates that spread apart, cause rift valleys, trenches and create new crust are called...

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 28

How do stars differ from one another?

Accepted Answer

size, temperature (color),, luminosity (absolute brightness)., apparent magnitude(brightness

Question 29

What is the energy source that drives plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Heat created in earth’s core

Question 30

What causes the change of seasons?

Accepted Answer

tilt of the Earth's axis

Question 31

regulates all cell activity, controls the activity in the cell

Accepted Answer

Nucleus

Question 32

How is carbon added to the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

volcanoes, burning fossil fuels, respiration, forest fires

Question 33

________ of solar systems and stars may makeup one galaxy.

Accepted Answer

Billions

Question 34

What causes tides?

Accepted Answer

gravitational pull of the moon

Question 35

breaks down food to provide energy and releases carbon dioxide

Accepted Answer

cellular respiration

Question 36

Consumers are known as _________

Accepted Answer

Heterotrophs

Question 37

Rocks that melt and become magma later cool and solidify to become________ rocks.

Accepted Answer

igneous

Question 38

Which of these are in the process of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

release of oxygen, production of food

Question 39

All but which contribute to the physical structure of living organisms?

Accepted Answer

society

Question 40

____________ in the mantle causes the plates to move.

Accepted Answer

Convection

Question 41

food is eaten, & changed into a type of energy that cells can use to live (ATP) called

Accepted Answer

cellular respiration

Question 42

Where is heat inside the Earth generated from?

Accepted Answer

core

Question 43

Which is NOT true of how radiant energy produces weather on Earth?

Accepted Answer

ground water produces convection

Question 44

What is the difference between living organisms and rocks?

Accepted Answer

Rocks do not have organelles or cells

Question 45

if you are completing multiply trials of your own experiment, you are doing what?

Accepted Answer

repitition

FCAT Earth/Space and Life Science

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FCAT Earth/Space and Life Science

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