Life Science
TEST: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015
1. An animal with a backbone is a ______.
A. bird
B. fish
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C. vertebrate
D. mammal
2. What makes the Euglena you observed in Lesson 6 more plant-like than animal-like?
A. Its nucleus
C. Its chloroplast
B. Its flagella
D. All of the above
Use the illustration labeled A, B, C, and D to answer Question 3-4
A.
B.
C.
3. Protist D differs from A, B, and C because it ________.
A. does not move
B. lives in colonies
C. carries out photosynthesis
D. does not have a nucleus
4. Which of the four protists moves by cilia?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
5. Which of the following BEST describes natural selection?
A. Environment changes; a few organisms of
a species survive and pass their traits to their
offspring.
B. Environment changes; organism adapt
intentionally by modifying structure or behavior;
they survive and pass on their traits.
D.
C. Organisms change; they move to a more friendly
environment; they survive and pass on their
traits to their offspring.
D. All of the above
6. Bread dough rises, or expands, due to the _______.
A. growth of new yeast cells by budding
C. release of alcohol from the breakdown of sugars
B. production of carbon dioxide during fermentation D. increasing heat of the oven
7. Tanya wants to determine the effects of alcohol and cola on Daphnia. Which of the following describes the BEST characteristic that
Tanya should measure when observing the Daphnia?
A. Digestion
C. Heart rate
B. Egg fermentation
D. Food selection
8. The cells of fungi and animals _______.
A. cannot make their own food
B. have cell walls
C. lack cell membrane
D. All of the above
9. Which of these terms does NOT relate to Daphnia?
A. Arthropod
B. Crustacean
C. Tentacle
D. Carapace
10. Which of the following statements describes yeasts?
A. Yeasts are single-celled
B. Yeasts release alcohol during fermentation
C. Yeasts can cause infections
D. All of the above
11. Which structure can be found in Hydra but NOT in Daphnia?
A. Exoskeleton
C. Nematocyst
B. Antenna
D. Heart
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12. Budding and regeneration ______.
A. require eggs and sperm
B. are forms of asexual reproduction
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C. produce new individuals that differ from parents
D. occur shortly after fertilization
13. This organism can perform somersaults to move from one place to another.
A. Hydra
C. Volvox
B. Amoeba
D. Daphnia
14. Which of these terms relates ONLY to vertebrates?
A. Eye
B. Jointed appendage
C. Backbone
D. Heart
15. Bread mold tends to develop more quickly when which of the following combination of environmental conditions exist?
A. cool temperature, light, moisture
C. warm temperature, darkness, dry
B. warm temperature, light, moisture
D. warm temperature, darkness, moisture
16. Which structure is NOT typical of Hydra?
A. Exoskeleton
B. Tentacle
C. Digestive Cavity
D. Bud
17. Tony wants to show the similarities and differences between fungi and plants. Which of the following is the BEST way or him to do
this?
A. Make a Venn diagram
C. Use a dichotomous key
B. Draw a graph
D. Design an experiment
18. A word that refers to any complete living thing is ______.
A. tissue
C. system
B. organ
D. organisms
19. Imagine that you are trying to find out if honey, ketchup, or maple syrup is the best food for yeast. What should be held constant
during the experiment?
A. The amount of yeast in each sample
C. The amount of food in each sample
B. The temperature of each sample
D. All of the above
20. Each of the four substances listed below was placed in a test tube with warm water and yeast. Examine the data in the table
below. Which statement following the table is an accurate explanation of the results?
Name of Substance Height of Foam in Test Tube (cm)
Bleach
0.2
Honey
4.0
Ketchup
4.5
Maple syrup
4.0
A. Less foam means more yeast activity is
taking place.
B. The most carbon dioxide is being produced
in the yeast-ketchup mixture.
C. More foam means yeast is making more oxygen.
D. None of the above.
21. The investigations referred to in Questions 19 and 20 BEST illustrates the process of ______.
A. photosynthesis
C. fermentation
B transpiration
D. osmosis
22. The blackworm needs blood to _______.
A. digest its food
B. transport nutrients and waste
C. make energy from food
D. give its body shape and support
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23. Daphnia is classified as an arthropod chiefly because it has _______.
A. a transparent covering
C. jointed limbs
B. gills
D. a heart
24. The illustration below show the four stages in the succession of a pond, but they are out of order. Which of the following answers
lists the correct sequence?
A. A, B, C, D
C. D, B, A, C
B. B, A, C, D
D. C, A, B, D
A.
C.
25. Which list below includes ONLY organisms?
A. Fungus, tree, earthworm
B. Tomato, oxygen, bird
B.
D.
C. Grass, pond, rain
D. Water, wind, soil
26. Decomposers break down dead tissue and return the products to the soil. The two main groups of decomposers include ______.
A. protists and bacteria
C. protest and algae
B. fungi and protists
D. bacteria and fungi
27. The study of classification is called ______.
A. grouping
B. agronomy
C. taxonomy
D. geometry
28. Which two scientists were pioneers in developing the microscope?
A. Leeuwenhoek and Linnaeus
C. Linnaeus and Hooke
B. Leeuwenhoek and Hooke
D. Hooke and Mendel
29. Organisms in a kingdom _______.
A. are more diverse than organisms in a species
B. are greater in variety and number than
organisms in an order
C. are less similar than organisms in a family
D. All of the above
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30. All of the organisms found within a pond ecosystem form a _______.
A. community
C. population
B. niche
D. habitat
31. Spirogyra is an alga whose cells contain a green, ribbon-like _______.
A. cell wall
C. nucleus
B. vacuole
D. chloroplast
32. Breadmaking and brewing take place with the aid of ______.
A. single-celled representation of the Fungi kingdom C. organisms in the Plant kingdom
B. small parasitic wasps
D. microorganisms classified as protists
33. You are making a pond in a plastic dish. Which of the following conditions will increase the growth of algae in your pond?
A. Omit leaves from your pond
C. Move your pond closer to the windowsill
B. Use more hay in your pond
D. Add additional grains of rice to your pond
34. Both yeasts and Hydra ______.
A. release carbon dioxide and alcohol
B. capture single-celled microorganisms
C. can reproduce by budding
D. use sugars as food
35. Amoeba, Paramecium, and Euglena ______.
A. move with cilia
B. are single-celled protists
C. need sunlight energy to make food
D. have cell walls
36. Which of these describes an exoskeleton?
A. Is nonliving
B. Does not grow
C. Is an outside covering
D. All of above
37. A Venn diagram can be used to ______.
A. show the similarities and differences between
two kingdoms
B. list the main characteristics of a vertebrate
C. identify a plant or an animal species
D. summarize the growth of yeast cells over time
38. Based on their scientific names, which two of these organisms are MOST closely related?
Brown Bear --- Ursus arctos
Panda Bear --- Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Polar Bear --- Ursus maritimus
Grizzly Bear --- Ursus arctos horriblilis
A. Panda bear and polar bear
B. Brown bear and panda bear
C. Panda bear and grizzly bear
D Brown bear and grizzly bear
39. The movement of water through a cell membrane is called ______.
A. osmosis
C. evaporation
B. transpiration
D. photosynthesis
40. Which organisms can reproduce by regeneration?
A. Lumbriculus, Hydra
B. Daphnia, yeast
C .WOWBug, Elodea
D. bread mold, Paramecium