Name: ___________________________________
SCIENCE WORLD: Going Batty Issue: See my website for digital
edition. The student password is dna54.
SCIENCE NEWS Pages 2-7
1. The part of a cell that contains genetic material is called the ____.
(A) ribosome
(B) nucleus (C) mitochondria
(D) nucleolus
2. Biochemists used ______, a molecule that gives blood its red color, to flavor
a meatless burger.
(A) iron (B) protein (C) heme
(D) yeast
3. Which of these sharks has blunter, more durable teeth?
(A) sixgill shark
(B) tiger shark (C) sandbar shark
(D) silky shark
4. About how many years has the Erebus volcano in Antarctica been erupting?
(A) 60
(B) 35
(C) 45
(D) 50
5. _______ is a device used to measure atmospheric pressure.
(A) pedometer
(B) an atmometer
(C) A perimeter
(D) A barometer
6. The molecular arrangement of metal organic frameworks that allows them to store other
molecules is shaped like a _______.
(A) figure eight
(B) honeycomb
(C) clover
(D) pyramid
7. A genetically identical copy of an adult animal is called a _______.
(A) twin
clone
(B) duplicate
(C) replica
(D)
8. A(n) _____ lake is a pool of molten rock
inside a volcanic crater.
(A) lava (B) magma (C) crater (D) acid
9. Carbon dioxide and other _____ trap
heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
(A) toxins
(B) minerals
(C) greenhouse gases
(D) stepanovites
10. The newly discovered exoplanet, HD 131399Ab, is in a star system with ____ sun(s).
(A) one
(B) two
(C) three
(D) four
BACK FROM THE DEAD PAGE 8-11: Using the words at the bottom, place the letter that
matches the definition on the space provided.
__ 1. The average internal temperature of the human body
__ 2. Condition that occurs when the body loses more heat than it can produce
__ 3. Skin and tissue damage that can occur in frigid temperatures
__4. Device that shocks the heart with an electrical current
__ 5. A procedure that involves manually compressing a person’s chest and breathing into
his or her mouth
A. hypothermia
B. frostbite
C. 98.6°F D. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
E. defibrillator
__ 6. Medical treatment that uses a machine to act like a heart and lung
__ 7. chemical processes in the body that maintain life
__ 8. the state in which vital body functions temporarily stop without causing death
__ 9. state of deep unconsciousness
__ 10. type of blood vessel that pumps blood toward the heart
A. metabolism B. suspended animation C. vein D. extracorporeal membrane oxygenation E. coma
GLOW-STICK SCIENCE PAGE 12-13: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What is a chemical reaction? Provide an example of a chemical reaction we have seen or
talked about this year in class.
2. Why do you need to crack a glow stick to make it light up?
3. What causes glow sticks to have different colors?
4. Explain how light is produced inside a conventional incandescent light bulb.
5. What is bioluminescence?
CREEPY-CRAWLY CAVE PAGE 14-17: Choose words or phrases from the box below to
correctly fill in the blanks in the following sentences. Each word or phrase should be used only
once. NOT ALL THE TERMS WILL BE USED.
adapted
antennae
geothermal springs
sulfur dioxide
carbon dioxide
habitat
survived
chemosynthesis colorless ecosystem
limestone
photosynthesis
pigment oxygen
traits
1. Scientists use the term ____________________to describe a physical environment and all
of the living organisms inside of it.
2. Hot ___________________ ___________________ inside the Movile Cave release gases
like hydrogen sulfide.
3. Once the cave was sealed off, many organisms _______________________ to the cave’s
environment and were able to survive.
4. Organisms found inside Movile Cave often have different physical ______________ than
relatives on the surface.
5. Many bacteria use _______________________ to turn carbon dioxide and water into food
using sunlight.
6. Microorganisms that rely on _______________________ can create energy using
chemicals, like sulfur.
7. Scientists think the Movile Cave developed when water containing sulfuric acid dissolved
_______________________ rock that surrounds the cave.
8. _______________________ on skin normally helps protect animals from sunlight.
9. Many of the cave’s organisms rely on sensitive _______________________ instead of eyes
to navigate.
10. Visitors to Movile Cave can develop hypercapnia which is caused by too much
_______________________ _______________________ in the blood.
BATTY ABILITY PAGE 20-22: Read each statement and decide whether it is true (T) or false
(F). Write your response in the space provided.
______ 1. Animals that use echolocation send out light waves to see.
______ 2. Sonar on most submarines is more sophisticated than a bat’s echolocation.
______ 3. The shape of a bat’s nose can help it change the echolocation signals it sends out.
______ 4. Many bats that live in thick jungles have extremely complex ear and nose shapes.
______ 5. Mueller’s sonar device has rigid “ears” to mimic this feature of bats.