Life Science Unit 2 Test

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Multiple Choice: Fill in the correct answer on the scantron sheet

1) What is the correct definition of volume?
a) Amount of water
b) How much something weighs
c) The amount of space taken up
d) Everything
2) What is the correct definition of mass?
a) The amount of space taken up
b) How much something weighs
c) Height
d) Amount of matter
3) Plants use sunlight to make food in a process called
a) respiration
b) photosynthesis
c) fermentation
d) mitosis
4) Carbon dioxide enters a plant through its
a) pigments
b) roots
c) centromeres
d) stomata
5) The first stage of respiration takes place in the
a) nucleus
b) mitochondria
c) cytoplasm
d) chloroplasts
6) A line graph shows
a) drastic change
b) gradual change
c) no change
d) comparative change
7) An organisms ability to maintain stable internal conditions is called
a) resolution
b) development
c) reproduction
d) homeostasis

8) Which is NOT a characteristic that all living things share?

a) Cellular organization
b) Use energy
c) Contain similar chemicals
d) Contain Chloroplasts
9) A plant growing towards light is an example of
a) reproduction
b) a response
c) a stimulus
d) development
10) Which term refers to the movement of molecules from an area of higher
concentration to an area of lower concentration?
a. collision
b. diffusion
c. active transport
d. concentration
11)The source of energy for most heterotrophs is
a. Other organisms
b. The sun
c. water
d. photosynthesis
12) The source of energy for most autotrophs is
a. water
b. the sun
c. heterotrophs
d. other autotrophs
13) Which of the following are considered basic needs of living things
a. energy and water
b. water
c. living space and stable internal conditions
d. energy, water, living space, and stable internal conditions
14)Which term refers to the movement of water molecules through a
selectively permeable membrane?
a. osmosis
b. engulfing
c. active transport
d. passive transport
15) Which term refers to the movement of materials through a cell
membrane without using energy?
a. concentration
b. collision
c. active transport
d. passive transport

16) What is a Hypothesis?

a. a law
b. a theory
c. an educated guess
d. a model
17). Students of different ages were given the same jigsaw puzzle to put
together. They were timed to see how long it took to finish the puzzle.
What was a constant in the experiment?
a. Puzzle
b. ages
c. time it took to complete the puzzle
d. experimenter
18) What is the variable called that the experimenter changes?
a. the dependent/responding variable
b. the constant
c. the hypothesis
d. the independent/manipulated variable
19) What
a.
b.
c.
d.

are the products of photosynthesis?

Carbon dioxide and water
Oxygen and water
Carbon dioxide and sugars
Oxygen and sugars

20) What
a.
b.
c.
d.

captures energy from sunlight during photosynthesis?

Solar cells
Stomata
Chlorophyll and other pigments
Carbohydrates

21) What happens during photosynthesis? The cell uses

a. oxygen to make food
b. the energy in sunlight to make food
c. glucose to make oxygen
d. the energy in sunlight to make carbon dioxide
22) What product of photosynthesis do most living things need to survive?
a. water
b. oxygen
c. chlorophyll
d. carbon dioxide
23) What happens during respiration?
a.
Oxygen is released into the air.
b.
Glucose is broken down, releasing energy.
c.
Carbohydrates are released into the bloodstream
d.
Water and carbon dioxide are converted into energy.

24) How are photosynthesis and respiration related?

a. They have opposite equations.
b.
They have the same equations.
c. They both produce carbon dioxide.
d. They both produce oxygen.
25) Structures found in plant cells, but not in animal cells are
a. Mitochondria and vacuoles
b. Endoplasmic reticulum and nucleus
c. Chloroplast and cell wall
d. Cell wall and cell membrane
26) The gel-like region between the cell membrane and the nucleus is called
the
a.
cell membrane
b.
vacuole
c.
chlorophyll
d.
cytoplasm
27) The rigid layer that gives plant cells their box like shape is the
a.
cytoplasm
b.
mitochondria
c.
cell wall
d.
cell membrane
28) The main function of the cell membrane
a.
to control what comes in and out of a cell
b.
to protect and support the cell
c.
to form a hard outer covering for the cell
d.
to perform different functions on each cell
29) A heterotroph is an
a.
b.
c.
d.

organism
organism
organism
organism

that can make its own food

that cant make its own food
with only one cell
with no nucleus

30) Muscle cells contain many of these organells because they need a lot
of energy to help animals move
a. Cell walls
b. Vacuoles
c. Endoplasmic Reticulum
d. Mitochondria

31) Both animal and plant cells have structures that are good for doing the jobs
required of them. Plants need cells that are rigid and firm to grow tall.
Animals need cells that are flexible and movable for animals to get food.
What two specific organelles would provide for these needs.
a. centrioles (animal cell) and chloroplast (plant cell)
b. cell membrane (animal cell) and chloroplast (plant cell)
b. cell membrane (animal cell) and cell wall (plant cell)
b. cell membrane (animal cell) and cell membrane (plant cell)
32) The plants in the classroom window look all droopy and dried up. You know
they have enough sunlight, but think that maybe they need some
water. You water the plants and the next day the plants look all
alive again. Which organelle played a very important role in the
revival of the plants.
a. cell wall
b. vacuole
c. nucleus
d. golgi body
33) The basic unit of structure and function in all living things are called
a. Nuclei
b. Cells
c. Bones
d. Tissues
34) Which statement is true?
a. Plant cells have larger vacuoles than animal cells
b. Animal cells have larger vacuoles than plant cells
c. Plant and animal cells have vacuoles that are similar in size
d. Plant cells do not have vacuoles
35) What cell part is most responsible for diffusion?
a. Nucleus
b. Vacuole
c. Mitochondria
d. Cell membrane
36) What phrase means that some substances can pass through the cell
membrane while others cannot?
a. Selectively permeable
b. diffusion
c. Active transport
d. Passive transport
37) What is the order of organization in an organism from smallest to
largest?
a. Organ system, organ, tissue, cell
b. Cell, organ system, tissue, organ
c. Cell, tissue, organ system, organ
d. Cell, tissue, organ, organ system

Matching:
38) ____ Cells

a. A group of similar cells that perform

the same function
b. A structure that is composed of
different kinds of tissues
c. A group of organs that work
together to perform a function
d. Basic unit of structure and function
in all living things

39) ____ Organs

40) ____ Organ Systems
41) ____ Tissues
Match the organelle with its function:
a. nucleus

b. cell membrane

c. cell wall

d. vacuole

42)

The rigid layer of material that surrounds plant cells

43)

The outer layer of all cells that controls what enters and exits the cell

44)

The control center of the cell

45)

The storage area of a cell, where wastes and water are stored

Match the organelle with its function:

a. endoplasmic reticulum
d. chloroplasts

b. mitochondria
e. centrioles

c. cytoplasm

46)

Captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food for plant cells

47)

A gel-like fluid that surrounds the organelles inside the cell

48)

Produces all the energy for a cell

49)

A network of passageways that carry materials around the cell

50)

Plays a role in cell division

Match the organelle with the correct letter on the picture:

51)

Nucleus

52)

Cell Membrane

53)

Mitochondria

54)

Endoplasmic reticulum

55)

Cytoplasm

Match the organelle with the correct letter on the picture:

56)

Cytoplasm

57)

Chloroplast

58)

Cell wall

59)

Vacuole

60)

Cell membrane

Match the letter on the microscope with its correct corresponding name:
61)

Objective Lens

62)

Coarse adjustment

63)

Eyepiece

64)

Stage

65)

Arm