Science MAP Test Review

Front

What is the basic unit of structure and function in all living things?

Back

cell

Front

James is working on a science project about how plants make their own food. He learns that plants perform photosynthesis through this organelle. It captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food for the cell.

Back

Chloroplasts

Front

What structure is found in plant cells but not in animal cells, providing support and rigidity?

Back

Cell Wall

Front

What is the behavioral change called when birds use twigs to build their nests for better survival during storms?

Back

Adaptation

Front

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

Back

Natural Selection

Front

The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

Back

The inherited traits of a population.

Front

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Back

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Front

Avery and Luna are discussing the type of galaxy we live in. What type of galaxy is it?

Back

Spiral

Front

What does it mean when Grace says that our galaxy is heliocentric?

Back

the sun is the center of our galaxy

Front

Which of the following is the smallest? The Milky Way Galaxy, A red giant star, Jupiter

Back

The moon