Honors Life Science SSA Review

Honors Life Science Review

​SC.6.L.14.1: Students will identify and/or describe patterns in the hierarchical organization of organisms, from atoms to molecules, to cells, to tissues, to organs, to organ systems, to organisms

Level of Organization

Reorder

Reorder the following from simplest to most complex.

• Organelle

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

• Organ System

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

Any living thing made up of one or more cells....

• organ

• cell

• organ system

• organism

• tissue

Multiple Choice

What is the smallest unit of life?

• atom

• organ

• tissue

• cell

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?

• organism, molecule cell, atom, tissue, organ, organ system

• atom, molecule, organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism

• atom,molecule,cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

• atom, cell, organ, tissue, molecule organism, organ system

Multiple Choice

2 or more different kinds of tissues that work together

• Cell

• Organ

• Tissue

• Organ system

• Organism

Multiple Choice

The smallest unit of a living thing

• Cell

• Tissue

• organ

• Organ system

• Organism

Multiple Choice

2 or more organs that work together.

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

• organism

SC.6.L.14.2: Students will identify, describe, and explain the components of cell theory. 

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The Cell Theory

Multiple Choice

All living things are made up of...

• cells
• cell tissues
• organ
• organ systems

Multiple Choice

All cells come from___________ cells.

• pregnant
• pre-existing
• paternal
• pin size

Multiple Choice

What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things?

• atom

• cell

• bacteria

• animalcules

Multiple Choice

Which statement was NOT included in cell theory?

• All living things are composed of cells.

• Living cells come only from other living cells.

• Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.

• Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life.

SC.6.L.14.4: Students will compare and/or contrast the structure and function of major organelles of plant and animal cells.

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Plant vs Animal Cells

Multiple Choice

What does a plant cell have that an animal cell doesn't have?

• Cell Membrane and Cell Wall

• Cell Wall and Mitochondria

• Cell Wall and Ribosomes

• Cell Wall and Chloroplast

Multiple Choice

Rigid, protective and supportive outer layer of plant cells

• cell membrane

• nuclear membrane

• cell wall

• cristae

Multiple Choice

control, read, and direct the cell using DNA instructions

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• endoplasmic reticulum

• ribosome

Multiple Choice

An organelle that captures energy from the sunlight and uses it to produce food/ sugars in plant cells is ______________.

• Chromatin

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Ribosome

Multiple Choice

Storage of food, water, wastes, and enzymes. (Mostly water)

• Vacuole

• Mitochondria

• Cell Membrane

• Cytoplasm

Multiple Choice

Converts stored food into energy.

• Mitochondria
• Cell Wall
• Chloroplast
• Ribosome

Multiple Choice

The chloroplast in plant cells are responsible for ______________.

• Cell respiration

• Metabolism

• Photosynthesis

• Carbon synthesis

Multiple Choice

Jelly-like substance found inside cell that acts as a medium for chemical reactions within the cell

• Nuclear Membrane
• Golgi Body
• Cytoplasm
• Ribosome

Multiple Choice

Tiny cell structures that carry out specific functions within the cell.

• membranes
• nucleus
• organelles
• animalicules

Multiple Choice

Four students examined the cells and made the following observations: 
Student 1: Cell 1 is a plant cell because it has a cell wall
Student 2: Cell 2 is an animal cell because it has a nucleus
Student 3: Cell 1 is a plant cell because it has chloroplasts
Student 4: Cell 2 is an animal cell because it has a cell membrane
Who is correct?

• Student 1 and Student 2
• Student 2 and Student 3
• Student 1 and Student 3
• Student 2 and Student 4

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between mitochondria and chloroplast?

• Chloroplasts produces energy from food/ sugars and Mitochondria capture energy from sunlight, and use it to produce food/ sugars.

• They both have the same function (they produce energy), but one is found in animal cells and one is found in plant cells.

• Mitochondria produces energy from food/ sugars and chloroplasts capture energy from sunlight, and use it to produce food/ sugars.

SC.6.L.14.5: Students will identify and/or describe the general functions of the major systems of the human body. Students will identify and/or describe how the major systems of the human body interact to maintain homeostasis.

Homeostasis and the Human Body

SC.6.L.14.5: Students will identify and/or describe the general functions of the major systems of the human body. Students will identify and/or describe how the major systems of the human body interact to maintain homeostasis.

Homeostasis and the Human Body

Match

Match the organ system with its function

• Nervous System

• Circulatory System

• Muscular System

• Excretory System

Controls the body

Transports oxygen and nutrients through the body

Helps move the body

Removes waste

• Controls the body

• Transports oxygen and nutrients through the body

• Helps move the body

• Removes waste

Multiple Choice

Which system interacts with the circulatory system in order to pump blood?

• Digestive system

• Respiratory System

• Muscular System

• Skeletal System

Multiple Choice

What system works with the circulatory system to control the heart beat?

• Digestive system

• Respiratory system

• Skeletal system

• Nervous system

Multiple Choice

What system works with the respiratory system to control your breathing?

• Circulatory system

• Digestive system

• Nervous system

• Skeletal system

Multiple Choice

What system interacts with the respiratory system to control the diaphragm, which helps you breathe?

• Muscular system

• Skeletal system

• Digestive system

• Circulatory system

Multiple Choice

What system works with the skeletal system to allow movement?

• Digestive system

• Circulatory system

• Muscular system

• Respiratory system

Multiple Choice

Which system interacts with the digestive system to trigger your stomach growling?

• Circulatory system

• Respiratory system

• Muscular system

• Nervous system

Match

Match the organ system with its function(s).

• Skeletal System

• Respiratory System

• Digestive System

Provides support, protects organs, helps the body move

Takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

Breaks down food, absorbs nutrients, and removes waste

• Provides support, protects organs, helps the body move

• Takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

• Breaks down food, absorbs nutrients, and removes waste

SC.6.L.14.6: Students will identify, compare, and/or contrast the types of infectious agents that affect the human body

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Infectious Agents

SC.6.L.15.1: Students will analyze and/or describe how and why organisms are classified.

How are living things classified?

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of classification?family

• kingdom, domain, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• domain, phylum, class, order, kingdom, family, genus, species

• species, genus, family, phylum, order, class, domain, kingdom

Multiple Choice

What two levels make up a scientific name?

• genus and order

• genus and species

• domain and kingdom

• family and genus

Multiple Choice

The _________ levels that 2 organisms share, the more similar they are to each other.

• fewer

• more

Multiple Choice

The 3 domains are Eukarya, Archaea, and

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Bacteria

Multiple Choice

Scientists place organisms into domains and kingdoms based on cell type, number of cells, and

• if they are able to grow.

• if they drink water.

• if they have the ability to make food.

• if they are able to move.

Multiple Choice

Biologist group living things based on ____.

• Habitat

• Size

• Colors

• Shared Characteristics

Multiple Choice

Why do scientists classify living things?

• It helps scientists trap species to study
• It is easier to study organisms when grouped 
• It is a good way to keep organisms calm
• It is helpful when dissecting an organism

Categorize

Options (8)

Unicellular

Prokaryote

DNA

Harsh Environments

Eukaryote

Nucleus

Multicellular

Peptidoglycan

What characteristics describe the Eukarya Domain?

Eukarya

Not Eukarya

Categorize

Options (8)

Unicellular

Prokaryote

DNA

Harsh Environments

Eukaryote

Nucleus

Multicellular

Peptidoglycan

What characteristics describe the Archaea Domain?

Archaea

Not Archaea

SC.7.L.15.2: Students will identify and explain ways in which genetic variation and environmental factors contribute to evolution by natural selection and diversity of organisms.

Evolution through Natural Selection

SC.7.L.15.2: Students will identify and explain ways in which genetic variation and environmental factors contribute to evolution by natural selection and diversity of organisms.

Evolution through Natural Selection

Categorize

Options (8)

Unicellular

Prokaryote

DNA

Harsh Environments

Eukaryote

Nucleus

Multicellular

Peptidoglycan

What characteristics describe the Bacteria Domain?

Bacteria

Not Bacteria

Multiple Choice

Vocab check:

The theory that organisms have slowly changed over time...

• fossil record

• relative dating

• evolution

• adaptation

Multiple Choice

Structures that have the same function but evolved independently are called

• homologous

• analogous

• vestigial

• embryological

Multiple Choice

Shows how different groups of organisms have changed over time.

• fossil record

• homologous structures

• embryology

Multiple Choice

A species could go extinct if:

• food becomes more plentiful.

• members of the species have adaptations to enhance survival.

• the environment changes drastically and no one can adapt.

• there is less competition for resources.

Multiple Choice

What is it called when an organism is best adapted to its environment, it will survive and reproduce more successfully than other organisms less adapted?

• cloning
• evolution of all species
• natural selection
• selective breeding

Multiple Choice

These are natural differences within a species.

• Evolution
• Genetic variation
• Biological diversity
• Populations

Multiple Choice

This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Evolution
• Population
• Environment
• Adaptation

Multiple Choice

This is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• Competiton
• Extinction
• Evidence
• Fossil

Multiple Choice

Definition: natural selection

• inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival
• organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate
• a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
• differences in the DNA sequence

Multiple Choice

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

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the organism knew it needed that trait, survives, and passes it on.

Multiple Choice

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Multiple Choice

What process is being shown in this image?

• Variation
• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding
• Homeostasis

Multiple Choice

Where do adaptations come from?

• The individual organism decides to adapt

• Mutations that give an organism an advantage in its environment

• Genetic recombination during meiosis

• Both mutations and genetic recombination are sources of adaptation

Multiple Choice

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth

• Light moth

• Both will be equally successful

• Neither will be successful

Multiple Choice

Predict which moth would increase in population over time.

• light colored

• dark colored

SC.7.L.16.1: Students will describe and explain that every organism requires a set of instructions that specifies its traits. Students will identify and explain that hereditary information (DNA) contains genes located in the chromosomes of each cell and that heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another.

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Heredity/Genetics

SC.7.L.16.2: Students will use Punnett squares and pedigrees to determine genotypic and phenotypic probabilities..

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Heredity/Genetics

Multiple Choice

Which term describes the actual genes that an offspring has?

• Phenotype
• Alleles
• Genotype
• DNA 

Multiple Choice

Which set of alleles are Homozygous Dominant ?

• TT
• Tt
• tt
• Both TT and tt 

Multiple Choice

Which set of alleles are heterozygous? 

• TT
• Tt
• tt
• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which term describes the physical traits of an organism?

• Phenotype 
• Genotype 
• Genes 
• Alleles

Multiple Choice

having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred)

• homozygous

• hetrozygous

• protein

• chromosome

Multiple Choice

having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid)

• protein

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• genotype

Multiple Choice

An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

Multiple Choice

A heterozygous yellow pea plant's genotype would be:

• YY
• yy
• Yy
• Yg

Multiple Choice

An organism's appearance is known as its

• heredity
• phenotype
• genotype
• pedigree

Multiple Choice

One form of a gene is called_______________

• a DNA
• a Phenotype
• a trait
• an allele

Multiple Choice

A __________ carries information that determines one of your traits.

• chromosome

• gene

• trait

• Punnett square

Multiple Choice

a tool used to predict the results from crossing 2 sets of allelles

• microscope

• Punnett square

• Jawsome trapezoid

SC.7.L.16.2: Students will use Punnett squares and pedigrees to determine genotypic and phenotypic probabilities..

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Heredity/Genetics

Multiple Choice

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

Multiple Choice

B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

Multiple Choice

In plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t). Perform the following cross: Tt x Tt. What is the probability of producing a short plant?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?

• 25%
• 50%
• 0%
• 100%

Multiple Choice

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

Multiple Choice

What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair) 

• 50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair 
• 25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair 
• 75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair 
• 0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair 

Fill in the Blank

What is the missing allele for this parent?

Fill in the Blank

What are the alleles for this parent?

SC.7.L.16.2: Students will use Punnett squares and pedigrees to determine genotypic and phenotypic probabilities..

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Heredity/Genetics

Multiple Choice

What do the circles represent?

• Male

• Female

Multiple Choice

What do the squares represent?

• Male

• Female

Multiple Choice

Examine the parents in generation I. How many children do they have?

• 3

• 5

• 6

• 7

Multiple Choice

The shaded shapes represent individuals with attached earlobes (ee). What is the genotype of the generation I parents?

• ee

• Ee

• EE

• It is not possible to determine

Multiple Choice

Examine the parents in generation I. What is the genotype of their boys?

• EE or Ee

• EE or ee

• Ee or ee

• ee

SC.7.L.17.1: Students will describe and explain the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.

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Energy in the Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

Food of almost any kind can be traced back to what?

• the sun
• animals
• plants
• soil

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a producer?

• snake
• worm
• human
• grass

Multiple Choice

When a millipede breaks down dead and decaying material, it is acting as what?

• a decomposer
• an apex predator
• a producer
• prey

Multiple Choice

Make their own food for energy

• producers

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

Multiple Choice

Get their energy from consuming plants and other organisms (primary or secondary consumers)

• producers

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

Multiple Choice

Get their energy from consuming other organisms (secondary or tertiary consumers)

• producers

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

Multiple Choice

What is the frog considered in this food web?

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

Multiple Choice

A food pyramid represent the relative amount of energy in trophic levels. Which of the following correctly shows a food pyramid?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

The owl receives energy from which organisms?

• grasshopper and mouse

• rabbit and butterfly

• mouse and rabbit

• butterfly and frog

Multiple Choice

What is a producer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organisms

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

Multiple Choice

What is an omnivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy
• An organism that eats animals for energy
• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

Multiple Choice

What is a carnivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy

• An organism that eats animals for energy

• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

Multiple Choice

What is an herbivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy

• An organism that eats animals for energy

• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

Multiple Choice

What is a consumer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organisms

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

Multiple Choice

Several owls live in a forest. The owls prey on mice. Hawks also prey on mice. Which might happen if several hawks move to the forest where the owls live?

• The number of owls will increase, and the number of hawks will decrease.

• The number of owls and hawks will increase.

• The number of mice will increase, and the number of owls will decrease.

• The number of owls and mice will decrease.

Multiple Choice

Most of the energy in the trophic level below is NOT available to the organisms that eat them. Therefore, the ecosystem can only support the number of organisms that can have enough to eat.

Why can the ecosystem only support small numbers of consumers compared to a large number of producers?

• There is not enough energy available to support more consumers

• There is too much energy available to the consumers

• There is not enough food available for decomposers

• There is not enough sunlight available to support more consumers

SC.7.L.17.2 : Students will compare and contrast relationships between organisms, such as mutualism, predation, parasitism, competition, and commensalism.

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Symbiotic Relationships

Multiple Choice

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

Multiple Choice

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

Multiple Choice

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Multiple Choice

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

Multiple Choice

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

Multiple Choice

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

Multiple Choice

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

Multiple Choice

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• neutralism
• parasitism

Multiple Choice

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

SC.7.L.17.3: Students will identify and describe various limiting factors in an ecosystem and their impact on native populations

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Limiting Factors

Multiple Choice

What is NOT an example of limiting factors?

• Predation

• Food Source

• Space

• Migration

Multiple Choice

Carrying capacity is...

• The maximum number of individuals that can fit into an area

• Ability of an area to accommodate a growing population

• The greatest # of individuals an area can support over time.

• The maximum number of species that can co-exist in an area

Multiple Choice

If a population of gazelle decrease, the population of cheetahs will...

• Decrease

• Increase

• Stay the same

• Cheetahs don't eat gazelle

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A decrease in food availability lowers carrying capacity.

• An increase in water will decrease the carrying capacity.

• A fishes population cannot exceed the carrying capacity.

• A population stays level once at carrying capacity.

Multiple Choice

If humans destroys all of the Sea Turtles nesting sites, what is going to happen to the Sea Turtles?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• Sea Turtles don't need to nest

Multiple Choice

What would happen to the bird population if mouse population increased?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• What is a mouse?

Multiple Choice

What would happen to all organisms on the food web if a disease killed off most of the grass?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• What is a disease?

SC.8.L.18.4: Students will explain that living systems obey the Law of Conservation of Mass and the Law of Conservation of Energy.

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Law of Conservation of Mass

SC.8.L.18.4: Students will explain that living systems obey the Law of Conservation of Mass and the Law of Conservation of Energy.

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Law of Conservation of Energy

Multiple Choice

Is this statement True or False ?

The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed - only converted from one form of energy to another.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Law of Conservation of Mass states Matter is NEITHER created nor destroyed.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which process releases energy from food and places the energy into molecules of ATP?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

Which process requires organisms to absorb carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

Which process occurs inside of chloroplasts?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

Which process uses carbon dioxide and water to produce sugars?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

Which process releases carbon dioxide gas as a waste product?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

Which process occurs inside of the cells of plants?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

Which process is associated with these key words: PRODUCES OXYGEN?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

What process is associated with these key words: REQUIRES CARBON DIOXIDE?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

What process is associated with these key words: PRODUCES CARBON DIOXIDE?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

Which process occurs inside the mitochondria of all eukaryotic cells, including plants and animals?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration

Multiple Choice

What does C₆H₁₂O₆ stand for?

• Glucose
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

Multiple Choice

CO₂ + H₂O + Energy = C₆H₁₂O₆ + O₂  This is the equation for....

• Cellular Respiration
• Photosynthesis

Multiple Choice

C₆H₁₂O₆ + O₂ = H₂O + CO₂ +Energy (ATP) is the equation for

• cellular respiration
• Photosynthesis