NYS Intermediate Science 2017

Which cell structure is found in plant cells, but not in animal cells?

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

Amebas are single-celled organisms that need to obtain food in order to

• release oxygen into the air

• protect themselves from other living things

• get the energy they need to carry out life functions

• remove harmful chemicals from the environment

• They are all producers

• They are all omnivores

• They all belong to the same kingdom

• They are all multicellular organisms

Which term identifies a group of cells of the same type working together to perform a common function?

• microbe

• gene

• tissue

• hormone

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• solid waste elimination

• liquid waste elimination

• circulation of blood

• digestion of food

• production of hormones

• exchange of gases

One function of the human excretory system is

• making materials that the body cells need

• removing excess heat energy from the body

• moving substances to and from body cells

• controlling the body’s responses to stimuli

Which term is used to describe the sum of all the chemical processes in the human body?

• equilibrium

• inheritance

• metamorphosis

• metabolism

Why is an organism that reproduces asexually genetically identical to its parent?

• All of the offspring’s genes came from the parent

• All of the offspring’s genes mutated to look like the parent’s genes.

• The offspring inherited only half of the parent’s genes.

• The offspring inherited only the parent’s dominant genes

• selective breeding

• ecological succession

• habitat destruction

• feeding relationships