Life Science Benchmark Review

What am I?

• Plant

• Animal

• Eubacteria

• Protist

What is the correct order?

• Domain, Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Family, Order, Genus, Species

• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Domain, Order, Class, Family, Phylum, Genus, Species

• Domain, Kingdom, Family, Class, Order, Genus, Phylum, Species

A scientific name consist of which two categories

• Class and Family

• Family and Genus

• Genus and Species

• Species and Class

I am plant-like

but not a plant

I absorb nutrients from organic matter

What am I?

• Protist

• Fungi

• Plant

• Animal

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Consumer

• Mutualist

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive in its environment?

• adaptation

• variation

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a 

• group

• population

• variation

• fossil

Rashan is performing an investigation using several earthworms.  He places a rectangular box under a bright lamp and covers one-half of the box so that it is shaded.  Then, he puts the earthworms into the box on the side that is still brightly lit.  Later, Rashan notices that all of the earthworms have crawled over to the shaded side of the box. Based on his investigation, which of the following is an observation and NOT a personal opinion?

• Earthworms are afraid of light.

• Earthworms like staying together.

• Earthworms move away from light.

• Earthworms like living in the ground. 

The life cycle of both butterflies and grasshoppers starts at the same stage.  The pictures below show the life cycle of both organisms.

Which of the following is the beginning stage of the life cycle for both the butterfly and the grasshopper?

• Egg

• Larva

• Nymph

• Pupa

The Sun provides the energy to be used by the living things in the lagoon food chain shown. 

Which of the following describes the transfer of energy from a producer to a consumer?

• From Perch to Kingfisher

• From Brine Shrimp to Perch

• From the Sun to Green Algae

• From Green Algae to Brine Shrimp

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3