8th Grade Life Science Review

Which is a example of a inherited trait 

• Curly Hair
• Making a sandwich
• putting on makeup
• writing cursive

Captures energy from the sun to make food in a plant cell

• lysosomes

• vacuoles

• Golgi bodies

• ribosomes

• Chloroplasts

The passing of genes from parent to offspring is known as ____.

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

Which organelle is this?

• mitochondria

• ER

• Golgi bodies

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

Which set of alleles would show a dominant trait?

• mm

• hh

• Nn

• yedhcjvifjfdk

How many PAIRS of chromosomes do humans receive from each parent?

• 23

• 46

• 1

• 2

Monosaccharides(sugars) are monomers of

• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Nucleic Acids

Most unicellular organisms and a few multicellular organisms produce genetically identical offspring in a process called

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

21. Which type of reproduction requires two different parent cells (male and female reproductive cells) to combine to form offspring with genetic material from both cells?

• Asexual

• Sexual

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

What is the function of nucleic acids?

• store genetic information
• store energy (long-term)
• store energy (short-term)
• build skin, hair, nails, muscles