6th Grade Science – Life Science – Final Exam Guide
FINAL EXAM DATE: MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2015
Name:__________________________________________________
Class 6.1 or 6.2 OR 6.3
 Be diligent about completing the Final Exam Review Pack /
Practice Questions
 Actively participate in class and ask questions in class each day
as we go over the material and review for the final.
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Review test review packs from the year.
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Chapter Reviews and Section Review from your textbook.
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Unit 1 – The study of Living Things
 Chapter 1 – The World of Life Science
o Section 1: Asking About Life
 It All Starts with a Question
 Life Scientists
 Why Ask Questions?
o Section 2: Scientific Methods
 The Scientific Method
 Ask a Question
 Form a Hypothesis
 Test the Hypothesis
 Analyze the Results
 Draw Conclusions
 Communicate Results
 Scientific Knowledge Changes
o Section 4: Tools, Measurement and Safety
 Tools for Seeing
 Computers
 Systems of Measurement
 Safety Rules!
o Terms to Know: life science, scientific method, hypothesis, controlled experiment, variable,
technology, compound light microscope, electron microscope, area, volume, mass, temperature
 Chapter 2 – It’s Alive!! Or, Is It?
o Section 1: Characteristics of Living Things
 Living Things Have Cells
 Living Things Sense and Respond to Change
 Living Things Reproduce
 Living Things Have DNA
 Living Things Grow and Develop
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Section 2: The Necessities of Life
 Food
 Water
 Air
 A Place to Live
Section 3: The Chemistry of Life – Putting it all Together
 Proteins
 Carbohydrates
 Lipids
 Nucleic Acids
 The Cell’s Fuel - ATP
Terms To Know: cell, stimulus, homeostasis, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, DNA,
heredity, metabolism, producer, consumer, decomposer, protein, carbohydrate, lipid, phospholipid,
nucleic acid, ATP.
Unit 2 – Cells
 Chapter 3 – Cells: The Basic Units of Life
o Section 1: The Diversity of Life
 Cells and the Cell Theory
 All organisms are made of one or more cells
 The cell is the basic unit of all living things
 All cells come from existing cells
 Cell Size
 Two Kinds of Cells
 Prokaryotes: Bacteria and Archea
 Eukaryotes
o Section 2: Eukaryotic Cells
 Cell Wall
 Cell Membrane
 Cytoskeleton
 Nucleus
 Ribosomes
 Endoplasmic Reticulum
 Mitochondria
 Chloroplasts
 Golgi Complex
 Lysosomes
 Vacuoles
o Section 3: The Organization of Living Things
 Tissues: Cells Working in Teams
 Organs: Teams Working Together
 Organ Systems: A Great Combination
 Organisms: Independent Living
 Population, Community, Ecosystem
o Terms to Know: tissue, organ, organ system, organism, unicellular, multicellular, population,
community, ecosystem, cell membrane, organelles, cytoplasm, nucleus, prokaryotic, eukaryotic,
bacteria, cell wall, ribosome, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, chloroplast, Golgi complex,
vacuole, lysosome.
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Chapter 4 – The Cell in Action
o Section 1: Exchange with the Environment
 What is Diffusion?
 Moving Small Particles
 Moving Large Particles
o Section 2: Cell Energy
 From Sun to Cell - Photosynthesis
 Getting Energy from Food – Cellular Respiration
o Section 3: The Cell Cycle
 The Life of a Cell
 Mitosis and the Cell Cycle
o Terms to Know: diffusion, osmosis, passive transport, active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis,
photosynthesis, cellular respiration, cell cycle, chromosome, binary fission, homologous chromosome,
chromatids, centromere, mitosis, cytokinesis, interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase.
Unit 3 – Heredity, Evolution, and Classification
 Chapter 5 – Heredity
o Section 1: Mendel and His Peas
 Gregor Mendel and is Pea Plant Experiment
 Punnett Square
 Probability
o Section 2: Traits and Inheritance
 Genes and Alleles
 Genotype vs. Phenotype
 Punnett Squares
 Incomplete Dominance
 The Importance of the Environment
o Terms to Know: heredity, dominant trait, recessive trait, genes alleles, genotype, phenotype,
probability.
 Chapter 9 – Classification
o Section 1: Classification: Sorting it All Out
 Why Classify?
 How do Scientists Classify Organisms? Taxonomy
 Levels of Classification
 Scientific Names
 Dichotomous Keys
o Section 2: Domains and Kingdoms
 Archae and Bacteria
 Eukarya
 Protisita
 Fungi
 Plantae
 Animalia
o Terms to Know: classification, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species,
taxonomy, dichotomous key, archaea, bacteria, protista, plantae, fungi, animalia.
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GOOD LUCK 
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