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Assessment
Chapter Test A
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
_____ 1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all organisms
share?
a. ability to taste and smell
b. ability to use energy
c. ability to grow and develop
d. ability to sense and respond to change
_____ 2. What molecules form much of the cell membrane?
a. nucleic acids
b. amino acids
c. ATP molecules
d. phospholipids
_____ 3. What molecule is the major energy carrier in the cell?
a. nucleic acid
b. ATP
c. phospholipid
d. lipid
_____ 4. What type of molecule is DNA?
a. an amino acid
b. a protein
c. a lipid
d. a nucleic acid
_____ 5. Which of the following reproduces through asexual reproduction?
a. humans
b. hydra
c. fish
d. birds
_____ 6. What do gravity, sounds, and light have in common?
a. They are necessary for survival.
b. They are characteristics of life.
c. They are experiences all organisms share.
d. They are examples of stimuli.
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Chapter Test A continued
_____ 7. Maintaining stable internal conditions is called
a. shivering.
b. sweating.
c. homeostasis.
d. heredity.
_____ 8. Approximately how much of the human body is water?
a. 10%
b. 33 1/3%
c. 50%
d. 70%
_____ 9. What happens when organisms reproduce?
a. They grow and develop.
b. They sense change in their environment.
c. They maintain a stable internal environment.
d. They make organisms similar to themselves.
_____ 10. What is passing genetic traits from parents to offspring called?
a. homeostasis
b. sexual reproduction
c. heredity
d. metabolism
_____ 11. Which of the following is NOT a basic need of most organisms?
a. food
b. plants
c. air
d. water
_____ 12. What do most of the chemical reactions involved in metabolism
require?
a. water
b. carbohydrates
c. phospholipids
d. carbon dioxide
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Chapter Test A continued
MATCHING
Match the correct description with the correct term. Write the letter in the space
provided.
d ___ 13. table sugar
a
a. consumers
b. asexual reproduction
___ 14. organisms that eat plants
c. decomposers
c ___ 15. organisms that feed on decaying
organisms
d. a simple carbohydrate
e. producers
f____ 16. a potato
f. a complex carbohydrate
e ___ 17. organisms that make their own food
g. sexual reproduction
g ___ 18. a kind of reproduction in which an
offspring shares characteristics of two
parents
b ___ 19. a kind of reproduction in which an offspring is identical to its parent
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Chapter Test A continued
Match the correct description with the correct term. Write the letter in the space
provided.
a ___ 20. compounds like fats and oils that store
energy
a. lipids
b. proteins
e ___ 21. compound to which carbohydrates and
c. amino acids
lipids transfer their energy
d. metabolism
c ___ 22. small molecules that make up proteins
e. ATP
f. nucleic acid
f
___ 23. a molecule that contains all the
information a cell needs to make protein
d ___ 24. the sum of all of an organism’s chemical
processes
b ___ 25. compounds that spider webs and hair are made from
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Assessment
Chapter Test B
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USING KEY TERMS
Use the terms from the following list to complete the sentences below. Each term
may be used only once. Some terms may not be used.
nucleic acids
metabolism
phospholipid
heredity
protein
homeostasis
ATP
asexual
sexual
1. In the cell membrane, __phospholipid________ molecules form two layers.
2. When a planarian worm is cut in half, each half develops into a whole worm.
This is an example of ____asexual____ reproduction.
3. Molecules that are sometimes called the blueprints of life are ___Nucleic
acids___
4. The passing of traits from one generation to the next is called
____Heredity_____.
5. All of the chemical activities that an organism’s cells perform is called
___Metabolism_____.
UNDERSTANDING KEY IDEAS
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
_____ 6. What is a complex carbohydrate manufactured by plants?
a. starch
c. protein
b. oil
d. hemoglobin
_____ 7. When a duck dives under water, its inner eyelids automatically raise to
cover the duck’s eyes. In this case, water acts as
a. homeostasis.
c. a reaction.
b. a stimulus.
d. an enzyme.
_____ 8. The molecule that provides energy for cellular processes is
a. ATP.
c. DNA.
b. RNA.
d. protein.
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Chapter Test B continued
_____ 9. The subunits of proteins are
a. sugar molecules.
b. amino acids.
c. enzymes.
d. nucleotides.
_____ 10. Which of the following are NOT used by cells for energy storage?
a. fats
c. carbohydrates
b. oils
d. nucleic acids
_____ 11. Which of the following is NOT true of proteins?
a. They are a component of spider webs.
b. They are obtained from food.
c. They are the main source of energy for cells.
d. They supply the building blocks needed to repair tissues.
12. What six characteristics do all living things have in common?
1- Living organisms have the ability to respond to stimuli
2- Living organisms are made up of cells
3- Living organisms have their genetic material or information in the
form of DNA
4- Living organisms reproduce either sexually or asexually to produce
offspring.
5- Living organisms needs energy to grow and for their survival.
6- Living organisms grow and develop
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13. Explain the difference between simple and complex carbohydrates.
Simple carbohydrates
Complex carbohydrates
Complex
carbohydrates are linkages of
Simple carbohydrates are made of one
many simple sugar molecules.
or a few sugar molecules linked
together.
14. Give an example of a food source that contains simple carbohydrates and an
example of one that contains complex carbohydrates.
Example of food that contains:
1- simple carbohydrates: fruit sugar
2- complex carbohydrates: potatoes, rice
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