Life Science vocabulary quiz
Name:_________________
Core:______
All of the questions on this test are vocabulary level one questions. You should find the
matching definition to each word and write the corresponding letter on the appropriate
line next to the vocabulary word. Good luck!!
1. ______taxonomy
2. ______prokaryote
3. ______eukaryote
4. ______photosynthesis
5. ______respiration
6. ______virus
7. ______lichen
8. ______organism
9. ______ cell
10.______unicellular
11.______mulitcellular
12.______autotroph
13.______heterotroph
14.______homeostasis
15.______classification
A. an organism that makes its own food
B. The scientific study of how living things are classified
C. The process by which cells use water along with sunlight and carbon
dioxide to make their own food
D. A living thing
E. The basic unit of structure and function of all living things
F. An organism whose cells contain nuclei
G. A tiny non-living particle that invades and then reproduces inside a
living cell
H. The maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organism
I. An organism that can not make its own food
J. An organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cells
structures.
K. The process of grouping things based on their similarities
L. Made of a single cell
M. The process by which cells break down simple food molecules to
release the energy they contain.
N. Consisting of many cells
16.______tissue
17.______organ
18.______vertebrate
19.______invertebrate
20.______bilateral symmetry
21.______radial symmetry
22.______metamorphosis
23.______cell wall
24.______cell membrane
25.______ cytoplasm
26.______mitochondria
27.______endoplasmic recticulum
28.______ribosomes
29.______golgi body
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stiff layer that protects and supports the cell
rod-shaped known as the powerhouse of the cell
very small grain-like structure that makes proteins
controls what goes in and out of the cell
An animal that does not have a backbone
The quality of having many lines of symmetry that all pass
through a central point
A structure in the cell that receives proteins and other
materials from the endoplasmic recticulum packages them,
and distributes them to the parts of the cell.
A process in which an animals body undergoes dramatic
changes in form during its life cycle.
Thick gel-like fluid between the cell membrane and the
nucleus
A group of similar cells that perform the same function
A cell structure that forms passageways in which proteins
and other materials are carried through the cell.
Body plan with 2 halves that are mirror images of each
other
The small bones that make up the backbone.
A structure in the body that is composed of different kinds
of tissue.
30.______bacteria
31.______protist
32.______fungus
33.______chloroplast
34.______chlorophyll
35.______vacuole sac
36.______ lysosomes
37._______parasite
38.________host
39._______flagellum
40._______asexual reproduction
41._______sexual reproduction
42._______decomposer
43._______pseudopod
A. in plant cells, green organelles that capture the energy from
sunlight and use it to make food.
B. A false foot or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding
and movement in some protozoans.
C. A small round cell structure containing chemicals that break
down large food particles into smaller ones.
D. A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal,
plant or fungus
E. Inside a cell-acts as a storage area
F. The organism that a parasite or virus lives in or on
G. Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus
H. A reproductive process that involves 2 parents that combine
their genetic material to produce new offspring, which differ
from both parents.
I. A eukaryote organism that has cell walls, uses spores to
reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing food.
J. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host in a
parasitism interaction
K. A reproduction process that involves only 1 parent and
produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
L. An organism that breaks down chemicals from waste and dead
organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water
M. A long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move
44._______mutualism
45.______algae
46.______hypae
47.______vascular plant
48.______non vascular plant
49.______scavenger
50._______endoskeleton
51._______exoskeleton
A. plant-like protist
B. a plant that has a true vascular tissue
C. a close relationship between organisms of two species in which
both organisms benefit.
D. The branching thredlike tubes that make up the bodies of a
multicellular fungi
E. A low growing plant that lacks a true vascular tissue
F. An internal skeleton
G. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
H. A waxy,waterproof outer shell or outer skeleton that protects
the animal and helps prevent evaporation of water.