Name ___________________________
Science: Fall Semester Test Study Guide
Lesson 1.
1. A word the refers to any complete living thing is _____________________________
2. Do ALL living things (answer yes or no to each)
A. Reproduce?
E. Eat Food?
B. Exchange gases?
F. Have a cell(s)?
C. Produce waste?
G. Respond to stimuli?
D. Have a Heart?
H. Regulate their internal environment?
3. Which two parts make up an organisms’ scientific name? _________________________
Lesson 2
4. What is the magnification of low power? _______ medium? _________ high? _________
5. What is the field of view(mm) on low? _________ medium?_________ high? _________
6. What do ALL insects (including WOWBugs) have in common? __________________________
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7. Define a parasite. _______________________________________________________________
Lesson 3.
8. Macroscopic organisms such as the blackworm needs blood to ____________________________
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9. What body parts do blackworms have? ______________________________________________
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10. What do blackworms and earthworms have in common? ________________________________
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11. How do blackworms usually reproduce?______________________________________________
12. How would you know if regeneration is occurring in a worm? ____________________________
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13. anterior =
15. dorsal =
14. posterior =
16. ventral =
Lesson 4 and 12
17. Define abiotic factor. ___________________________________Examples: _________________
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18. Define biotic factor. ________________________________Examples:_____________________
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19. Define ecosystem=
20. Define community =
21. Define population =
22. Define niche =
23. Define producer =
24. Define consumer =
25. Define decomposer =
26. The build-up at the bottom of the pond known as detritus formed from ____________________
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27. What should the ponds have done (if the lids were kept on loosely)…
Lemna? __________________ Water level? ______________________________
Number of microorganisms? ____________________________
The bottom? ___________________________________________________
Lesson 5.
28. What process occurs when a dormant (inactive) seed resumes activity by absorbing water, and the
embryo starts to grow inside resulting in the formation of a seedling?_______________________
29. The Wisconsin Fast Plant grows best in what conditions? ________________________________
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What other types of care did we give it? _____________________________________________
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Lesson 6.
30. Why did we not release the butterflies outside after they came out of the chrysalis?
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31. List the stages in the life cycle of a butterfly:__________________________________________
When is their growth? ___________________What process occurs during growth due to the
exoskeleton? _____________________ When does metamorphosis occur? __________________
32. What do cabbage white larva eat? ____________________________________ What do they
excrete? _____________________ What do adult cabbage white butterflies eat?
______________ How? __________________________________________
Lesson 7
33. Describe the structure and function of the following organelles:
A. cell wall =
B. cell membrane =
C. nucleus =
D. chloroplast =
E. cytoplasm =
34. All organisms are composed of one or more ___________, which carry out life processes.
35. What are differences between plant and animal cells? ____________________________
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Lesson 8.
36. What and where are chromosomes? _________________________________________________
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37. The process of nuclear division that divides chromosomes equally is _______________________
38. Which is the overall result of normal (mitotic) cell division? _____________________________
39. What guides the movement of chromosomes during mitosis? _____________________________
Lesson 9.
40. For each, state if it is a characteristic of asexual reproduction (A) or sexual reproduction (S):
_____ 1.The offspring have DNA that is different from the parents
_____ 2. Budding is an example
_____ 3. It requires only one parent
_____ 4. The offspring have DNA that is the same as the parent
_____ 5. It is the most common method of reproduction for blackworms
_____ 6. It creates genetic variation
_____ 7. Occurs with fertilization
_____ 8. Cell division of protists
41. A _______________ is the reproductive organ of a plant. The ____________ is the male part,
and the ________________ is the female part.
42. The pollination of a flower’s pistil occurs _________________ (before or after) fertilization.
Lesson 10.
43. During ___________________, chlorophyll captures light energy to produce ______________
by combining water and carbon dioxide, which gives off ______________ as a waste product.
44. How does a stoma form? _________________________________________________________
45. Define transpiration _____________________________________________________________
46. Openings for gas exchange on a leaf are called _____________________________________.
Lesson 11.
47. What are important characteristics of each protist?
A. amoeba B. euglena C. paramecium D. spirogyra (Lesson7) E. volvox Lessons 14 and 15.
48. Yeasts are not typical fungi because ________________________________________________
49. List three food products that fungi are involved in producing. ____________________________
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50. What caused the foam in the yeast lab? ______________________________________________
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51. What part of a fungus helps to absorb and digest its food? _______________________________
What part of a fungus is the most visible? ____________________________________________
52. What do fungi release to reproduce? _________________________________________________
How do yeast cells reproduce? _____________________________________________________
53. Define fermentation. _____________________________________________________________
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Lessons 16 and 17
54. How do Daphnia get food? _______________________________________________________
55. How do Daphnia reproduce? _____________________________________________________
56. Hydra’s most common method of reproduction is _____________________________________
57. Hydra is considered one of the simplest multicellular animals because ______________________
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How do a hydra’s cells get nutrients since there is no blood flow? _________________________
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Identify into which kingdom that the organisms we studied would be classified.
Review of Experiment parts:
1. A Claim is _____________________________________________________________________
2. A hypothesis is__________________________________________________________________
3. The IV is ______________________________________________________________________
and can be identified by __________________________________________________________
4. The DV is _____________________________________________________________________
and can be identified by __________________________________________________________
5. Constants are ___________________________________________________________________
6. The control group is _____________________________________________________________
7. Why are measurements taken before the experiment begins? _____________________________
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8. What makes results reliable? _____________________________________________________
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9. How can you tell if the claim is valid (true)? __________________________________________
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10. How do you write a conclusion? ____________________________________________________
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