Study Guide: Unit 1 Test
1. Match the following terms to their definitions:
___________________________A change in maturity
___________________________Ability to keep internal body conditions the same when the
environment changes
___________________________An increase in size
___________________________Fully grown organism capable of reproduction
___________________________Organisms that must eat to gain energy
___________________________Reproduction involving one parent, results in offspring the
same as the parent
___________________________Reproduction involving two parents, results in offspring
different from the parent
___________________________Scientific name of a baby
adult
growth
sexual
asexual
heterotroph
autotroph
homeostasis
development
offspring
2. List three examples of things your body keeps at homeostasis.
3. Humans have (asexual/sexual) reproduction.
4. Humans are (autotrophs/heterotrophs)
5. Match the following terms to their definitions:
__________________________basic unit of life
_________________________change in an
environment
_________________________change over time
_________________________differences among organisms that allow them to be better
suited to their environment
_________________________made of many cells
_________________________made of one
cell
_________________________orderly structure
_________________________reaction to a
stimulus
_________________________where an organism lives
adaptation
multicellular
unicellular
cell
organization
environment
response
evolution
stimulus
6. When using a compound microscope, what happens if the light is to bright?
7. What is added to a wet mount slide that is not added to a dry mount slide.
8. Draw and label a slide and coverslip.
9. Match the following terms to their definitions:
________________________large groupings of living things
________________________organisms that break down chemicals in living things and
return them to the soil
________________________organisms that contain a nucleus
________________________organisms that lack a nucleus
________________________structure that contains DNA
decomposer, eukaryote, kingdom, nucleus, prokaryote
10. Match the following kingdoms to their descriptions
_________________________eukaryotic decomposers
_________________________multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotes
_________________________multicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotes
_________________________prokaryotes that live where we live
_________________________Catch-all kingdom
_________________________prokaryotes that live in harsh conditions
Animalia
Fungi
Archaebacteria
Plantae
Eubacteria
Protista
11. Match the following terms to their definitions
________________________any living thing
________________________evidence
________________________knowledge of the natural world
________________________study of life
________________________use senses to gain information
biology
science
data
observation
organisms
12. Name two ways in which biology is used in everyday life.
13. Label the parts of the following dissection microscope using the word bank
below.
base
objectives
clips
stage
eyepiece
focus knobs
14. When using a microscope, you should not usually use clips. Why?
15. Place the following steps of the scientific method in the correct order. On the
line, place the numbers 1 – 6.
_______Analyze results
_______Design and run an experiment
_______Find a problem
_______Make a hypothesis based on background information
_______Repeat the experiment and make a conclusion
_______Revisit hypothesis and change if necessary
16. Often, hypothesis is defined as an educated guess. Why is this a poor definition?
17. True or false: Scientists must use creativity to come up with a new hypothesis.
18. True or false: An experiment usually has just one hypothesis.