Study Guide for Science
Section 1
Which of these is a form of energy?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Atoms
Air
Heat
Snails
Which of these is matter?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Rocks
Sunlight
Heat
Nuclear power
Which two elements make up most of your body?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Chlorine and magnesium
Sulfur and gold
Oxygen and carbon
Calcium and silver
Water is a/an _________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Element
Compound
Enzyme
Lipid
When two or more substances mix evenly, they form a _______________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Vesicle
Chloroplast
Producer
Solution
Which of there is an inorganic compound?
A) Sugars
B) Hydrochloric acid
C) Fats
D) Phospholipids
Which of these is an organic compound?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Lipids
Water
Calcium phosphate
Potassium chloride
Genetic material is found in which organic compound?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Nucleic acid
Sodium bicarbonate
Proteins
Carbohydrates
_______________ is the most important inorganic compound for organisms.
A)
B)
C)
D)
A lipid
A carbohydrate
Sodium bicarbonate
Water
At least 60 percent of a human’s body weight consists of water. About how many
pounds of water does a 140 pound person’s body have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
48
140
84
840
Where is most of your body’s water located?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Outside body cells
Within body cells
In the brain
Around the heart
Section 2
Which of these is an example of passive transport?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Endocytosis
RNA
Osmosis
Ions
________________ allows some things to enter and leave cells, while keeping
other things in the cell or keeping other things out of the cell.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Osmosis
Metabolism
A selectively permeable membrane
Fermentation
What stops the process of diffusion in cells?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Vesicles
Equilibrium
Respiration
Elements
What is the transport and storage structure in a cell’s cytoplasm?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Nucleus
Inorganic compounds
Cell membrane
Vesicles
Which process happens when vesicles release their contents outside the cell?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Photosynthesis
Passive transport
Chemical reactions
Exocytosis
Some one-celled organisms take in food through _____________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Enzymes
Endocytosis
Lipids
Mitosis
Section 3
You use a washing machine to get dirt off of your clothes. The machine is like
______________ in cells.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Proteins
Enzymes
Glucose
Carbon
Metabolism is the total of all _______________ in an organism.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Chemical reactions
Organic compounds
Ions
Fats
Plants make food through ________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Osmosis
Atoms
Photosynthesis
Nitrogen
Why are plants green?
A)
B)
C)
D)
They contain marrow.
They contain chlorophyll.
The contain juice.
They contain pollen.
Which of these processes releases energy?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Diffusion
Fermentation
Exocytosis
Respiration
Which of these is a waste product of fermentation?
A) DNA
B) Water
C) Carbohydrates
D) Lactic acid
What is produced as a result of respiration?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Sugars and oxygen
Carbon dioxide and water
Phosphorous and starch
Hydrochloric acid and sodium
Organisms that cannot make their own food are called __________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Mixtures
Consumers
Suspensions
Nucleic acids
Essays:
Explain the process of passive transport, diffusion, and osmosis.
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Compare and contrast photosynthesis and respiration.
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Good Luck Studying!!!!! –Georgia Kuehn