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FIRST SEMESTER FINAL
REVIEW 2013/14
1. IN AN EXPERIMENT WHICH VARIABLE CAN YOU CHANGE?
Independent Variable
2. WHICH VARIABLE IS BEING MEASURED IN AN EXPERIMENT?
Dependent Variable
3. WHAT VARIABLE STAYS THE SAME THROUGH THE ENTIRE
EXPERIMENT?
Constant
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4. SCIENTISTS USE THEIR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERIENCE TO ________________________________.
Make/ form a hypothesis
5.
WHAT DO WE USE TO ANALYZE DATA?
•Tables
• Charts
• and Graphs
6. BITS OF INFORMATION YOU GATHER WITH YOUR
SENSES ARE CALLED _________________________.
observations
7. THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM YOUR
SENSES LEAD TO FORMING
Inferences
AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THE
FOOD GIVEN TO A SPECIFIC TYPE OF CHICKEN WOULD AFFECT
THE NUMBER OF EGGS IT LAYS.
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In the experiment above what would be the independent variable?
What Changed?
The food
In the experiment above what would be the dependent variable?
What was Measured?
The number of eggs
In the experiment above what would be the Constant variable?
What stayed the same?
The chicken
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11. WHAT INSTRUMENT WOULD YOU USE TO
MEASURE THE LENGTH OF A SCHOOL BUS?
A meter stick/ Metric measuring tape
12. . WHAT INSTRUMENT WOULD YOU USE TO
MEASURE 18 GRAMS OF SUGAR?
Triple beam balance
13. WHAT INSTRUMENT WOULD YOU USE
TO MEASURE 35 ML OF WATER?
Graduated cylinder
14. . WHAT INSTRUMENT WOULD YOU USE TO
MEASURE THE MASS OF TWO PENNIES?
Triple beam balance
15. . WHAT INSTRUMENT WOULD YOU USE TO
MEASURE 17 CENTIMETERS OF YARN?
Meter stick
WHAT IS IT?
Erlenmeyer Flask
Balance
Beaker
WHAT IS IT?
Florence Flask
Graduated Cylinder
Test tube rack
22. . WHAT SYSTEM OF UNITS ARE PART OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS, OR SI?
The metric system – Meters etc.
23. WHAT IS MATTER AND WHAT IS NOT CLASSIFIED
AS MATTER?
• Anything that has mass and takes up space
and is made up of different kinds of atoms;
includes all things that can be seen, tasted,
smelled or touched but DOES NOT include
heat, sound or light.
24. Which of the following has mass and takes up
space?
Thought
Light
Air
Emotion
25. NEWTON’S FIRST LAW OF MOTION STATES
THAT AN OBJECT STAYS AT REST UNLESS A(N)
____________ ACTS ON IT
unbalanced force
26
. DEFINE INERTIA
the tendency to resist a change in
motion
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS HAS THE
GREATEST INERTIA?
•Baseball
•bowling ball
• pencil
•toothpick
27. WHAT IS A FORCE?
a push or a pull
28. FOR AN IDEAL MACHINE, THE WORK IN IS EQUAL
TO THE ___________________________________.
work out
29. A FORCE IS EXERTED ON A BOX AND AN EQUAL AND
OPPOSITE FORCE IS EXERTED BY THE BOX. WHAT LAW
EXPLAINS THIS?
Newton’s third law of motion
30. THE GROWTH RESPONSE RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF
HOURS OF DAYLIGHT AND DARKNESS IS CALLED
Photoperiodism
31. ALL CELLS WANT TO MAINTAIN A STATE OF ?
Balance
32. WHAT RIDS THE CELL OF WASTE PRODUCTS AND BRINGS
NUTRIENT INTO THE CELL. THIS PROCESS MOVES PARTICLES
FROM AREAS OF HIGH CONCENTRATION TO AREAS OF LOW
CONCENTRATION
Diffusion
33. IF A PLANT IS GROWING TOWARDS A SOURCE OF
LIGHT, THIS IS A ___ POSITIVE PHOTOTROPISM.
Positive Phototropism
34. IF A PLANT IS GROWING TOWARDS A SOURCE OF
LIGHT, THIS IS A ___ POSITIVE PHOTOTROPISM
Cell walls
Chloroplast
Large Vacuoles
36. MOST OF THE LIFE OF ANY CELL IS SPENT IN A
PERIOD OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT CALLED
Interphase
37. THE CHROMOSOMES IN THE NUCLEUS OF A CELL
CONTAIN A CODE KNOWN AS
DNA
38. DNA CONTAINS THE NITROGEN BASE……
Thymine
Adenine
Cytosine
Guanine
remember
Texas
Aggies
Have
Cute
Girlfriends
39. A CELL THAT HAS TWO OF EVERY KIND OF
CHROMOSOME IS
Diploid
40. . HAPLOID NUMBERS OF CHROMOSOMES ARE USUALLY
FOUND IN THE ____CELLS OF AN ORGANISM.
Sex cells
41. EACH HUMAN SKIN CELL HAS __ PAIRS OF
CHROMOSOMES.
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42. . HYDRA REPRODUCE BY ______________.
Budding
43. IN _________________ A BODY PART REGROWS
AND MAY FORM A NEW ORGANISM.
Regeneration
44. A PUNNETT SQUARE SHOWS YOU ALL THE WAYS
IN WHICH ____________ CAN COMBINE.
alleles
45. HAIR COLOR IN HUMANS IS CONTROLLED BY ____
ALLELES.
46. MENDEL CALLED PLANTS THAT RECEIVED
DIFFERENT ALLELES FOR A TRAIT FROM EACH PARENT
Hybrid
47. IN A PUNNETT SQUARE, A CAPITAL LETTER
STANDS FOR A ___________ ALLELE.
Dominate
48. OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH REPRESENTS A
HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE GENOTYPE?
TT
Tt
tt
TTT
49. NAME THE STAGES OF MITOSIS SHOWN IN EACH PICTURE
Telophase
Prophase
Metaphase Anaphase
50. THE HARDER YOU PEDAL A BICYCLE, THE FASTER IT
WILL GO
Newton’s Second Law
51. THE MAIN REASON A PERSON CAN JUMP OFF THE
GROUND. ___________________________.
Newton’s Third Law
52. A HOCKEY PUCK WILL SLIDE ACROSS ICE FOR A
LONG TIME WHEN HIT.
Newton’s First Law
53. Mitosis:
Takes place in body cells
54. Fertilization: Joining of two sex cells.
55. Zygote:
Cell that forms in fertilization.
56. Egg:
Sex cells from female reproductive organ.
57. Sperm: Sex cells from male reproductive organ.
Helps
determine
the
chance
that
58. Probability:
something will occur
59. Heterozygous:
Organisms with two different alleles for
a trait.
60. Phenotype:
Physical appearance of an organism
61. Genotype:
Genetic makeup of an organism
62. Punnett
A genetic tool that uses letters to
Square: represent dominant and recessive
alleles
63. Dominant Trait: A trait that covers up another
factor
64. Recessive:
65. Alleles:
Trait A trait that seems to
disappear
The different forms a gene
has for a trait
66. WHAT IS THE EQUATION FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
6CO2 + 6H2O + Light Energy --> C6H12O6 + 6O2
67. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PART OF THE PLANT THAT ALLOWS
GASES TO ENTER AND EXIT THE LEAF FOR THE PROCESS OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
stoma
68. THE GREEN COLOR OF TREE LEAVES IS DUE TO
GREEN LIGHT ENERGY REFLECTED FROM ____.
chlorophyll
69. Hydrotropism:
Response to Water
70. Geotropism:
Response to Earth
71. Phototropism:
Response to Light
72. Thigmotropism: Response to Touch
73. WHAT IS THE CORRECT SEQUENCE IN THE STAGES OF
MITOSIS?
Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
telophase
74. WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO STUDY HOW
TRAITS WERE PASSED FORM PARENTS TO OFFSPRING?
Gregor Mendel
75. WHAT LAB TOOL WOULD YOU USE TO MEASURE
THE VOLUME OF A LIQUID?
Graduated Cylinder
76. WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A LIQUID CHANGES
INTO A GAS?
evaporation / boiling
77. WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A GAS CHANGES TO A
LIQUID?
condensation
78. WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A LIQUID CHANGES TO
A SOLID?
freezing
79. HOW IS SUBLIMATION DIFFERENT THAN
VAPORIZATION, CONDENSATION AND MELTING?
Sublimation does not
include a liquid phase.
80. Cell Membrane:
Controls what goes in and out of the cell
81. Endoplasmic Reticulum: Canals that move materials through the
cell
82. Cytoplasm:
Jelly- like material that holds the cell
parts together, place where chemical
reactions take place
83. Vacuole:
Sacks that can store food, water and waste
84. Ribosome:
Makes proteins for the cell.
Breaks down food molecules
85. Mitochondria: releases energy, “powerhouse” of the cell.
86. Nucleus:
Controls cells activity, the “brain” of the cell.
87. Golgi Bodies: Prepare and pack material to be moved.
88.
CHLOROPLAST
Where photosynthesis
takes place in a plant cell
89. WHICH STATEMENT BEST DESCRIBES
WHAT HAPPENS DURING MEIOSIS II?
a. four diploid sex cells are formed
b. four haploid sex cells are formed
c. two diploid cells are formed
d. two haploid cells are formed
90. DEFINE MUTATION:
mistakes that sometimes
happen when DNA is being
copied.
91. Mutations might affect the health
of a species by –
a. limiting the genetic variety of a species
b. limiting the species ability to grow, repair or maintain itself
c. increasing the efficiency of protein production
d. Increasing the number of steps that occur during mitosis
92. LIST AT LEAST 4 EXAMPLES OF TRAITS THAT ARE
INHERITED FROM YOUR PARENTS.
Nose shape
Ear shape
eye color
hair color
93. IN 1953, SCIENTISTS WATSON AND CRICK MADE AN
ACCURATE MODEL OF A DNA MOLECULE. WHAT DID THEY
SAY IT LOOKED LIKE?
Twisted Ladder
94. AS HEAT INCREASES DURING A REACTION SO
DOES THE ____ ENERGY.
kinetic
95. ANOTHER TERM USED FOR HEAT IS _________.
Thermal energy
96. A POT OF WATER BOILS AWAY ON A HEATED
STOVE.
evaporation
97. WATER VAPOR FORMS FROST ON A WINDOW.
deposition
98. WATER VAPOR IN A CLOUD TURNS INTO RAIN.
condensation
99. THE COLOR CHANGE OF LEAVES IN THE FALL.
Chemical
100. MELTING OF THE WAX ON A BURNING CANDLE.
physical
101. THE COLOR CHANGE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
IN NEW YORK CITY. __
Chemical
102. CUTTING OF FIREWOOD FOR THE WINTER.
physical