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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8. In the experiment above what would be the independent variable? What Changed?

The food9. In the experiment above what would be the dependent variable?

What was Measured?The number of eggs

10. In the experiment above what would be the Constant variable?What stayed the same?

The chicken

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?

BeakerBalance

Erlenmeyer Flask

WHAT IS IT?

Florence Flask

Test tube rack Graduated Cylinder

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?

ThoughtLightAir

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 INERTIAthe 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 wallsChloroplastLarge 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……

ThymineAdenine CytosineGuanine

remember TexasAggiesHave

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.

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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?

TTTttt

TTT

49. NAME THE STAGES OF MITOSIS SHOWN IN EACH PICTURE

Telophase Metaphase Anaphase Prophase

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:

54. Fertilization:

55. Zygote:

Takes place in body cells

Joining of two sex cells.

Cell that forms in fertilization.

56. Egg:

57. Sperm:

58. Probability:

Sex cells from female reproductive organ.

Sex cells from male reproductive organ.

Helps determine the chance that something will occur

59. Heterozygous:

60. Phenotype:

61. Genotype:

62. Punnett Square:

Organisms with two different alleles for a trait.

Physical appearance of an organism

Genetic makeup of an organism

A genetic tool that uses letters to represent dominant and recessive alleles

63. Dominant Trait:

64. Recessive:

65. Alleles:

A trait that covers up another factor

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: 70. Geotropism: 71. Phototropism: 72. Thigmotropism:

Response to Water

Response to Earth

Response to Light

Response to Touch

73. WHAT IS THE CORRECT SEQUENCE IN THE STAGES OF MITOSIS?

InterphaseProphaseMetaphaseAnaphasetelophase

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: 81. Endoplasmic Reticulum:

82. Cytoplasm:

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

Canals that move materials through the cell

Jelly- like material that holds the cell parts together, place where chemical reactions take place

83. Vacuole: 84. Ribosome: 85. Mitochondria: 86. Nucleus:

87. Golgi Bodies:

Sacks that can store food, water and waste

Makes proteins for the cell.Breaks down food molecules

releases energy, “powerhouse” of the cell.

Controls cells activity, the “brain” of the cell.

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 formedb. four haploid sex cells are formedc. two diploid cells are formedd. 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 shapeEar shapeeye colorhair 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