Download Name Period ______ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review Chapter 1: Characteristics of Living Things 1. Six Characteristics of Living Things a. _____________________________ b. _____________________________ c. _____________________________ d. _____________________________ e. _____________________________ f. _____________________________ 2. Eight Levels of Classification a. _____________________________ b. _____________________________ c. _____________________________ d. _____________________________ e. _____________________________ f. _____________________________ g. _____________________________ h. _____________________________ 3. Which two levels of the classification system are used to name organisms?

4. How should a scientific name be written?

5. Four Needs of Survival i. _____________________________ j. _____________________________ k. _____________________________ l. _____________________________ 6. Describe homeostasis:

7. What is spontaneous generation?

8. Which scientists performed experiments to disprove spontaneous generation?

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review

9. Name and describe the 3 Domains: Domain

Description

10. Name and describe the four Kingdoms of Eukarya: Kingdom

Description

11. Compare & Contrast Prokaryotic

Eukaryotic

Unicellular

Multicellular

Sexual Reproduction

Asexual Reproduction

Autotroph

Heterotroph

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review Chapter 2: Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi 12. Define a decomposer and provide an example:

13. Are viruses living or non-living? Why?

14. In order to multiply, a virus must _____________________________________________. 15. A ___________________________ is a substance introduced to the body to help produce _________________________ that __________________________ specific viruses. 16. Describe the relationship between a host and a parasite:

17. Fill in the chart below:

Characteristics

Needs to survive

Role in the Environment

Viruses

Bacteria

tiny, ________-______________ particle

unicellular _____________________

a _________ organism from which to get energy to live.

A way to get energy (food): Bacteria are both ___________________ &

takes over cell’s _________________ and ___________________ cell.

Most are harmful

______________________ Some are helpful, some harmful Ways bacteria can be helpful: 1._______________________________ 2._______________________________ 3._______________________________

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review 18. Use the word bank below to fill in the paragraph about protists: Word Bank amoeba

multicellular

heterotroph

protozoans

flagella

paramecia

unicellular

cytoplasm

pseudopod

cilia

Most protists are _________________________, but some are __________________________. Animal-like protists are called ________________________. They are _____________________ and are able to move to get their food. One protozoan, called an ___________________, gets its food by moving the jelly –like substance, _______________________________, toward the food. It creates a “false-foot” called a _____________________________ to capture the food. Other protozoans, like the __________________________ use small “hair-like” projections called, ____________, to move. While others use long “whip-like” tails, called ________________________.

19. Describe the cell structure of fungi:

20. How do fungi reproduce?

21. How do fungi get their food?

22. Give two examples of fungi:

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review Chapter 3: Plants 23. Name several characteristics that (almost) all plants share? 1. ______________________________________ 2. ______________________________________ 3. ______________________________________ 4. ______________________________________ 24. Describe photosynthesis. What does this process do for the plant?

25. What is the name of the structure in a plant cell in which food is made called?

26. Please label the parts of the flower indicated:

a.) The _________________ are the male reproductive parts of the flower.

b.) The __________________ is the female reproductive part of the flower.

27. _________________________ _______________________ is a system of tubelike structures inside a plant through which water, minerals, and food move.

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review 28. The tissue that transports food is called the ________________________, while the tissue that transports minerals and water is called the ____________________.

29. Describe and give an example of a non-vascular plant:

30. Describe and give an example of a seedless vascular plant. How do they reproduce?

31. Compare and Contrast Angiosperm

Gymnosperm

Monocot

Dicot

Herbaceous Stems

Woody Stems

32. Describe why some tree rings are darker than others (pg. 102-103):

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review Chapter 4: Animal Kingdom 33. Which of the following is the name of the phylum that includes all vertebrates? A) Mollusk

B) Chordates

C) Vertebrates

D) Arthropod

34. Name the three different phyla of worms:

35. How many segments and legs do insects have? How many do arachnids have?

36. Which phylum includes invertebrates with stinging cells? ________________________________

37. Which phylum includes squid, clams, and snails? What are the names of the classes in this phylum?

38. Name and describe the main characteristics of the 3 orders of Fish: Name

Description

39. Name and describe the main characteristics of the three orders of Mammals: Name

Description

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review 40. Describe evolution: (pg. 26):

41. What is Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution (pg. 26)?

42. Which class of vertebrates has adapted parts of their bodies to be able to fly and to access different types of food? Ex. Seeds, bugs, meat, or nectar.

43. How have reptiles adapted to live on land?

44. Compare and Contrast: Endothermic

Ectothermic

Radial Symmetry

Bilateral Symmetry

Gills

Lungs

Amphibian

Reptile

Name ______________________________________________________________ Period ___________ Semester 1: Common Assessment Review