8th Grade Science Test Chapter - Chapters 10-12
- 1.Which cells are large and loose and designed for storing food?
- A.
Cortex
- B.
Phloem
- C.
Storage
- D.
Pantry
- 2.An autotroph is an organism capable of ___________________________________________.
- A.
Reproducing less than once a year
- B.
Making it's own food
- C.
Making seeds
- D.
Saving the world
- 3.A dicot is a plant with _________ seed leaves and a monocot is a plant with _________ seed leaves.
- A.
Dicot, monocot
- B.
Monocot, dicot
- C.
Brophytes, conifers
- D.
Conifers, brophytes
- 4.How are plants classified?
- A.
According to texture
- B.
According to structure
- C.
According to color
- D.
According to location
- 5.Ferns do not make _________________________ and therefore are in the class filicineae.
- A.
Money
- B.
Food
- C.
Seeds
- D.
Carbon dioxide
- 6.Regeneration is the ability of some animals to ______________________________.
- A.
Make their own food
- B.
Make carbon dioxide
- C.
Regrow a missing body part
- D.
Make seeds
- 7.Carnivores eat _____________, herbivores eat ________________, omnivores eat _______________ and insectivores eat _______________.
- A.
Plants, meat, nothing (they make their own food), insects
- B.
Meat, plants, both meat and plants, insects
- C.
Both meat and plants, plants, meat, insects
- D.
Plants, meat, insects, nothing (they make their own food)
- 8.Which division is the largest?
- A.
Genus
- B.
Species
- C.
Kingdom
- D.
Order
- 9.Which division is the smallest?
- A.
Species
- B.
Kingdom
- C.
Order
- D.
Genus
- 10.An amphibian is an animal with ______________ skin that has __________ and then _________________.
- A.
Moist, gills, wings
- B.
Dry, lungs, gills
- C.
Dry, wings, gills
- D.
Moist, gills, lungs
- 11.What are the four stages of complete metamorphisis (in the correct order)?
- A.
Larva, egg, pupa, adult
- B.
Egg, larva, pupa, adult
- C.
Egg, nymph, pupa, adult
- D.
Adult, pupa, larva, nymph
- 12.How many different kinds of organisms have the genus and species names Hippopotamus amphibius?
- A.
Ten
- B.
One
- C.
Ten thousand
- D.
Twelve
- 13.A calorie is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of _________________ one degree centigrade.
- A.
Fat
- B.
Water
- C.
Sugar
- D.
Bacteria
- 14.Another name for hydrogen oxide
- A.
Carbon dioxide
- B.
Sulfer
- C.
Oxygen
- D.
Water
- 15.Any disease that is able to be "caught" by contact with the person who has it, or by things they touched, is called _______________.
- A.
Infectious
- B.
Noninfectious
- C.
Dangerous
- D.
Deadly
- 16.______________ are complex organic compounds needed in very small amounts by living things.
- A.
Antibodies
- B.
Vitamins
- C.
Carbohydrates
- D.
Cells
- 17.Scurvy is a disease that is caused by a ________________________.
- A.
Excess of vitamin C
- B.
Lack of vitamin C
- C.
Insufficient amount of calcium
- D.
Overabundance of calcium
- 18._______________________________ made the rabies vaccine
- A.
Louis Pasteur
- B.
Marie Curie
- C.
Emil von Behrig
- D.
Edward Jenner
- 19.A source of materials to nourish the body is called ____________________________.
- A.
Water
- B.
Amino acids
- C.
Nutrition
- D.
Ingestion
- 20.The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) is called ______________.
- A.
Ingestion
- B.
Digestion
- C.
Absorbtion
- D.
Respiration
- 21.The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic moelcules is called _______________.
- A.
Glycogention
- B.
Ingestion
- C.
Assimilation
- D.
Cellular respiration
- 22.Carbohydrates are the ________________ and _______________ present in foods.
- A.
Starches, sugars
- B.
Calories, sugars
- C.
Sugars, fats
- D.
Fats, starches
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