CASH CAB Life Science Test review
$25. Describe the function of the cell membrane
Answer: it controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell
$25 All organisms are made up of ________
Answer: One or more cells
$25. True or False: Cells of all living things contain the same structures
Answer: False, plant cells contain chloroplasts and cell walls and animal cells do not.
$25. What two body systems provide oxygen to all the cells of your body? A. Digestive and respiratory B. Respiratory and Circulatory C. Respiratory and Excretory
Answer: B. The respiratory brings the oxygen into your body, and the circulatory delivers oxygen to every cell of your body.
$50. Human body systems interact to remove wastes from every cell of our body. What two systems remove wastes? A. Circulatory and endocrine B. Respiratory and lymphatic C. Circulatory and excretory
Answer: C. The circulatory system carries wastes away from every cell, and the excretory system flushes wastes from our bodies when we go to the restroom.
$50. Name two ways that seeds are dispersed
Answer: air, animals
$50. When your nervous system senses the presence of too much carbon dioxide in your blood, what system is stimulated to respond? A. Endocrine B. Immune C. Integumentary D. Respiratory
Answer: D. Your respiratory system is stimulated to breathe faster, releasing the built up carbon dioxide in your body back into the air.
$50. What structure in a cell stores liquid wastes until they are ready to be eliminated from the cell?
Answer: The vacuole can store liquid wastes
$100. What part of the cell stores genetic information?
Answer: the nucleus
$100. What is the function of the chloroplast in a plant cell?
Answer: make food through photosynthesis
$100. Compare a cell to a factory. What is the nucleus most like?
Answer: the boss
$100. Put in order from simplest to most complex: tissue, cell, organ system, organism, organ
Answer: Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
$100. How is the mitochondria like the food court at the mall?
Answer: It produces energy
$100. What kind of cell produces it’s own food?
Answer: A plant cell
$100. Explain the differences between an animal cell and a plant cell
A plant cell contains chloroplasts and a cell wall, an animal cell does not. An animal cell contains lysosomes and centrioles and most plant cells do not. Answer:
$100 What is the function of the cell wall and vacuole?
Answer: To provide support and protection to the plant cell
$100. Describe three internal adaptations
Answer: gills in fish, hollow bones in birds, xylem in plants