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3. Information obtained from government or _____ web sites is usually the most reliable.

4. educational institution

5. A scientific _____ is an explanation of things or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.

6. theory

7. Of the following, what organelle is in both plant and animal cells? cell wall, chloroplasts, cytoskeleton

8. cytoskeleton

9. Where is genetic information stored in plant and animal cells?

10. nucleus

11. What organelle uses sunlight energy to make food?

12. chloroplasts

13. How do multicellular organisms grow?

14. the number of cells increases

15. What is the first phase of mitosis?

16. prophase

17. What is the most complex level of organization?

18. organism

19. How many times does division of the nucleus and cytokinesis happen in meiosis?

20. two

21. Label the diagram.

22. A. central vacuole B. chloroplasts C. nucleus

23. What can genetic variation and environmental factors cause over time in a population?

24. evolution

25. What is the process that allows for only some individuals to survive when there are limited resources, such as food, water, and habitat?

26. natural selection

27. Scientists believe that the Earth is about _____ billion years old.

28. 4.6

29. Inherited traits that increase an organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment are called _____.

30. adaptations

31. When all the individuals of a particular species die off, the species is _____.

32. extinct

33. List the classification hierarchy of organisms from largest to smallest.

34. Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

35. What is the term for the movement in which all the muscle filaments move away from each other?

36. relaxation

37. Which joints allow the greatest range of motion?

38. ball-and-socket joint

39. A rake is an example of what kind of lever?

40. third-class

41. What occurs if coronary arteries cannot supply enough blood to the heart?

42. heart attack

43. The relative age of something is _____.

44. its age in comparison to other things.

45. Which of the following is not a method scientists use to divide the geologic time scale into units? Mass extinctions Major changes in climate

46. major changes in climate

47. Which of the following is not a common explanation for mass extinction? Asteroid impact Changes in Earth’s orbit around the Sun

48. changes in Earth’s orbit around the Sun

49. In the eye, the _____ is the opening through which light enters.

50. pupil

51. What is the thin layer of skin that vibrates when sound waves hit it?

52. tympanic membrane

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54. Which of the following does not belong in a lab report? hypothesis, procedure, opinions, conclusion

55. opinions

56. What tool would you use to view extremely small organisms?

57. an electron microscope

58. What are the three parts of the cell theory?

59. All new cells come from preexisting cells The cell is the smallest unit of life All organisms are made of one or more cells

60. What contains the genetic information?

61. chromosomes

62. Which organelle releases energy for cell functions?

63. mitochondria

64. If a diploid tomato cell has 24 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will the tomato’s sex cells have?

65. 12

66. What flower structure becomes fruit surrounding the seed?

67. ovary

68. If a rabbit with one brown-fur allele and one white-fur allele has brown fur, which allele would you suspect was dominant?

69. the brown-fur allele

70. What type of inheritance is the result of multiple genes determining the phenotype of a trait?

71. polygenic inheritance

72. What is a group of cells that work together to perform a function called?

73. tissue

74. The remains or traces of once-living organisms are known as _____.

75. fossils

76. What does the depth of a fossil in the rock layer tell us about the fossil?

77. how old it is

78. Which of the following does the fossil record not indicate? Species have evolved through natural selection Environmental conditions on Earth have not changed much.

80. What type of structures can indicate how closely species share a common ancestor?

81. homologous structures

82. How does the movement of lithospheric plates possibly lead to the evolution of a new species?

83. environmental changes

84. What prevents the backflow of blood?

85. valves

86. Visible light is a narrow band of wavelengths in _____.

87. the electromagnetic spectrum

88. What occurs when you look at an object at the bottom of a pool of water?

89. refraction

90. What is the Law of Reflection?

91. When a light ray is reflected from a surface, the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.

92. Why does a prism produce a colored spectrum when white light passes through it?

93. The prism refracts light waves into different wavelengths.

94. What process includes heating, melting, cooling, uplift, weathering, and increasing pressure?

95. the rock cycle

96. What describes the relationship between the ages of the Earth and the Moon?

97. They are about the same age.

98. What occurs at the end of a geologic era?

99. an extinction

100. A hand lens produces an enlarged image of an object when the lens is _____ from the object.

101. less than one focal length

102. Under what conditions do light rays travel in straight lines?

103. when the speed of the light wave doesn’t change