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A plant's growth response toward or away from a stimulus is called
a) germination
b) photoperiodism
c) a tropism
d) a dormancy

Which type of reproduction involves the joining of sperm and egg?
a) Asexual
b) Acquired
c) Inherited
d) Sexual

Plant roots grow down as a response to which stimulus?
a) Gravity
b) Light
c) Touch
d) Moisture

How can genetic mutations be passed to offspring?
a) In sex cells
b) In body cells
c) Through environmental factors
d) All of the above.

What structures and materials are found in all cells?
a) Cell membrane, nucleus, chloroplasts, and mitochondria
b) Cell wall, nucleus, mitochondria, and lysosomes
c) Cell wall, nucleus, chloroplasts, and other organelles
d) Cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, and other organelles

What is the energy transformation that takes place when we eat, starting with the energy that comes with food?
a) chemical becomes mechanical and thermal
b) mechanical becomes electrical
c) chemical becomes electromagnetic and thermal
d) electrical becomes mechanical and sound

Which statement summarizes the differences between a plant cell and an animal cell?
a) Plant cells lack cell walls but have chloroplasts. Animal cells have ribosomes, which are rarely found in plant cells.
b) Animal cells lack cell walls but have chloroplasts. Plant cells have ribosomes, which are rarely found in animal cells.
c) Animal cells have cell walls and chloroplasts. Plant cells have lysosomes, which are rarely found in animal cells.
d) Plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts. Animal cells have lysosomes, which are rarely found in plant cells.

We take in __________ and rid of the gas ___________. This takes place in the __________system.
a) carbon dioxide; oxygen; circulatory
b) oxygen; carbon dioxide; respiratory
c) carbon dioxide; oxygen; respiratory
d) oxygen; carbon dioxide; endocrine

Which of the following needs to maintain homeostasis in our bodies?
a) water balance
b) internal temperature
c) stress and physical balance
d) all of the above

What is the correct order of the human body from smallest to largest?
a) organism, system, organ, tissue, cell
b) tissue, cell, organ, system, organism
c) cell, tissue, organ, system, organism
d) cell, organ, tissue, system, organism

Which of the following traits is influenced by both inheritance and environmental factors?
a) the ability to sing well
b) natural hair color
c) the ability to cough
d) dyed hair color

What is the function of a nucleus?
a) To speed up the break down of organic compounds.
b) To direct all of the cell's functions and carry information from parents to offspring.
c) To provide oxygen to living things.
d) To use sunlight to create glucose through photosynthesis.

The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests insects and spiders. A fly lands on a leaf and the leaf jaws snap shut, trapping the fly. The plant is most likely responding to which stimulus?
a) The fly's touch.
b) The fly's shadow.
c) The odor of the fly.
d) The chemicals in the fly's feet.

Which situation would result in the most genetically diverse offspring?
a) Bees bring pollen from the flower of one plant to the flower of another.
b) An amoeba in a freshwater pond reproduces through cell division.
c) An orchid pistil receives pollen from a stamen of the same flower.
d) A piece of potato containing a bud is removed and planted.

What does the digestive system and respiratory system have in common?
a) They both remove solid waste from the body.
b) They both take in needed materials from outside the body.
c) They work together to deliver oxygen to the body.
d) They control the body's growth, development, and energy processes.

Which system filters toxins out of the blood and removes liquid wastes?
a) endocrine
b) respiratory
c) digestive
d) excretory

delivery system in the body
a) nervous
b) reproductive
c) circulatory
d) digestive

Which system creates hormones in glands?
a) integumentary
b) circulatory
c) endocrine
d) reproductive

Why must cells remove harmful wastes?
a) The build-up of harmful wastes can disrupt homeostasis.
b) The build-up of harmful wastes can be poisonous to the body.
c) If waste materials build up, then materials the cell needs cannot enter.
d) All of the above.

When cells are damaged, new cells are created by cell division. How does the cell theory support this fact?
a) It states that all cells have a nucleus which divides.
b) It states that cells come from previously existing cells.
c) It states that all living things are made up of one or more cells.
d) It states that the basic units of structure and function are cells.

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