1 st Quarter EQT Study

1. 1st Quarter EQT Study 7th grade

2. Which student correctly identifies the cell structure responsible for storing water and other liquids and the structure responsible for directing the allowing of materials into and out of the cell? Student 1 (vacuole and cell membrane)

3. WHAT IS AN ASEXUAL FORM OF REPRODUCING THAT OCCURS WHEN A SMALL PART OF THE PARENT’S BODY DEVELOPS INTO AN INDEPENDENT ORGANISM? BUDDING OR CONJUGATION Budding

4. What is a major reproductive difference between plants and animals? Plant can be both Male AND Female , Animals can not.

5. IN WHAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT DOES EXTERNAL FERTILIZATION TAKE PLACE? Moist / Water

6. A STUDENT PUTS SOIL IN THE BOTTOM OF A JAR, PLANTS SOME SEEDS, ADDS WATER, AND PUTS A LID ON THE JAR. THE SEEDS SPROUT BUT SOON DIE. WHICH CHARACTERISTIC OF LIFE IS MOST LIMITED BY THE CLOSED LID OF THE JAR? there would be no Exchange of gases.

7. In eukaryotic cells, what is the main function of a chloroplast? Capture energy from sunlight.

8. According to the chart, which set of conditions represents the process of photosynthesis? C. Plant, Light, Use CO₂ and water, Produce sugar and oxygen.

9. What happens during photosynthesis? Plants change carbon dioxide and sunlight into food and oxygen.

10. EVEN ON A WINDY DAY, MOST PLANTS CAN REMAIN UPRIGHT. WHICH STRUCTURE PLAYS THE GREATEST ROLE IN PROVIDING A PLANT WITH THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT? Cell wall

11. USE THE DIAGRAM BELOW TO INDICATE WHERE THE MOST TRANSPIRATION WILL OCCUR. S (leaf)

12. Which student correctly identified characteristics that are specific to animals? Student 4 (No cell wall, No Photosynthesis)

13. How does photosynthesis benefit heterotrophs? It creates food in the plants that heterotrophs (animals) eat.

14. What are characteristics shared by all animals?Animals can move, __________, obtain ___ & ___ and maintain homeostasis. Animals can move, reproduce, obtain food & oxygen, and maintain homeostasis.

15. IF THERE WERE NO MORE ANIMALS ON EARTH, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT PLANTS IN TERMS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION? It would not affect plants because they still complete respiration in the mitochondria.

16. AN ANIMAL WITH 2 SIMILAR HALVES THAT ARE MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH OTHER WOULD HAVE WHICH TYPE OF SYMMETRY? Bilateral

17. A walking stick is an insect that looks like a twig from a tree. Which characteristics are best used to classify the walking stick as an animal, and not a plant? It is mobile and a consumer.

18. How do nonvascular plants get water? They absorb it directly from the environment.

19. WHICH STATEMENT DESCRIBES ONLY BIOTIC FACTORS IN A FOREST ECOSYSTEM? A SQUIRREL CLIMBING UP A TREE OR A FROG SITTING ON A ROCK. A squirrel climbing up a tree.

20. WHICH CHARACTERISTIC OF LIVING THINGS DOES THE PICTURE BELOW BEST REPRESENT? • All living things grow and develop. OR • All living things require energy in order to survive. All living things require energy in order to survive.

21. The sperm cells of a flowering plant are contained in _____________ ____________. The sperm cells of a flowering plant are contained in pollen grains.

22. How would a plant cell’s function change in the absence of ribosomes?They could NOT produce_________________. It would not be able to produce proteins.

23. After fertilization takes place in a flower, into what does the ovary develop? Fruit

24. WHICH STATEMENT DESCRIBES ALL LIVING THINGS? THEIR CELLS HAVE A NUCLEUS, THEY ARE MADE UP OF AT LEAST ONE CELL, OR THEY CAN CHANGE ENERGY FROM THE SUN INTO FOOD. They are made up of at least one cell

25. THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI IS OBSERVED IN? ROCKS PLANTS OR SAND Plants

26. What are the differences between plant cells and animal cells? Plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts, animals do not.

27. What is an ectotherm? A cold blooded animal.

28. In angiosperms, reproduction occurs in which structure? Flower

29. Plants can produce their own ___________, They are known as ________________. Plants can produce their own Food, They are known as Autotroughs.

30. What is a biotic part of an ocean? Fish

31. All the different populations that live together in an area make up a (n) _____________________. Community

32. A SCIENTIST WANTED TO STUDY A CELL WHICH LACKED THE STRUCTURE THAT IS INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THE CELL WITH ENERGY REQUIRED FOR VARIOUS CELL FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES. WHICH STRUCTURE WOULD NEED TO BE MISSING FROM THE CELL FOR THIS STUDY TO TAKE PLACE? Nucleus

33. Plants reproduce with 2 types of cells. What are they? Spores and ovules (eggs)

34. Which organelle provides evidence that this cell can produce its own food from sunlight? 2 {chloroplast}

35. Plants require moisture, oxygen, carbon dioxide, light, and minerals for growth. These requirements are best described as… Abiotic Factors

36. What is the function of the nucleus? To direct all of the cells processes.

37. 2 TULIP PLANTS ARE PLACED ON A TABLE. THE TULIP PLANT (PLANT Y) ON THE RIGHT IS PLACED INSIDE A CARDBOARD BOX WITH ONLY A HOLE AT THE TOP TO ALLOW LIGHT TO ENTER. HOW WILL THESE 2 PLANTS RESPOND TO THESE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS? Plant X will lean toward the window and Plant Y will grow straight up.

38. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF A POPULATION? THE CATS AND DOGS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE GRAY WOLVES IN A FOREST. THE FISH AND TURTLES IN AN OCEAN. The gray wolves in a forest.

39. What do eukaryotic cells have that prokaryotic cells do not have? A Nucleus

40. The place where an organism lives that provides the things the organism needs is called its ________________. habitat

41. Which statement describes the process of growth within an organism?An oak tree leaves fall when the seasons change OR A green vine uses energy from the Sun to produce more cells. A green vine uses energy from the Sun to produce more cells.

42. Based on the differences between plant and animal cells, which cell is most likely from a plant?

43. IN THE ECOSYSTEM DEPICTED IN THE DIAGRAM BELOW, LIST THE ABIOTIC FACTORS. The sun is shining in the sky.

44. Using the diagram of the pond below, which statement describes both biotic and abiotic factors in this pond ecosystem? The ecosystem contains sand on the pond bottom and plants on the shore.

45. The life cycle of the butterfly is illustrated below. What type of change is the butterfly going through? Complete metamorphosis