Life Science: Life's Structure and Function, Book A

Section 2: Living Things

Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1.
What is the smallest part of an organism that carries on the functions of life?
A)fats
B)homeostasis
C)phylogeny
D)a cell
2.
When you touch a hot pan on the stove with your hand, you quickly move your hand away. How do you describe your hand's movement?
A)It is a reaction.
B)It is a dichotomous key.
C)It is part of scientific methods.
D)It is an SI measurement.
3.
When a bright light shines in your eyes, you close your eyelids quickly. What is the bright light?
A)a stimulus
B)a predictor
C)a classification
D)a control
4.
__________ is a trait of all organisms.
A)A hypothesis
B)Homeostasis
C)A variable
D)Binomial nomenclature
5.
How do many-celled organisms grow?
A)Only one of its cells gets bigger.
B)Bacteria invade the cells.
C)The cells use energy from the Sun.
D)They make more cells.
6.
What is the process in which new organisms replace those that die?
A)phylogeny
B)homeostasis
C)reproduction
D)photosynthesis
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