1. Which statement describes one difference between mitosis and meiosis in animal cells? A. Mitosis produces haploid cells, and
meiosis produces somatic cells. B. Mitosis produces two daughter cells, and meiosis produces four daughter cells.
C. Mitosis produces four daughter cells, and meiosis produces two diploid cells.
D. Mitosis produces sex cells, and meiosis produces diploid cells.
2. Which part of the apple flower produces cells by meiosis?
A. style
B. filament
C. stigma
D. anther
3. Life functions are performed at many levels of biological organization. Which level of biological organization is the simplest level at which a structure can support life functions?
A. organ system
B. tissue
C. organ
D. cell
4. Which statement best explains why cellular respiration in plants and other organisms is dependent on photosynthesis?
A. Photosynthesis absorbs excess energy produced by cellular respiration.
B. Photosynthesis absorbs materials that are catalyzed during cellular respiration.
C. Photosynthesis is one of the final steps in cellular respiration.
D. Photosynthesis provides the materials that fuel cellular respiration.
5. The function of which human organ is most like the cell walls of bacteria?
A. skin
B. heart
C. liver
D. pancreas
6. A teacher lists four statements for students to interpret. Which table of information correctly distinguishes between the statements? Statement 1: All living things are composed of cells.
Statement 2: If soil contains high levels of salt, the plants will die.
Statement 3: The temperature reading on the thermometer is 21°C.
Statement 4: It must have rained this morning because the soil is wet.
7. Which statement is true for all prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms?
A. Both types of organisms are made of cells, tissues, and organs that work together.
B. Both types of organisms assemble proteins through transcription and translation.
C. Both types of organisms have DNA contained within a nucleus as genetic material. D. Both types of organisms transform energy from sunlight into chemical energy.
8. Which statement best describes how antibiotics affect cellular homeostasis?
A Antibiotics interfere with the transport of intracellular and extracellular materials.
B. Antibiotics decrease the rate of cellular respiration in animal cells by producing oxygen. C. Antibiotics increase the rate of DNA replication in human cells by forming nucleotides.
D. Antibiotics remove chloroplasts from plant cells to cause starvation.
Answer:A food chain shows what eats what in a particular habitat. It shows the flow of energy and materials from one organism to the next, beginning with a producer . ... The arrows between each organism in the chain always point in the direction of energy flow from the food to the feeder.
