Life Science vocabulary quiz

Name:______Core:______

All of the questions on this test are vocabulary level one questions. You should find the matching definition to each word and write the corresponding letter on the appropriate line next to the vocabulary word. Good luck!!

  1. ______taxonomy
  2. ______prokaryote
  3. ______eukaryote
  4. ______photosynthesis
  5. ______respiration
  6. ______virus
  7. ______lichen
  8. ______organism
  9. ______cell
  10. ______unicellular
  11. ______mulitcellular
  12. ______autotroph
  13. ______heterotroph
  14. ______homeostasis
  15. ______classification
  1. an organism that makes its own food
  2. The scientific study of how living things are classified
  3. The process by which cells use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food
  4. A living thing
  5. The basic unit of structure and function of all living things
  6. An organism whose cells contain nuclei
  7. A tiny non-living particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell
  8. The maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organism
  9. An organism that can not make its own food
  10. An organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cells structures.
  11. The process of grouping things based on their similarities
  12. Made of a single cell
  13. The process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain.
  14. Consisting of many cells
  1. ______tissue
  2. ______organ
  3. ______vertebrate
  4. ______invertebrate
  5. ______bilateral symmetry
  6. ______radial symmetry
  7. ______metamorphosis
  8. ______cell wall
  9. ______cell membrane
  10. ______cytoplasm
  11. ______mitochondria
  12. ______endoplasmic recticulum
  13. ______ribosomes
  14. ______golgi body
  1. stiff layer that protects and supports the cell
  2. rod-shaped known as the powerhouse of the cell
  3. very small grain-like structure that makes proteins
  4. controls what goes in and out of the cell
  5. An animal that does not have a backbone
  6. The quality of having many lines of symmetry that all pass through a central point
  7. A structure in the cell that receives proteins and other materials from the endoplasmic recticulum packages them, and distributes them to the parts of the cell.
  8. A process in which an animals body undergoes dramatic changes in form during its life cycle.
  9. Thick gel-like fluid between the cell membrane and the nucleus
  10. A group of similar cells that perform the same function
  11. A cell structure that forms passageways in which proteins and other materials are carried through the cell.
  12. Body plan with 2 halves that are mirror images of each other
  13. The small bones that make up the backbone.
  14. A structure in the body that is composed of different kinds of tissue.

  1. ______bacteria
  2. ______protist
  3. ______fungus
  4. ______chloroplast
  5. ______chlorophyll
  6. ______vacuole sac
  7. ______lysosomes
  8. ______parasite
  9. ______host
  10. ______flagellum
  11. ______asexual reproduction
  12. ______sexual reproduction
  13. ______decomposer
  14. ______pseudopod
  1. in plant cells, green organelles that capture the energy from sunlight and use it to make food.
  2. A false foot or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans.
  3. A small round cell structure containing chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones.
  4. A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant or fungus
  5. Inside a cell-acts as a storage area
  6. The organism that a parasite or virus lives in or on
  7. Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus
  8. A reproductive process that involves 2 parents that combine their genetic material to produce new offspring, which differ from both parents.
  9. A eukaryote organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing food.
  10. The organism that benefits by living on or in a host in a parasitism interaction
  11. A reproduction process that involves only 1 parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
  12. An organism that breaks down chemicals from waste and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water
  13. A long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move
  1. ______mutualism
  2. ______algae
  3. ______hypae
  4. ______vascular plant
  5. ______non vascular plant
  6. ______scavenger
  7. ______endoskeleton
  8. ______exoskeleton
  1. plant-like protist
  2. a plant that has a true vascular tissue
  3. a close relationship between organisms of two species in which both organisms benefit.
  4. The branching thredlike tubes that make up the bodies of a multicellular fungi
  5. A low growing plant that lacks a true vascular tissue
  6. An internal skeleton
  7. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
  8. A waxy,waterproof outer shell or outer skeleton that protects the animal and helps prevent evaporation of water.