Exploring the Basics of Biology: A 7th Grade Adventure

What is the basic unit of life?

Which of the following is NOT a type of vertebrate?

Photosynthesis primarily occurs in which part of the plant?

What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

Which organ system is responsible for transporting blood throughout the body?

What is the term for an organism that can make its own food?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living organisms?

What do you call the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring?

Which of the following best describes an ecosystem?

What is the term for a group of similar cells that perform a specific function?

In which cell organelle does cellular respiration take place?

What is the primary function of the respiratory system?

Which of these is NOT a product of photosynthesis?

What is the name of the process by which cells divide to form two identical daughter cells?

Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

Which part of the plant is responsible for absorbing water and nutrients from the soil?

What is the function of the digestive system?

Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system?

What type of organism breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem?