CRCT Jeopardy

Put these steps in the correct order.

A Form a Hypothesis

B Gather Information

C Perform an experiment

D State the problem

E Analyze the data

Which of these statements about cells is true?

• All cells respond to light• They do not make up most living

things• They take in materials from their

surroundings• They do not contain any

hereditary material

Even though the weather is cold, a squirrel maintains a constant body temperature.

What is that trait called?• Stimuli• Biogenesis• Homeostasis• Hypothesis

Organisms need all of the following things EXCEPT

what?• Energy

• Water

• A place to live

• Hunting skills

Pasteur’s experiment about how new life is formed proved

biogenesis. Which of these explains what biogenesis is?

• Life comes from non-life• All hereditary material is found in

the cell• Life comes from life• All organisms are made up of cells

The scientific name for the wolf is Canis lupus. What does

the second word in the name represent?

• Genus• Kingdom• Class• Species

Which of these is an example of a scientific theory?

• All organisms need energy to survive

• Water is abundant on Earth• The Sun rises every day• Humans might have evolved

In which climate would you expect to discover many

different types of animals?

• Cold and snowy• Hot and dry• Warm and moist• Cold and dry

Which of these explains why scientists conduct

experiments?

• To learn how things work

• To teach school

• To help living things survive

• To clean up the environment

Which two-part organelle is most responsible for making

the cell’s proteins?

• Mitochondrion• Ribosome• Recycling organelle• Chloroplast

A cell’s cytoplasm will perform all of the following functions EXCEPT what?

• Keeping valuable chemicals inside the cell

• Containing the cell’s framework• Containing many chemicals and water• Housing the cell’s different organelles

Which structure supplies energy through aerobic

respiration?• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Mitochondrion

Which of the following is an organelle?

• Chlorophyll

• Tissue

• Cell wall projection

• Chloroplast

A chemical that harms only prokaryotic cells would

affect which of the following?• Fungi

• Plants

• Animals

• Bacteria

You have learned that salt and other materials can travel in

and out of a cell. Which process allows salt to travel into a cell?• Active transport

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

• Reproduction

Chlorophyll is contained in a plant’s

• Viruses

• Roots

• Chloroplasts

• Mitochondria

If energy is used to move this substance across the cell

membrane, then• The cells may be using passive

transport• Facilitated diffusion may be involved• The cells must be using active

transport• The cells must rely on diffusion

Which of the choices below is the compound?

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Salt

• Carbon

Which statement best explains osmosis?

• Osmosis is the movement of water• Osmosis is the diffusion of water• Osmosis is the diffusion of water

across a membrane• Osmosis is the diffusion of water

through a membrane

White blood cells in your body defend you against infection by engulfing invading organisms. The white blood cell engulfs the

invader into itself by the process of

• Endocytosis• Diffusion• Exocytosis• Photosynthesis

Which of the following lists the stages of mitosis in the

correct order?• Metaphase, anaphase, prophase, telophase• Anaphase, telophase, prophase, metaphase• Telophase, anaphase, metaphase,

prophase• Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

Which statement best describes what happens

during meiosis I?• Four diploid sex cells are

formed• Four haploid sex cells are

formed• Two diploid cells are formed• Two haploid cells are formed

Mutations are mistakes that sometimes happen when DNA is being copied. Mutations might affect the health of a species by

• Limiting the genetic variety in a species• Limiting the species ability to grow, repair

or maintain itself• Increasing the effeciency of protein

production• Increasing the number of steps that occur

in mitosis

During mitosis, DNA is copied and passed on to new cells. In

which part of the cell is this hereditary material located?

• Cell membrane

• Chromosomes

• Nucleus

• Cell wall