Life and Light Quiz

Name Period Date

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of all living things?

  1. cellular organizationc. movement
  2. using energyd. reproduction

2. A change in an organisms surroundings that causes it to react is called

  1. a responsec. energy
  2. a stimulusd. development

3. Which of the following do all living things need to survive?

  1. Waterc. sunlight
  2. Oxygend. carbon dioxide

4. Homeostasis refers to an organism’s ability to

  1. maintain stable internal conditions
  2. compete for living space
  3. dissolve chemicals
  4. obtain energy

5. Scientists hypothesize that the first life forms on Earth

a. were multicellular organismsc. lived on land

b. did not need oxygen to survived. resembled today’s plants

6. Which gas was not a part of the Earth’s early atmosphere 3.6 billion years ago?

  1. Nitrogenc. oxygen
  2. Methaned. carbon dioxide

7. Which of the following was true about the experiment conducted by Miller and Urey?

  1. The conditions of the early Earth were recreated in a flask.
  2. Oxygen was added to a flask
  3. Cells were produced in the flask
  4. Unicellular organisms were added to the flask

8. To survive on Earth, the first cells needed the ability to

  1. take in oxygen from the atmosphere
  2. make their own food
  3. use chemicals in their surroundings for energy
  4. combine to form multicellular organisms

9. The experiments of Redi and Pasteur helped to demonstrate that

  1. species gradually change over time
  2. living things do not arise from nonliving things
  3. organisms can be placed in groups based on similarities
  4. the chemicals of life could have arisen in early Earth

10. A plant growing toward a light is an example of

a. stimulusc. response

b. reproductiond. development

11. The mistaken idea that living things come from nonliving things is known as

  1. binomial nomenclaturec. reproduction
  2. spontaneous generationd. homeostasis

12. The variable in Redi’s experiment was the

a. clothc. flame

b. jard. flask

13. The variable in Pasteur’s experiment was the

a. clothc. flame

b. jard. meat

14. Two experiments run at the same time, and differ only in one variable is called a(n)

  1. scientific methodc. controlled experiment
  2. independent experimentd. none of the above

15. The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that you can see is called

a. visible lightc. infrared rays

b. ultraviolet raysd. radio waves

16. Which of the following is not part of the electromagnetic spectrum?

  1. X-raysc. radio waves
  2. Sound waves d. gamma rays

17. Light bouncing off an object that it cannot enter is called

a. transmissionc. refraction

b. reflectiond. absorption

18. The bending of light due to a change in speed is called

a. reflectionc. absorption

b. transmissiond. refraction

19. When a light ray is reflected, the angle of reflection is always

  1. less then the angle of incidence
  2. greater then the angle of incidence
  3. equal to the angle of incidence
  4. bigger then the angle of incidence

20. The different colors of visible light are the result of what?

  1. the different wavelengths of light
  2. the different angles of light
  3. the different amount of light
  4. the different length of light