Grade 7 · Science · Building Confidence
Free Science Concepts and Evidence worksheet - version 12
Grade 7 science practice based on published U.S. learning expectations, with reproducible original variations. This printable version includes 8 grade-appropriate questions and a separate answer sheet.
Science Concepts and Evidence
Grade 7 · Building confidence · 8 questions · Version PG-YBZ46G-15XI
What do decomposers do?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. Chloroplasts C. The cell D. An organism that makes its own food
What is a producer?A. An organism that makes its own food B. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients C. The cell D. Maintaining stable internal conditions
What limits population growth?A. Maintaining stable internal conditions B. An organism that makes its own food C. Chloroplasts D. Resources and environmental conditions
What is the basic unit of life?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. Resources and environmental conditions C. Maintaining stable internal conditions D. The cell
What does natural selection favor?A. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success B. Chloroplasts C. Resources and environmental conditions D. The cell
Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells?A. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success B. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients C. The cell D. Chloroplasts
What is homeostasis?A. Maintaining stable internal conditions B. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients C. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success D. An organism that makes its own food
How do genes relate to traits?A. Genes carry instructions that influence traits B. An organism that makes its own food C. The cell D. Maintaining stable internal conditions
Answers and teaching notes
Use the answers to check the work after the learner finishes. For writing prompts, the guide describes what a strong response should include.
Show answers for version 12
- What do decomposers do?Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients
- What is a producer?An organism that makes its own food
- What limits population growth?Resources and environmental conditions
- What is the basic unit of life?The cell
- What does natural selection favor?Heritable traits that improve reproductive success
- Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells?Chloroplasts
- What is homeostasis?Maintaining stable internal conditions
- How do genes relate to traits?Genes carry instructions that influence traits
Worked example
Read the direction, identify the assessed skill, solve or cite evidence, and check the response.
Common mistake
Using a memorized procedure without checking what the question asks.
Helpful hint
Name the standard skill before answering.