Grade 7 · Science · Building Confidence
Free Science Concepts and Evidence worksheet - version 2
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-6F7YD3-15XI
What is the basic unit of life?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success C. The cell D. Genes carry instructions that influence traits
What do decomposers do?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. Chloroplasts C. Resources and environmental conditions D. The cell
What limits population growth?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. Resources and environmental conditions C. The cell D. Genes carry instructions that influence traits
Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells?A. Maintaining stable internal conditions B. Chloroplasts C. The cell D. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients
What does natural selection favor?A. Maintaining stable internal conditions B. An organism that makes its own food C. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success D. Resources and environmental conditions
How do genes relate to traits?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. An organism that makes its own food C. Resources and environmental conditions D. Genes carry instructions that influence traits
What is a producer?A. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success B. Maintaining stable internal conditions C. An organism that makes its own food D. The cell
What is homeostasis?A. Resources and environmental conditions B. Genes carry instructions that influence traits C. Maintaining stable internal conditions D. An organism that makes its own food
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 2
- What is the basic unit of life?The cell
- What do decomposers do?Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients
- What limits population growth?Resources and environmental conditions
- Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells?Chloroplasts
- What does natural selection favor?Heritable traits that improve reproductive success
- How do genes relate to traits?Genes carry instructions that influence traits
- What is a producer?An organism that makes its own food
- What is homeostasis?Maintaining stable internal conditions
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.