| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The vase shaped structure of a flower that contains the stigma and ovary is the | pistil |
| A plant that lives for two growing seasons is called a | biennial |
| What are the tiny air sacs found in human and mammal lungs | alveoli |
| Which system of the human body provides covering and protection | integumentary |
| A group of cells designed to work together as a unit is called a | tissue |
| The food nutrients that are used to build and repair the body are | proteins |
| The scientific concept that states that living things can originate only from existing living things is | Law of Biogenesis |
| The level of classification between order and genus is | family |
| The general term for all mammals with hooves is | ungulates |
| An animal that reproduces by laying eggs is | oviparous |
| The part of a bird egg that becomes the embryo is the | germinal spot |
| The largest known fish is the | whale shark |
| The hard shell covering the cephalothorax of some crustaceans is the | carapace |
| Prokaryotes are distinguished from eukaryotes by lack of an organized | nucleus |
| The cell is surrounded and protected by the | cell membrane |
| A tree's xylem are located in the | wood |
| A tree that has male and female parts on separate trees is | dioecious |
| An environment and all its organisms are called a | ecosystem |
| The range of conditions in which an organism can survive is its | tolerance range |
| The system that uses hormones to control certain body functions | endocrine |
| the foundation of modern science | BIBLE |
| the level of classification below kingdom | phylum |
| any built-in knowledge that an animal is born with | instinct |
| the "outside skeleton" of an arthropod | exoskeleton |
| the information storing substance that a cell's nucleus contains | DNA |
| structure formed by the leaves, twigs, flowers and fruit at the top of a fully grown tree | crown |
| the northern and southern limit at which trees grow | tree line |
| a model that shows all the feeding relationships in an environment | food web |
| all the organisms of one species in an environment | population |
| the struggle against other organisms for needed resources | competition |
| a nutritional relationship in which one animal hunts another | predation |
| a relationship in which organisms share only indirect contact | neutralism |
| a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped | commensalism |
| The surroundings of an organism or group of organisms are known as the | environment |
| The unbiblical idea that says the present is the key to the past is | uniformitarianism |
| an originally created type of organism is a | kind |
| an animal that depends upon external means to regulate its body temperature is considered | cold-blooded |
| the transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring is | heredity |
| Because they obtain their nutrition from dead organisms, fungi are considered | saprophytes |
| the maximum number of organisms of a particular species that an ecosystem can support is the | carrying capacity |
| the number and variety of species living in an environment is the | biodiversity |
| the term for any close relationship between organisms is | symbiosis |
| the permanently frozen layer of Arctic tundra is the | permafrost |
| based on plant and animal life, the earth is divided into broad regions called | biomes |
| a sensible explanation to a scientific problem is a | hypothesis |
| the group used as a standard for comparison when using the scientific method is the | control group |
| What term refers to organisms that live in or on other organisms and obtain nutrients from them | parasites |
| A living thing that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction has ?? symmetry | bilateral |
| flowering plants are called | angiosperms |
| What is the green pigment found in chloroplasts | chlorophyll |
| Which of the following is a characteristic of dicots | taproots |
| which system of the human body transports nutrients, wastes and other materials | cardiovascular |
| exercises that do not maintain a raised heart rate are | anaerobic |
| the disease that occurs when some of the body's cells begin to divide and grow at an abnormally fast pace is | cancer |
| the belief that nothing is spiritual and that there is no God is | materialisms |
| Mutations cannot cause evolution because | mutations do not produce new kinds of organisms |
| an animal species that has been completely wiped out is considered | extinct |
| an animal that primarily eats plants is a | herbivore |
| Introducing ladybugs into an area to remove aphid pests is an example of | biological controls |
| Single-celled animal-like organisms are called | protozoas |
| The main function of the biogeochemical cycles is to | recycle minerals and other nutrients in the environment |
| The portion of earth where life exists is the | biosphere |
| The spinal cord and nerves are in the ???? nervous system | central |
| The large blood vessels that return blood to the heart are | veins |
| the most powerful natural stimulant is | cocaine |
| Animals with backbones are | vertebrates |
| a migration route that birds follow from year to year is a | flyway |
| A chick that hatches with insulating feathers and can run or swim soon after birth is | precocial bird |
| The sequence "egg, nymph, adult," describes ???metamorphosis | incomplete |
| A tree that loses its leaves in the fall and stays bare all winter is | deciduous |
| An organism's feeding relationship with other animals is described by its | trophic level |
| Man's responsibility to take care of God's creation is called | stewardship |
| The preservation, management, and care of natural resources is | conservation |
| A list starting at producers and arranged in order of what eats what is called a | food chain |
| studies body structure | anatomist |
| studies reptiles and amphibians | herpetologist |
| studies fish | ichthyologist |
| studies insects | entomologist |
| studies the interactions between organisms and their environment | ecologist |
| Name the plant vessels that carry sugar to the roots and stems | phloem |
| what is the food making process of plants called | photosynthesis |
| what term refers to a strong feeling expressed in a physical way | emotion |
| what is the waxy protective layer of a leaf | cuticle |
| what organ produces the oil that birds spread over their bodies | preen gland |
| what term refers to an eye with more than one lens | compound |
| to which group of arthropods do spiders belong | arachnids |
| what group of organisms are the main producers on the planet | plants |
| what term refers to an organism's role in its environment | niche |
| what is an idea that nature is god | pantheism |
