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 |