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Science: Order & Des
Final Exam
Question | Answer |
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Vase-shaped structure of a flower | Pistil |
Plant that lives for two growing seasons | Biennial |
Tiny air-sacs in human lungs | Alveoli |
Human body system that provides covering and protection | Integumentary |
Group of cells designed to work together as a unit | Tissue |
Food nutrients that are used to build and repair the body | Protein |
Concept that states that living things can originate only from existing living things | Law of biogenesis |
Level of classification between order and genus | Family |
General term for all mammals with hooves | Ungulates |
Animal that reproduces by laying eggs | Oviparous |
Part of bird egg that becomes embryo | Germinal spot |
Largest known fish | Whale Shark |
Hard shell covering the cephalothorax of some crustaceans | Carapace |
Prokaryotes are distinguished from eukaryotes by lack of an organized: | Nucleus |
Cell is surrounded and protected by the | Cell Membrane |
Tree's xylem is located in the: | Wood |
Three that has male and female parts on separate trees is: | Dioecious |
An environment and all its organisms are called: | Ecosystem |
Range of conditions in which an organism can survive is: | Tolerance Range |
System that uses hormones to control certain body functions: | Endocrine System |
Foundation of modern Science | The Bible |
Level of classification below kingdom: | Phylum |
Any build-in knowledge that an animal is born with: | Instinct |
The "outside skeleton" of an arthropod: | Exoskeleton |
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 |
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 |
Struggle against other organisms for needed resources: | Competition |
Nutritional relationship in which one animal hunts another: | Predation |
Relationship in which organisms share only indirect contact: | Neutralism |
Relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped: | Commensalism |
Surroundings of an organism or group of organisms: | Environment |
Unbiblical idea that says that the present is the key to the past: | Uniformitarianism |
An originally created type of organism | Kind |
An animal that depends upon external means to regulate its body temperature is: | Cold-blooded |
Transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring: | Heredity |
Because they obtain their nutrition from dead organisms, fungi are considered: | Saprophytes |
Maximum number of organisms of a particular species that an ecosystem can support is: | Carrying Capacity |
Number and variety of species living in an environment is: | Biodiversity |
Term for any close relationship between organisms: | Symbiosis |
Permanently frozen layer of Arctic tundra | Permafrost |
Based on plant and animal life, earth is divided into broad regions called: | Biomes |
Sensible explanation to a scientific problem is: | Hypothesis |
Group used as a standard for comparison when using scientific method: | Control Group |
Refers to organisms that live in or on other organisms and obtain nutrients from them | Parasites |
Living that that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction has ______________ symmetry. | Bilateral |
Flower plants are: | Angiosperms |
Green pigment found in chloroplasts: | Chlorophyll |
System of the human body that transports nutrients, wastes, and other materials: | Cardiovascular |
Exercises that do not maintain a raised heart rate are: | Anaerobic |
Disease that occurs when some of the body's cells begin to divide and grow at an abnormally fast pace. | Cancer |
Belief that nothing is spiritual and that there is no God | Materialism |
Animal species that has been completely wiped out is: | Extinct |
An animal that primarily eats plants: | Herbivore |
Introducing ladybugs into an area to remove aphid pests is: | Biological Control |
Single-celled, animal-like organisms: | Protozoa |
Portion of earth where life exists is: | Biosphere |
Large blood vessels that return blood to the heart: | Veins |
Most powerful natural stimulant: | Cocaine |
Animals with backbones: | Vertebrates |
Migration route birds follow from year to year: | Flyway |
A chick that hatches with insulating feathers and can run or swim soon after birth: | Precocial |
The sequence, "egg, nymph, adult," describes ________________ metamorphosis. | Incomplete |
A tree that loses its leaves in the fall and stays bare all winter: | Deciduous |
Organism's feeding relationship with other animals is described by: | Trophic Level |
Man's responsibility to take care of God's creation | Stewardship |
Preservation, management and care of natural resources | Conservation |
A list starting at producers and arranged in order of what eats what | Food Chain |
Studies body structure | Anatomist |
Studies reptiles and amphibians | Herpetologist |
Studies fish | Ichthyologist |
Studies insects | Entomologist |
Studies interactions between organisms and their environment | Ecologist |
Plant vessels that carry sugar to the roots and stems | Phloem |
Food-making process of plants | Photosynthesis |
A strong feeling expressed in a physical way | Emotion |
Waxy protective layer of a leaf | Cuticle |
Organ that produces oil for birds | Preen Gland |
Eye with more than one lens | Compound Eye |
Group of arthropods spiders belong to | Arachnids |
Main producers on the planet | Grass |
Organism's role in its environment | Niche |
Idea that nature is God | Pantheism |