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life science stack
7th grade life science study stack
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| symmetry | Having the characteristic of having closely identical features on both sides of an imaginary center dividing line. |
| Mammals | A vertebrate whose body temperature is regulated by its internal heat, and that has skin covered with hair or fur and glands that produce milk to feed its young |
| Organ | A body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together |
| invertebrates | an animal without a backbone |
| vertebrates | an animal with a backbone |
| non- vascular plants | A low- growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue for transporting minerals |
| Vascular plants | A plant that has true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| Tissue | A group of similar cells that perform a specific function |
| Virus | tiny non-living particle that enters & reproduces inside a cell |
| Host | an organism that a parasite lives with, in, or on & provides a source of energy or suitable environment for the parasite to live |
| vaccine | substance used in vaccination that consist of pathogens, such as viruses, that have been killed but can trigger the body to predouce chemicals that |
| protist | eukaryotic organisms that can not be classified as animals, plants, or fungi |
| parasites | organisms that benefit from living with, on, or on a host |
| resistant | not affected, harmed, or destroyed by something |