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Science Ch1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a living thing | organism |
| the smallest unit of living things that can carry out the basic processes of life | cell |
| a green chemical in plant cells that allows plants to use the Sun's energy to make food | chlorophyll |
| a body plan in which an organism can be divided along only one plane of its body to produce two mirror images | bilateral symmetry |
| cannot be divided into mirror images | asymmetrical |
| the layer in plants that separates the xylem from the phloem | camblum |
| the tissue through which food from the leaves moves throughout the rest of a plant | phloem |
| the tissue trhough which water and minerals move up through a plant | xylem |
| a group of simialar organisms in a genus that can reproduce more of their own kind | species |
| the largest group into which an organism can be classified | kingdom |
| the science of organizing categories for living things | classification |
| a group of similar cells that work together at the same job | tissue |
| a body plan in which all body parts of an organism are arranged around a central point | radial symmetry |
| the body system made up of muscles that move bones | muscular system |
| the food-making process in green plants that uses sunlight | photosynthesis |
| the organ system made up of bones, tendons, and ligaments | skeletal system |