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Benchmark 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do plants need for photosynthesis? | carbon dioxide and water |
| What is asexual reproduction? | when one parent produces an offspring; ex. sponges and budding |
| What is an arachnid? | an invertebrate animal with 2 body sections and 4 pairs of legs |
| What is a mollusk? | Are invertebrates with soft, unsegmented bodies that are often protected by hard outer shells. |
| What is a decomposer? | Organisms that break down dead or decaying matter such as fungi. |
| What is an echinoderm? | A radially symmetrical invertebrate with spiny skin that lives on the ocean floor. |
| What is an insect? | An arthropod with three body sections, six legs, one pair of antennae, and usually one or two pairs of wings. |
| What is an arthropod? | An invertebrate that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed attachments called appendages. |
| What is taxonomy? | The scientific study of classification. |
| What is binomial nomenclature? | A naming system in which an organism is given a two-part name (Genus species) |
| Define nonvascular. | Plants that lack an internal system of tubelike structures through which water and food move |
| What is cell theory? | Cells are the building blocks of living things. |
| What is a species? | A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring |
| What is DNA? | a genetic code |
| What are the shapes of bacteria? | rod, sphere, spiral |
| Cells, ____________, organs, organ systems, organisms? | tissue |
| What makes energy in the cell? | mitochondria |
| What do we call the "outside" skeleton that insects have? | exoskeleton |