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Science: Order & Des
Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |