Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Biology

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Biology   The study of life  
🗑
Organism   A living thing; one of many different forms of life.  
🗑
Cycle   A course or series of events or operations that repeats.  
🗑
Energy   The ability to do work; found in many different forms  
🗑
Law of Conservation of Energy   Energy cannot be created or destroyed  
🗑
Cell   The basic unit of life  
🗑
Evolution   The changes in a population overtime  
🗑
Species   A group of organisms that can reproduce with eachother  
🗑
Adaption   An adjustment to environmental conditions  
🗑
Ecosystem   All of the living and nonliving things found in any particular area  
🗑
Homeostasis   The ability of organisms to maintain their internal conditions  
🗑
Diffusion   The movement of molecules from an area of high consternation to an area of low concentration.  
🗑
Transport   To move molecules one side of a membrane to the other.  
🗑
Osmosis   The movement of water through a cell membrane.  
🗑
Prokaryote   A cell with only one outside membrane and no nucleus or other internal structures.  
🗑
Eukaryote   A cell with several internal structures, including the nucleus, that are surrounded by membrane.  
🗑
Binary Fission   Reproduction in which a bacterial cell divides into two cells that look the same as the original cell.  
🗑
Tissue   A group of cells that are similar and work together.  
🗑
Epithelial Cell   A skin cell  
🗑
Nervous Cell   Nerves made from collections of nerve cells.  
🗑
Organ   A group of different tissues that work together to perform specific functions.  
🗑
Organ System   A group of different organs that work together to perform specific connected tasks.  
🗑
Circulatory System   A collection of organs, including the heart, which moves blood and gasses throughout the body.  
🗑
Estrogen   A female sex hromone  
🗑
Fallopian Tubes   A tube through which eggs pass from any ovary to the uterus.  
🗑
Gonad   An organ that makes gametes  
🗑
Menstruation   The process during which an unfertilized egg, blood, and pieces of the lining of the uterus exit the female body.  
🗑
Oocycte   An early egg cell that has not finished meiosis.  
🗑
Ovary   The process of creating an egg cell.  
🗑
Semen   A mixture of fluid and sperm cells.  
🗑
Testroterone   A male sex hormone.  
🗑
Urethra   The tube that carries urine and semen out the body.  
🗑
Uterus   An organ in most female mammals that holds and protects an embryo.  
🗑
Vas Deferens   The tubes that connect the testes to the urethra.  
🗑
Gestation Tube   The period of development of a mammal, from fertilization until birth.  
🗑
Fetus   An embryo after eight weeks of delvelopment in the uterus  
🗑
Placenta   A tissue that provides the embryo with food and oxygen from its mothers body  
🗑
Umbilical Cord   The cord that connects an embryo to the placenta  
🗑
Ingestion   The intake of food; the first stage of digestion.  
🗑
Pharynx   The passage way between the mouth and the esophagus for air and food.  
🗑
Peristalsis   The movement of digestive organs that pushes food through the digestive tract.  
🗑
Chyme   The liquid food in the digestive tract that is partially digested.  
🗑
Bile   A substance made in the liver that breaks down fats.  
🗑
Feces   The solid waste material remaining in the large intestine after digestion.  
🗑
Capillary   A blood vessel through which oxygen and food molecules pass to body cells.  
🗑
Asthma   A condition that narrows or blocks the airways and makes breathing difficult.  
🗑
Bronchitus   An inflammation of the bronchial tubes.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: johnnyharrod13
Popular Biology sets