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Evaporation of water from the plants when the stomata is open during photosynthesis.: Transpiration
Plants need what to make food?: Water and Carbon Dioxide.
In photosynthesis, water and carbon dioxide is changed into what?: Oxygen and Glucose.
Scientific term for "plants": Plantae
_____ Is how plants take energy from the sun and turn it into food.: Photosynthesis
What opens to let in air, and release oxygen in photosynthesis?: Stomata
____ are the small openings on the bottom of leaves.: Stomata
_____ is the male plant organ.: Stamen.
____ is the tube leading to plant ovary.: Style
____ is the female plant organ.: Pistil
____ is the openings in the leaves.: Stoma
Chlorophyll does what?: Absorbs sun light.
Plants create what?: Sugars and Starches.
What is a Tertiary Consumer?: Anything that eats a secondary consumer.( carnivore eats carnivore )
What are the Primary Producers?: Plants
What are meat eaters called?: Carnivores.
Anything that eats a Primary Consumer is called a ________.: Secondary Consumer. ( carnivore eating a herbivore/Primary consumer)
Animals that eat plants are called _____.: Herbivores.
Anything that eats plants is a ______.: Primary Consumer.
Eating a plant breaks the _______ ______.: Energy Bond
The chemical process from eating food results in ______ ______.: Free Energy.
Trees grow from the top or bottom up?: Top Up
A fungus or bacteria that absorbs nutrients is called a ________.: Decomposer
It is said that the sun creates the _____ amount of energy.: Most
Any animal that does not need a warm climate because they do not regulate their body temperature are called _____ _____ animals.: Cold blooded.
The protective covering of the eye is called the ______.: Cornea
The scientific classification order for organisms is____________.: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus , Species.
Mushrooms are considered to be _______.: Fungi
The science of naming organisms is called _______.: Taxonomy.
Scientific name for animals.: Animalia.
Multi cell organisms like Amoebae are called ______.: Protista
a single celled bacteria is called _____.: Monera
Similar bone structures are also called _________ structures.: Homologous
For humans, what is the complete classification?: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Sapiens.
A _____ ______ is a tool that predicts probable evolution.: Phylogenic Tree.
Animals with a spinal cord are classified as a _______.: Cordata.
Skeletal muscle examples....: Striated, around skeleton
What part of the plant traps pollen grains?: Stigma
What type of bird helped darwin realize natural selection?: Finch.
Chromosomes carry ______.: Genes
List the Major Biomes.: Tropical Rain Forest, Forest, Desert, Tundra, Grassland, Cahparral.
Where do the Sperm and Egg meet?: Fallopian Tube.
Cistic Fibrosis is what kind of disorder?: Genetic
Fertilization done in a lab where the sperm and egg are combined then implanted is called ______ fertillization.: Invitro
The ______ is where eggs are developed.: Ovary
People with little or no pigment to skin, eyes and hair is called ________.: Albinism.
______ is when the egg matures and breaks through the ovary.: Ovulation
_______ genes detmermine what is passed on.: Polygenetic
Carbohydrates are ______ and ______.: Sugars and Starches.
_____ sac is filled with food for the embryon.: Yolk.
Birth control pills signal what to the body?: That an egg has not attached and the lining is expelled.
What is an essential source of amino acids?: Protein
This is the area in the body where the baby develops.: Amnionic Cavity.
this is the excretion track for the embryo.: Placentra.
______ is the process of held excretion.: Allantois.
in _____ _____, chromosomes act as a template.: Cell Reproductionn.
_____ _____ is when sperm is taken from the male and injected into the woman for conception.: Artificial Insemination
______ ______ is the process of adding desirable traits by inserting genes.: Genetic Engineering.
What does DNA stand for?: Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What is a surrogate mother?: Someone who carries an embryo who is unrelated.
What is Artificial Implant?: Its when a Zygote is insterted in a host body.
Tay-Sachs disease is what type of disorder?: Genetic
_______ is a test of amionic fluid.: Amniocentesis
Cicle Cell Anemia causes what?: Abnormal red blood cells that make clogs.
an Rh factor is what?: A presence or absence of protein.
Colorblindness, Hemophillia, muscular dystrophy can all be.......: Passed down.
What is a Biome?: A section of the ecosystem , defined by plant life and location.
What was charles Darwins ship named?: The HMS Beagle
In genetics, Upper case letters mean what?? ( ex.. PP): upper case means DOMINANT,
lower case means recessive.
What is Natural Selection?: When nature determines what will survive, and what wont.
What is cancer?: Its a genetic material that is damaged and causes sporadic cell growth
What is a malignant tumor?: It is an unrestricted cancer cell growth.
What is Atherosclerosis: Hardening of the Arteries.
Cancer in which you have too many white blood cells.: Leukemia
The thyroid regulates what?: Your metabolism
Fats is what?: A storage area for food.
What are leukocytes.: They are white blood cells that fight infection.
What is yeast?: A living animal.
What are the four major tissue types?: Epithelial, Connectiver, Nervous, Muscle.
Name 2 examples of smooth muscles.: Arteries and Veins
What disease is spread mostly by mosquitoes.: Malaria
Who is Louis Pasteur.: The Father of Microbiology.
What is it called when you have a lack of vitamin C?: Scurvy
DNA molecules consist of how many chains?: 2
How many pairs of chromosomes determine sex?: 1.X & Y
What is a protein called when it mimics RNA and DNA?: A virus.
Chemical use to mill mosquitoes, but very harmful to humans.: DDT
How many pairs are in a chromosome?: 23
How many total chromosomes are there in a nucleus?: 46.
Cells reproduce what?: Themselves.
Three types of muscle tissue.: Smooth, Skeletel, Cardiac
There are more _______ than any other animal.: Insects.
Another word for red blood cells is?: Erythrocytes
What gland gives the " fight or flight" response?: Adrenal Glands
what do you breath out when you exhale?: Carbon Dioxide.
High Blood pressure is also known as________.: High Blood pressure.
Cancer restricted to a certain area.: Benign Tumor
A built up substance in the arteries is known as ______.: Plaque.
If an animal has parasite eggs in its muscles, that animal has _______.: Trichinosis
What is vascular cambium?: A structure on a plant that goes from the roots up to the veins of the leaves.
Give 2 examples of social insects.: Bees, and Ants.
Ultrasound that animals(bats) use to navigate: Echolocation
Give 4 examples of Virus's.: Colds, AIDS, Herpes, Flu, Measles.
What percentage of the body is water?: 0.9%
Ribsome: Organelle
Cold Blooded animals are known as _______.: Ecotherms.
Heart Muscle.: Cardiac.
Which cell ( animal or plant) has a cell wall?: Plants
Gametes needed for reproduction.: 2.
What is an ecosystem?: Its the most inclusive ecological area, includes air, water and energy.
What percentage of the sun is used in photsynthesis?: .012
What is Hemophilia?: Blood Clotting disorder?
Two fused gametes, first part of a human.: Zygote.
How many chromosomes to a set?: 46
Who is Gregor Mendel?: The Father of Genetics.
Reproductive cells are also called _______.: Games.
Chromosomes come in ______.: Pairs.
A full set of chromosomes is called a _______.: Somatic cell.
Reproducing using just the somatic cell is called________.: Cloning.
Glands that produce horomones for major glands.: Endocrine System.
Nitrogenous waste of humans is called_______.: Urea.
Animals who regulate their own body temperature are called_______.: Warm blooded.
Paste like feces of birds and reptiles.: Uric acid.
Warm blooded animals are called______.: Endotherms.
What does your Heptatic Portal Circulation do?: It Regulates your sugar level.
Another word for tree sap.: Xylem.
What produces pollen grains?: Anther.
What are Pheromones?: They are scents which insects communicate with each other.
Scientific Method. 4 Steps.: Gather information, Generate Hypothesis, Test hypothesis, Revise,

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