HM Unit A Test Life Science
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- Plants use _____ to convert sunlight into food.
- photosynthesis
- Most plants that do not use seeds for reproduction use ___________ instead.
- spores
- The movement of particles through a cell membrane is known as __________.
- diffusion
- When water passes through a cell membrane, it is known as _____.
- osmosis
- The heart, the liver, the lungs, and the skin are all examples of ____________.
- organs
- Pines, cedars, and redwoods are ___________, producing naked seeds that lack the protective covering of a fruit.
- gymnosperms
- Animals and plants are two of the five _______ that comprise all known life on Earth.
- kingdoms
- The unit of heredity for a single trait is a __________.
- gene
- An individual's ________ determines all of the inherited traits than an individual possesses.
- DNA
- The plant tissue that carries food materials downward from the leaves to the rest of the plant is the __________.
- phloem
- Is the nucleus a cell, an organ, an organelle, or a nucleotide?
- organelle
- Do clams, snails, and crabs belong to vertebrates, invertebrates, monerans, or protists?
- invertebrates
- What is the function of the vacuole in a single-celled organism?
- It attracts food and water into the cell and delivers them throughout, or expels them, as required.
- A fruit is an example of ___________.
- an angiosperm
- A mushroom belongs to the __________ kingdom.
- fungi