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7th Sci FINAL
CH 1-13
Question | Answer |
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The vase shaped structure of a flower that contains the stigma and ovary is the | pistil |
A plant that lives for two growing seasons is called a | biennial |
What are the tiny air sacs found in human and mammal lungs | alveoli |
Which system of the human body provides covering and protection | integumentary |
A group of cells designed to work together as a unit is called a | tissue |
The food nutrients that are used to build and repair the body are | proteins |
The scientific concept that states that living things can originate only from existing living things is | Law of Biogenesis |
The level of classification between order and genus is | family |
The general term for all mammals with hooves is | ungulates |
An animal that reproduces by laying eggs is | oviparous |
The part of a bird egg that becomes the embryo is the | germinal spot |
The largest known fish is the | whale shark |
The hard shell covering the cephalothorax of some crustaceans is the | carapace |
Prokaryotes are distinguished from eukaryotes by lack of an organized | nucleus |
The cell is surrounded and protected by the | cell membrane |
A tree's xylem are located in the | wood |
A tree that has male and female parts on separate trees is | dioecious |
An environment and all its organisms are called a | ecosystem |
The range of conditions in which an organism can survive is its | tolerance range |
The system that uses hormones to control certain body functions | endocrine |
the foundation of modern science | BIBLE |
the level of classification below kingdom | phylum |
any built-in knowledge that an animal is born with | instinct |
the "outside skeleton" of an arthropod | exoskeleton |
the 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 |
the 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 |
the struggle against other organisms for needed resources | competition |
a nutritional relationship in which one animal hunts another | predation |
a relationship in which organisms share only indirect contact | neutralism |
a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped | commensalism |
The surroundings of an organism or group of organisms are known as the | environment |
The unbiblical idea that says the present is the key to the past is | uniformitarianism |
an originally created type of organism is a | kind |
an animal that depends upon external means to regulate its body temperature is considered | cold-blooded |
the transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring is | heredity |
Because they obtain their nutrition from dead organisms, fungi are considered | saprophytes |
the maximum number of organisms of a particular species that an ecosystem can support is the | carrying capacity |
the number and variety of species living in an environment is the | biodiversity |
the term for any close relationship between organisms is | symbiosis |
the permanently frozen layer of Arctic tundra is the | permafrost |
based on plant and animal life, the earth is divided into broad regions called | biomes |
a sensible explanation to a scientific problem is a | hypothesis |
the group used as a standard for comparison when using the scientific method is the | control group |
What term refers to organisms that live in or on other organisms and obtain nutrients from them | parasites |
A living thing that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction has ?? symmetry | bilateral |
flowering plants are called | angiosperms |
What is the green pigment found in chloroplasts | chlorophyll |
Which of the following is a characteristic of dicots | taproots |
which system of the human body transports nutrients, wastes and other materials | cardiovascular |
exercises that do not maintain a raised heart rate are | anaerobic |
the disease that occurs when some of the body's cells begin to divide and grow at an abnormally fast pace is | cancer |
the belief that nothing is spiritual and that there is no God is | materialisms |
Mutations cannot cause evolution because | mutations do not produce new kinds of organisms |
an animal species that has been completely wiped out is considered | extinct |
an animal that primarily eats plants is a | herbivore |
Introducing ladybugs into an area to remove aphid pests is an example of | biological controls |
Single-celled animal-like organisms are called | protozoas |
The main function of the biogeochemical cycles is to | recycle minerals and other nutrients in the environment |
The portion of earth where life exists is the | biosphere |
The spinal cord and nerves are in the ???? nervous system | central |
The large blood vessels that return blood to the heart are | veins |
the most powerful natural stimulant is | cocaine |
Animals with backbones are | vertebrates |
a migration route that birds follow from year to year is a | flyway |
A chick that hatches with insulating feathers and can run or swim soon after birth is | precocial bird |
The sequence "egg, nymph, adult," describes ???metamorphosis | incomplete |
A tree that loses its leaves in the fall and stays bare all winter is | deciduous |
An organism's feeding relationship with other animals is described by its | trophic level |
Man's responsibility to take care of God's creation is called | stewardship |
The preservation, management, and care of natural resources is | conservation |
A list starting at producers and arranged in order of what eats what is called a | food chain |
studies body structure | anatomist |
studies reptiles and amphibians | herpetologist |
studies fish | ichthyologist |
studies insects | entomologist |
studies the interactions between organisms and their environment | ecologist |
Name the plant vessels that carry sugar to the roots and stems | phloem |
what is the food making process of plants called | photosynthesis |
what term refers to a strong feeling expressed in a physical way | emotion |
what is the waxy protective layer of a leaf | cuticle |
what organ produces the oil that birds spread over their bodies | preen gland |
what term refers to an eye with more than one lens | compound |
to which group of arthropods do spiders belong | arachnids |
what group of organisms are the main producers on the planet | plants |
what term refers to an organism's role in its environment | niche |
what is an idea that nature is god | pantheism |