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90 Cards in this Set
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An animal that reproduces by laying eggs is ____. |
Oviparous |
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The general term for all mammals with hooves are ____. |
Ungulates |
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The level of classification between order and genus is ____. |
Family |
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The scientific concept that states that living things can originate only from existing living things is the ____. |
Law of biogenesis |
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The food nutrients that are used to build and repair the body are ____. |
proteins |
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A group of cells designed to work together as a unit is called a ____. |
tissue |
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Which system of the human body provides covering and protection? |
Integumentary |
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What are the tiny air sacs found in human and mammal lungs? |
Alveoli |
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A plant that lives for two growing seasons is called a ____. |
biennial |
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The vase-shaped structure of a flower that contains the stigma and ovary is the ____. |
Pistil |
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The system that uses hormones to control certain body functions |
Endocrine system |
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Foundation of modern science |
The Bible |
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The level of classification below kingdom |
Phylum |
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Any built in knowledge that an animal is born with |
instinct |
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The "outside skeleton" of an arthropod |
Exoskeleton |
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The range of conditions in which an organism can survive is its ____ range. |
tolerance |
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An environment and all its organisms are called a ____. |
ecosystem |
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A tree that has male and female parts on separate trees is ____. |
Dioecious |
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A tree's xylem are located in the ____. |
Wood |
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The cell is surrounded and protected by the ____. |
Cell membrane |
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Prokaryotes are distinguished from eukaryotes by lack of an organized ____. |
Nucleus |
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The hardshell covering the cephalothorax I have some crustaceans is the ____. |
Carapace |
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The largest known fish is the ____. |
Whale shark |
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The part of a bird egg that becomes the embryo is the ____. |
Germinal spot |
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The information-storing substance that a cell's nucleus contains |
DNA |
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Structure formed by the leaves, twigs, flowers, and fruit at the top of a fully grown tree |
Crown |
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The northern and southern limit at which trees grow |
tree line |
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A model that shows all the feeding relationships in an environment |
Food web |
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All the organisms of one species in an environment |
population |
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The struggle against other organisms for needed resources |
Competition |
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A nutritional relationship in which one animal hunts another |
predation |
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A relationship in which organisms share only indirect contact |
neutralism |
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Relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped |
Commensalism |
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The surroundings of an organism or group of organisms are known as the ____. |
environment |
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The unbiblical idea that says that the present is the key to the past is ____. |
Uniformitarianism |
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And originally created type of organism is a ____. |
Kind |
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An animal that depends upon external means to regulate its body temperature is considered ____. |
Cold-blooded |
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The transmission of characteristics from one parent to offspring is ____. |
Heredity |
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Because they obtain their nutrition from dead organisms, fungi are considered ____. |
Saprophytes |
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The maximum number of organisms of a particular species that an ecosystem can support is the _____. |
Carrying capacity |
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The number and variety of species living in an environment is the ____. |
Biodiversity |
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Exercises that do not maintain a raised heart rate are ____. |
Anaerobic |
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Which system of the human body transports nutrients, and waste, and other materials? |
Cardiovascular |
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Which of the following is a characteristics of dicots? |
Taproots |
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What is the green pigment found in chloroplast? |
Chlorophyll |
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Flowering plants are called ____. |
Angiosperms |
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A living thing that can be cut into equal halves in only one direction has _____ symmetry. |
Bilateral |
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What term refers to organisms that live in or on other organisms and obtain nutrients from them? |
parasites |
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A sensible explanation to a scientific problem is a _____. |
hypothesis |
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The group used as a standard for comparison when using the scientific method is the ____. |
control group |
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Based on plant and animal life, The earth is divided into broad regions called ____. |
Biomes |
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A permanently frozen layer of arctic tundra is the ____. |
Permafrost |
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The term for any close relationship between organisms is _____. |
Symbiosis |
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The portion of earth where life exists is the _____. |
Biosphere |
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The main function of the biochemical cycles is to ____ |
Recycle minerals and other nutrients in the environment |
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Single-celled animal-like organisms are called ____. |
Protozoa |
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Introducing ladybugs into an area to remove aphid pest is in example of ____. |
Biological control |
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Which of the following is not a characteristic common to all mammals? 1. Two-chambered heart 2. Internal skeleton 3. Hair 4. Mammary glands |
1. Two-chambered heart |
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Animal that primarily eat plants is a ____. |
Herbivore |
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An animal species that has been completely wiped out is considered ___ |
Extinct |
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Mutations cannot cause evolution because ____. |
Mutations do not produce new kinds of organisms |
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the belief that nothing is spiritual and that there is no God is ____. |
Materialism |
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The disease that occurs when some of the body's cells begin to divide and grow at an abnormally fast pace is ____. |
Cancer |
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Studies body structure |
Anatomist |
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Studies reptiles and amphibians |
Herpetologists |
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Studies fish |
Ichthyologists |
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Studies insects |
Entomologist |
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Studies the interactions between organisms and their environment |
Ecologist |
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A list starting at producers and arranged in order of what eats what is called a ____. |
food chain |
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They preservation, management, and care of natural resources is _____. |
Conservation |
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Man's responsibility to take care of God's creation is called ____. |
Stewardship |
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An organism's feeding relationship with other animals is described by its ____. |
Trophic level |
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A tree that loses its leaves in the fall and stays bare all winter is ____. |
Deciduous |
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The sequence, "egg, nymph, adult," describes _____ metamorphosis. |
Incomplete |
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A chick that hatches with insulating feathers and can run or swim soon after birth is ____. |
Precocial |
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Hey migration route that birds follow from year-to-year is a _____. |
Flyway |
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Animals with backbones are _____. |
Vertebrates |
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The most powerful natural stimulant is ____. |
Cocaine |
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The large blood vessel's that return blood to the heart are ____. |
Veins |
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The spinal cord and brain are in the _____ nervous system. |
Central |
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What is the idea of that nature is God? |
Pantheism |
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What time refers to an organism's role in its environment? |
Niche |
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What group of organisms are the main producers on the planet? |
Plants |
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To which group of arthropods do spiders belong? |
Arachnids |
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What term refers to an eye with more than one lens? |
Compound eye |
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What organ produces the oil that birds spread over their bodies? |
Preen gland |
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What is the waxy protective layer of a leaf? |
cuticle |
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What term refers to a strong feeling expressed in a physical way? |
Emotion |
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What is the food making process of plants called? |
Photosynthesis |
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Name the plant vessels that carry sugar to the roots and stems? |
Phloem |
