Vocabulary
Science Concepts
Vocabulary 2
Science Concepts 2
Review
100
chromosome
What is the threadlike structure in a cell's nucleus?
100
An egg hatches into a caterpillar, which eats, becomes a pupa, emerges as a moth, and lays eggs.
What is a life cycle?
100
life cycle
What are stages that living things pass through as they grown and change?
100
Out of these four traits, the one that is a result of environment: A) hairstyle B) brown eyes C) tongue-rolling D) unattached earlobes
What is hairstyle?
100
A living organism too small to be seen without a microscope.
What is a microorganism?
200
dominant trait
What is a characteristic that appears when there is one factor present for it?
200
A frog moves to a nearby pond because its own pond is drying up. What changed for the frog to cause it to move?
What is its environment?
200
mitosis
What is the process by which most cells divide?
200
Out of the follow four behaviors, the one that is an INSTINCT for a cat: A) ringing the doorbell B) meowing with the radio C) sleeping more hours than being awake D)running to the kitchen when a can is opened
What is sleeping more hours than being awake?
200
The type of beneficial microorganism found in yogurt.
What is (probiotic) bacteria?
300
gene
What is a location on a chromosome that contains the DNA code for a trait?
300
You get sunburn. A week later the dead skin peels off. What process formed the new skin underneath the peeling skin?
What is mitosis?
300
environment
What is all the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism?
300
Adam can roll his tongue (a dominant tra, but his brother lee cannot. Why is this?
Adam has a a dominant factor for tongue-rolling.
300
The part of a cell found in plant cells (outside of the cell membrane), but not in animal cells.
What is a cell wall?
400
inherited trait
What is a characteristic passed from parents to offspring?
400
What most body cells make when they go through cell division (mitosis).
What are exact copies of themselves?
400
recessive trait
What is a trait that fades into the background and is NOT seen?
400
The part of of a cell that controls organelles' functions.
What is the nucleus?
400
The part of a plant cell that converts sunlight into food for the cell.
What is a chloroplast?
500
instinct
What is a way of acting that is passed from parents to offspring?
500
The beginning of a new organism that forms as a result of meiosis.
What is a zygote?
500
learned behavior
What is behavior that is learned through environment and experience?
500
The "powerhouse" of a cell.
What is the mitochondrion?
500
A type of microorganism that is harmful to people & can cause illnesses like chickenpox, Ebola or the flu.
What is a virus?
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