Prefixes and Suffixes
This prefix means "different"
What is hetero- ?
Structures that convert nutrients to energy
What are mitochondria?
No energy input required to move along the concentration gradient
(would also accept diffusion, simple/facilitated diffusion)
The automatic process that living things use to keep a stable internal environment despite changes outside.
What is homeostasis?
Information in the environment that causes
an organism to react is called this
What is a stimulus?
Name one of the Hobbits from the Lord of the Rings
Who are Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, or Bilbo?
This suffix means "loving"
What is -philic?
Sac that stores water, nutrients, or waste products.
What are vacuoles?
Higher solute (salt, sugar, etc.) concentration on the outside, lower on the inside.
What is hypertonic?
The body reverses a change. Ex. Sweating/Shivering
What is negative feedback?
organs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide between blood and air.
What are the lungs?
Mr. Schoon's room number
What is D-24?
This prefix means "inside/within"
What is endo-?
Stack of membranes that package chemicals
What is the Golgi Apparatus?
Equal concentrations of solute on the outside and inside.
What is isotonic?
When blood sugar rises after eating, the pancreas releases insulin to pull glucose into cells and lower blood sugar. This is an example of this kind of feedback
What is negative feedback?
This is a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood around the body.
What is the heart?
What is the last movie Mr. Schoon saw in theaters?
What is Resident Evil?
What is fearing?
Structure that contains DNA and regulates genes
What is the nucleus?
Lower solute concentration on the outside, higher on the inside
What is hypotonic?
When a blood vessel tears, platelets rush to the site and release chemicals that attract more platelets, rapidly building a plug until the wound is sealed. This is an example of this type of feedback
What is positive feedback?
The elimination of metabolic wastes, such as ammonia.
What is excretion?
How many games has Mr. Schoon's favorite NFL team won so far this season?
What is zero games?
The term for the "cell fluid" inside the cell
What is cytoplasm?
Tubules and filaments that give the cell its shape.
What is the cytoskeleton?
Active transport requires this to move a membrane against its concentration gradient
What is energy/ATP?
Childbirth would be considered this type of feedback
What is positive feedback?
an animal that regulates body temperature, at least in part, with the heat that its body generates.
What is an endotherm?
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Who is Spongebob Squarepants?