Study guide
food making process of plants
What is photosynthesis?
angiosperm seeds are enclosed inside this structure
What is a fruit?
French scientist who disproved spontaneous generation
Who is Louis Pasteur?
group of nutrients that include sugars and starch
What are carbohydrates?
hormones that control various internal body functions are released by this system
What is the endocrine system?
largest mammal
slow moving arboreal xenarthran with large claws
What is a sloth?
What is metabolism?
sudden permanent change in an organism's DNA
What is a mutation?
wrote the book Origin of Species
Who is Charles Darwin?
movement of water of water from a higher concentration to a lower concentration
What is osmosis?
fracture of bone that breaks through the skin
What is the cerebrum?
process by which life continues through the generation of new organisms
What is reproduction?
sensible but untested explanation for a scientific problem
What is a hypothesis?
mineral needed for transport of oxygen in the blood
What is iron?
branch of biology that specializes in plants
What is botany?
What are depressants?
system that includes the brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system?
respiratory structure unique to mammals
What is the diaphragm?
lower chambers of the heart that pump blood to other pars of the body
What are ventricles?
only mammals that can fly
What are bats?
animal without a backbone
What is an invertebrate?
largest group of mammals
What are rodents?
early growth of a seed until the plant is ready to produce its own food
What is germination?