Under the Microscope
a branch of biology that studies organisms too small to be seen by unaided eye
Microbiology
Hard, moveable plates that cover the gills of boney fish
The scientific term for the "feelers" on an insects head
Antennae
the relationship in an ecosystem where two organisms do not affect each other
neutralism
The organ that allows a bird to produce sound
syrinx
A disease caused by a pathogen
Infectious
Distinctive type of crocodilian that has a long, thin snout
Gharial
Most organized social insect
Ants
The relationship in nature that benefits both organisms is
mutualism
Chicks born featherless and helpless are considered
Altricial
The jelly-like substance found in cells
Cytoplasm
tooth-like scales on a shark's skin
denticles
Dragonflies are in this insect order
Odonata
An organisms occupation within its environment
Niche
Carnivorous hunting birds are classified as
birds of prey
The long whip like structures that move protozoans
Flagellates
arachnids that have a long venomous stinger
scorpion
Insects whose wings form an X on their back when at rest
Hemiptera
The number and variety of species in an environment
biodiversity
Gliding with an updraft to gain altitude
soaring
When a cell copies DNA information into a molecule of RNA is
Transcription
a fish extracts oxygen from water using
gills
The fastest flying bird
Peregrine Falcon
The process of new ecosystems developing after a previous ecosystem was damaged
ecological succession
the most important flight muscles for a bird are
pectorals