Human Body
What are the functions of the skeletal system?
support, movement, protection, production and storage
What is a living thing called?
organism
What are vacuoles?
the place for digestion of food
What is the chart used to predict possible offspring genotypes?
Punnett Square
71% of Earth's surface is covered in what?
water
Where is the hinge joint located?
elbow, knee
What are all nonliving things in the ecosystem called? (examples: sun and air)
abiotic factors
Temperature and light are examples of what?
stimuli
heredity
When water vapor condenses in the atmosphere, it forms what?
clouds
What are the functions of the muscular system?
movement, maintains posture, produces body heat
What is an example of a natural event that affects our ecosystem?
fire, flood, tornado, drought, etc.
What is the name of the best-known fungi?
mushroom
What is genetic material in all living cells that contains information called?
DNA
Once water collects in bodies of what, it _______ again and the cycle starts over.
evaporates
What is the cardiac muscle?
heart
The relationship between an organism and a nonliving component of the environment or another organism.
interaction
Where does penicillin come from?
mold
chromosome
What is is called when water evaporates from the leaves of plants?
transpiration
What do tendons connect?
muscle to bone
All of the members of the same type of organism is called what?
species
Where are some of the places that fungi grow?
moist and dark places
What are observable or physical traits of an organism called?
phenotypes
During the water cycle, water can change what?