Plants
Root pressure causes
vascular cylinder to have active transport
What does DNA polymerase do?
Builds complementary strands of DNA
Invertebrates are the most ______animals on Earth
abdundant
maintain balance, extra limb to hang onto is a feature of
prehensile tail
Evidence suggests that they made stone tools, lived in complex social groups, had controlled use of fire, were excellent hunters, and performed simple burial rituals.
Neanderthal
Root hairs take in water from the soil through the process of
osmosis
In a ___, a virus enters a bacterial cell, makes copies of itself, and causes the cell to burst
lytic infection
Two chordate groups lack backbones:
tunicates and lancelets
Structures such as legs and antennae that extend from the body wall.
appendages
Mammalian carnivores, such as wolves or orcas, use ____ tactics to bring down prey.
teeth, claws, and speed in hunting
These open and close to allow the exchange of gases and water vapor
stroma
The shift between the haploid phase and the diploid phase is known as the
alternation of generations
mollusks have a free-swimming larva, or immature stage, called a
trochophore
Paleontologists have also identified what are called ____ tracks and burrows made by animals whose body parts weren’t fossilized.
trace fossils
ancient fishes evolved a revolutionary feeding adaptation: jaws. Jaws make it possible
to bite and chew plants and/or other animals.
These types of cells are in the middle of a leaf
mesophyll
Cells of the _____, or middle layer, give rise to muscles and much of the circulatory, reproductive, and excretory organ systems.
mesoderm
Sponges are the most ancient members of the kingdom _______.They are multicellular, heterotrophic, lack cell walls, and contain a few specialized cells.
Animalia.
Dragonflies and birds have evolved wings for flight yet are not related is example of
convergent evolution
a trend in the evolution of human is
skull size increased
the main type of ground tissue, have thin cell walls and a large central vacuole surrounded by a thin layer of cytoplasm
Parenchyma
Viruses can only reproduce via
infecting other cells
Modern chordates consist of six groups: the non-vertebrate chordates and the five groups of vertebrates
fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
What part of the brain is more developed in primates and humans than other mammals?
Cerebrum
Evolution is often described as "the theme that ties together all aspects of biology." This is because the process of evolution
explains the diversity and adaptation of organisms in the environment