Digestion
The Immune System
Meiosis
Rando!
A Little Bit of Labs
100
Breaking down large food molecules into smaller usable molecules.
What is the absorption?
100
Stomach acid and skin are this type of defense
What is the first line of defense?
100
The final result of meiosis in males or females.
What are gametes?
100
This branch of biology is concered with naming and classifying organisms.
What is taxonomy?
100
This organism was used in our animal behavior lab because it is small and easy to work with.
What are pillbugs?
200
This organ mechanically churns food and secretes gastric juices.
What is the stomach?
200
The dead, outter layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
200
The _______ chromosome number can be represented by 2n
What is diploid?
200
This idea in biology basically states that animals are considered to be the same species if they can mate and produce viable offspring.
What is the biological species concept?
200
This variable is measured in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
300
The acidic environment of the stomach activates this enzyme which then becomes pepsin.
What is pepsinogen?
300
Hair like structures that sweep mucus into the throat for coughing or swallowing.
What is cilia?
300
The _______ chromosome number can be represented by n
What is haploid?
300
This patch of cells in the heart keeps the pace of the heart muscle.
What is the pacemaker?
300
From the Mitosis and Meiosis lab, we observed that cells stayed in this phase of the cell cycle the longest.
What is interphase? During division, the cell spends the most time in prophase and the least in anaphase.
400
This organ produces bile & acts as a emulsifier to break down fat.
What is the liver? (The gall bladder stores the bile)
400
When cells are injured they release this chemical which begins the inflmmatory response.
What are histamines?
400
This process produces one function egg cell
What is oogenesis?
400
A disease causing agent.
What is a pathogen?
400
Think back to the photosynthesis lab, xanthophyll and beta-carotene are types of what?
What are plant pigments?
500
This sphincter is located at the bottom of the stomach and keeps food from rushing into the small intestine.
What is pyloric sphincter?
500
These are included in the immune system's third line of defense.
What are antibodies?
500
If you see a picture and it has 4 centromeres, how many chromatids does this picture contain?
What is 8? (chromatids= individual chromosome, chromatin is DNA + proteins, like histones)
500
The apperance of a new species demonstrates this type of evolution.
What is macroevolution?
500
The peak in blood pressure is called ________________ and the relaxing blood pressure is called ________________.
What is systole & diastole?
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