Belowground plant stem that grows horizontally and functions in asexual reproduction
What is a rhizome?
Haploid plant structure that produces gametes by mitosis
What is the gametophyte?
Animals that rely on heat gained from the environment and keep a constant body temperature
What are ectothermic homeotherms?
The process that brings food into the digestive tract
What is ingestion?
Cells with partly thickened cell walls responsible for flexible support
What are collenchyma cells?
The male reproductive organ in flowering plants
What is the stamen?
Marine invertebrates that do not need to control the concentration of water and solutes within their bodies
What are osmoconformers?
What are essential nutrients?
Pollination system that is not dependent on nectar or petal production
What is abiotic pollination (via wind or water)?
Nephron structure that establishes a strong osmotic gradient in the kidney
What is the loop of Henle?
A feeding strategy that involves swallowing organic-rich sediments
Meristematic tissue that produces secondary xylem and phloem cells
What is the vascular cambium?
What is a seed?
Downward motion of the diaphragm that decreases chest pressure
What is an inhalation?
Organ that initiates the chemical breakdown of proteins
What is the stomach?
Driving force behind water transport from plant roots to shoots
What is transpiration?
What is endosperm?
A decrease in blood pH (or an increase in CO2 concentration) causes hemoglobin to release more oxygen to the tissues
What is the Bohr shift?
Location of the organ that produces bile salts
What is letter "C"?