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What is predation?
The preying of one animal on others.
Name three kingdoms of life.
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protists, Animalia, Plantae, and Fungi
A Cartilaginous Fish.
Great White Shark.
What is photosynthesis?
The process that plants turn light energy into chemical energy.
What is the largest bone in the human body?
Femur.
What is weight?
The measure of gravitational force or attraction.
Name the two big groups the animal kingdom is split into?
Vertebrates and Invertebrates.
What kingdom of life does coral belong to?
Animalia.
What are two jobs roots provide for plants?
Stability and absorbing water/nutrients.
What is the strongest muscle in the human body?
Jaw bone.
What is another name for life science?
Biology.
What is Commensalism?
Relationship between two creatures where one benefits and the other is unharmed.
What are three characteristics of a reptile?
Scales, cold blooded, and lays hard eggs.
In a plant cell what is the chloroplast responsible for?
Photosynthesis.
What is the largest organ in the human body.
Skin.
What name is used to describe all living things?
Biodiversity.
What is symbiosis?
Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association.
What type of vertebrate is a tiger salamander, who lives both on land and in water.
Amphibian.
What organelle stores a plants water that is currently not being used.
Vacuole.
What helps synthesize PROTEINS inside a cell?
Ribosomes.
What are the five steps in the scientific method?
Question, Hypothesis, Test, Analyze data, Conclusion.
What kingdom lives in harsh environments (such as acidic hot springs, hypersaline lakes, and deep-sea hydrothermal vents)
archaebacteria.
What are the five characteristics of mammals?
Fur, give birth to live young, warm blooded, produce milk for young.
What two organelles do plants have that animal cells do not?
Cell wall and chloroplasts.
What is mitosis?
Process where one cell divides to create two identical daughter cells.