Chapter 1-2
What do we call trees that lose their leaves in autumn?
Deciduous
What part of a plant embryo develops into a stem and leaves?
Plumule
Which type of plant are yeasts and mildews?
Sac fungi
Which body system provides support, and rigidity to the body and stores calcium?
Skeletal
Which muscles allow you to pull your shoulders back and help you pull your head up?
Trapezious
What type of flower consists of disk flowers and ray flowers?
Composite
What are the typical characteristics of dicots?
branching veins, petals in multiples of 5, taproot system
What types of plants are mosses and liverworts?
Bryophytes
Which system coordinates the activities of the body?
Nervous
What do we call the long, straight shaft of bone?
Diaphysis
What type of plant tissue is responsible for the growth and repair of plant parts?
Meristimatic
What is osmosis?
diffusion of water through semipermeable membrane
What do we call an organism that obtains its nutrition from dead organisms?
Saprophytes
Which system protects the body from disease?
Immune
What is responsible for the most common type of muscle atrophy?
Lack of Exercise
What is produced by photosynthesis
Oxygen & glucose
What is heartwood
Inner wood that no longer conducts water and minerals in a woody stem
In which group is the alga that causes red tide?
Dinoflagellates
Which body system carries food, water, and oxygen to and from the cells?
Cardiovascular
Which body cavity contains the heart and the lungs?
Thoracic
What are green plants considered since they create their own food?
Autotrophs
What is xylem?
Tissue that is responsible for water and dissolved minerals being transported from te roots to the stem
What is the best way to tell seeds and spores apart?
Seeds are multicellular while spores are unicellular
Which system produces hormones that regulate the body’s activities?
Endocrine
Where is the contraction machinery of the muscle cells located?
Myofibrils