Branches of Life Science
The scientific study of the areas of science that deal with living things.
What is Biology (LIFE SCIENCE)?
Any living thing.
What is an ORGANISM?
Organisms that make their own food.
What is a PRODUCER (autotroph)?
The process of taking in food.
What is INGESTION?
Seasonal movement of animals from one place to another and back.
What is MIGRATION?
The studying or working in only one part of a subject.
What is SPECIALIZATION?
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
*Also called "smallest unit of life"
What is a CELL?
About two-thirds of your body is this.
What is WATER?
The process of breaking down food so that it can be used by living things.
What is DIGESTION?
The inactive state of some animals during winter months.
What is HIBERNATION?
The branch of life science that studies plants.
What is BOTANY?
The source of energy for most living things.
What is SUNLIGHT?
The process of keeping conditions inside a body constant.
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
The process of moving nutrients in a living thing.
What is TRANSPORT?
The idea that living things come from nonliving things.
What is SPONTANEOUS GENERATION?
The branch of science that studies animals.
What is ZOOLOGY?
A reaction to a change.
What is a RESPONSE?
Chemical substances that are needed for growth and energy.
What are NUTRIENTS?
The process of getting rid of wastes?
What is EXCRETION?
The process by which living things produce new organisms like themselves.
What is REPRODUCTION?
The branch of science that studies the way living things interact with their environment.
What is ECOLOGY?
The element found most in humans.
What is OXYGEN?
The process by which a cell releases energy from food molecules.
What is CELLULAR RESPIRATION?
Something produced in addition to the main product.
What is a BYPRODUCT?
Reproduction needing only one parent.
What is ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION?