Building Blocks of Life
The smallest unit of a living thing
CELL
The first part of the scientific name
GENUS
Which kingdom lives on land and absorbs its food from other living or non-living things
FUNGI
Animals with backbones
VERTEBRATES
A behavior birds are born knowing to stay out of the cold
MIGRATION
The control center for the cell
NUCLEUS
The second part of the scientific name
SPECIES
Pine trees make seeds, but do not have . . .
Flowers
Animals without backbones
INVERTEBRATES
An animal having brown fur is an example of an
INHERITED TRAIT
Gel-like liquid that contains things needed to carry out life processes
CYTOPLASM
How are plant and animal cells similar?
They both have a cell membrane, a nucleus, cytoplasm
What two parts do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
CELL WALL and CHLOROPLASTS
Give the most common example of an arthropod.
SPIDER
LEARN FROM ITS PARENTS
Special parts in a plant cell that trap the sun's energy
CHLOROPLAST
What are the first and second parts of an organism's scientific name? You must say which is first and which is second.
FIRST - GENUS
SECOND - SPECIES
What type of plant is BAMBOO, vascular or non-vascular?
VASCULAR
What type of ANIMAL is a snail, a vertebrate or an invertebrate?
INVERTEBRATE
A marking on a butterfly to scare away predators is an
ADAPTATION
What is the JOB of the nucleus?
Controls the cell's activities
Name at least 4 of the 6 Kingdoms.
ANCIENT BACTERIA
TRUE BACTERIA
PROTISTS
FUNGI
PLANTS
ANIMALS
What type of plant is HORNWORT, vascular or nonvascular?
NONVASCULAR
What group does a clam belong to: sponge, worm, or mollusk?
MOLLUSK
Is a polar bear's white fur an an instinct, a learned behavior, or an adaptation?
ADAPTATION