Intro to Life Science
The term for animals in general.
What is fauna?
The study of plants.
What is botany?
The food making process of plants.
What is photosynthesis?
A fracture in which the bone breaks through the skin.
What is a compound or open fracture?
The sum of all body activities.
What is metabolism?
The term for plant life in general.
What is flora?
The study of animals.
What is zoology?
A plant that grows from a seed, produces flowers, and dyes in one growing season.
What is an annual?
The large vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
The two main parts of the central nervous system.
What are the brain and spinal cord?
The place within the environment where an organism lives.
What is a habitat?
The study of organisms too small to be seen with the unaided eye.
What is microbiology?
Angiosperm seeds are enclosed inside this structure for protection and dispersal.
What is a fruit?
The layer of skin directly above the dermis.
What is the epidermis?
The Largest part of the human brain, which is responsible for thought.
What is the cerebrum?
the process by which life continues through the generation of new organisms.
What is reproduction?
The study of an organism's shape and structure.
What is anatomy?
The transfer of pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma.
What is pollination?
The body system that breaks food down into usable nutrients.
What is the digestive system?
The lower chambers of the human heart which pump blood to other parts of the body.
What are ventricles?
A sensible but untested explanation for a scientific problem.
What is a hypothesis?
The study of organisms interacting with their surroundings and each other.
What is ecology?
The type of leaf with more than one leaflet attached to the petiole.
What is a compound leaf?
The system that controls the body functions and activities.
What is the nervous system?
The tiny air sacs found in a person's lungs.
What are alveoli?