chapter 1
Who was the father of taxonoy
John Ray
What is the future seed of a plant
Ovule
What is logic
Study of reasoning
what is the alimentary canal
-path food travels through the digestive system
Alveoli
tiny air sacs in the lungs
What the sum of all the chemical processes of life
Metabolism
What is the xylem
-tissue that carries water and nutrients from a plant's root hairs to the leaves
What are divisions of the skeleton
axial and appendicular
what is the spinal cord
organ that transmits nerve impulses from the brain to the peripheral nervous system
Law
theory that has never been proven false
What is the purpose of science?
carefully observing nature, discovering the laws of the laws of creation and using those laws for mankind's benefits.
What is a tracheophyte?
-plant with a vascular system
3 reasons of monocots vs. dicots
monocots have one cotyledons while dicots have two cotelydons monocots have parallel venation and dicots have palmate venation monocots have fibrous root systems and petals in multiples of three dicots have a taproot system and have petals in multiples of five
sensible explanation for a scientific problem is
hypothesis
Diaphragm-
dome-shaped muscle used for breathing
The five main characteristics common to all living things
organized structure, grow, respond to changes, reproduce, Metabolism
who was the Christian botanist who discovered that each flower’s nectar-producing organs have special colors designed to attract various insects
Christian Conrad Sprengal
what is the -most common family of flowers and are made of tiny flowers
composite
Water in the soil enters a root’s root hairs by what process
osimosis
placenta-
-structure in a human or placental mammal that keeps the baby attached to the wall of the uterus and allows exchanges between the baby’s blood and the mother’s blood
What was Carolus Linnaeus’s major contribution to science and why is it important?
His major contribution to science is how he organized the classification system. It is important because it helps man study and organize God's designs.
what are the three basic leaf shapes
broad, flat leaves, long narrow leaves, and needle-like or scale-like leaves
arteries vs. veins
arteries carrie blood to the heart, veins carries away from the heart
- transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma is?
pollination
voluntary vs. involuntary muscles
voluntary muscles that move when ordered, Involuntary muscles are muscles that move without command.