Living Things
What does Biology mean?
The study of life
The study of cells is known as ______________________ (histology, geology, cytology)
cytology
Plants produce their own food through a process called ______________________.
Photosynthesis
anatomy
Name the most boring lab we did this year.
Answers may vary
Are plants living things?
yes
A cell membrane functions a lot like ____________ for a cells exterior. (a fence with gates, a brain, a wall)
a fence with gates, allowing things in and out
Plants have cell walls made primarily of ____________________________ (cellulose, sucrose, glucose)
cellulose
The hardening process of bones is called _________ (osteology, steocytes, ossification)
Ossification
What subject are we studying next year? And name something you want to learn about regarding that topic.
Forensic Science; answers may vary
What is the advantage that plants have over animals?
Plants can create their own food source.
Which organelle functions like the control center of the cell? (nuclear envelope, nucleus, mitochondria)
nucleus
Which would be considered a part of Kingdom Animalia? (a rabies virus, snail, cactus)
Snail
The boundary where the growth of the bone occurs is referred to as the __________.
Growth Plate
What was the most interesting topic to learn about this year?
answers vary
All living things are composed of tiny bits of matter know as ______________
atoms
The lipid portion of the cell membrane is considered to be ________________ (hydrophilic, hydrophobic)
hydrophobic (fearing water)
Kingdoms are divided into groups known as _______________________. (classes, species, phyla)
phyla
The joints between the long bones of the arms and legs are known as the ____________ joints. (cartilage, tendon, synovial)
synovial
Recall our DNA model made with wood skewers, a wood plank, and straws; What building material did we add to the sides of the straws which represented ribose and phosphate on our DNA model?
play dough, clay, etc
Give an example of the feature that living things can grow and develop.
Various answers (children grow to adult, puppy into a dog, seed into plant, sprout into tree, etc)
Genes within our cells are like a ______________ within a recipe book. (pages, words, chapters)
chapters
What taxonomic grouping falls next: kingdom, phylum, ____________________, order, species.
class
On what organ would you find cardiac muscle?
Heart
What was the grossest dissection; worm or starfish? Which smelled the worst?