Life Science - 1
The process of releasing energy from nutrients.
cell respiration
An animal with a backbone
vertebrate
Defends the body against disease
immune system
The liquid part of blood
plasma
Name one vascular plant
tree, grass, etc
shape of a DNA molecule
double helix
Controls everything that the cell does
nucleus
the male part of the plant
stamen
The three bones in your arm
what are the humerus, radius and ulna
Cells that work together to perform a function
tissue
The female part of the plant?
pistil
Number of chromosomes in each human cell
46
Controls all the other body systems
nervous system
The jellylike "soup" that fills most of the cell
cytoplasm
Where photosynthesis takes place in a plant cell
chloroplast
group of organisms that do not have a backbone
invertebrates
Which cells are produced by meiosis?
sperm and egg
Number of daughter cells at the end of meiosis
2
What cause the blood to clot when a blood vessel is cut?
platelets
Organs that work together to perform a function
What is a system?
Name the 2 blood vessels that bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
superior and inferior vena cava
group of simplest organisms without a nucleus
prokaryotes
The chromosomes line up down the middle of the cell plate during this phase of mitosis
metaphase
The system containing the lungs, skin, and bladder
excretory system
The smallest living part of an organism
cell
The passing of traits from parents to their offsprings
heredity
name of tubes that carry water in a plant
xylem tubes
This is what you are called when you have two different alleles for a trait
What is heterozygous