Vertebrates
A vertebrate is an animal with a ________________.
The part of the plant that absorbs water and nutrients through the soil is called the _____________.
roots
A living thing can also be called an ____________.
organism
A very dry and often hot biome populated by cacti is called a ___________.
desert
McPeek's favorite color
purple
A vertebrate that lays eggs, has scales, and can breathe underwater is called a ___________.
fish
The rigid outer coating that helps plant cells keep their shape is called the _________________.
cell wall
A group of organisms of the same species is called a ________________.
population
A very dry and cold biome that has permafrost (permanently frozen soil) is called a ______________.
tundra
McPeek's favorite Disney princess
Belle
A vertebrate that lays eggs and has feathers is called a _________.
bird
Photosynthesis is a process that allows plants to make food from ____________.
sunlight
All the populations of different species living in the same area is called a ____________________.
community
A biome with densely populated trees and animals where it's warm and rains nearly every day is called a _______________.
McPeek's favorite hobby (right now)
gaming
(extra points for playing Zelda / gaming on my Switch)
A vertebrate that has hair or fur, gives live birth, and gives milk to its babies is called a _______________.
When we did our strawberry DNA extraction lab, we first squished the strawberry with our hands. The purpose of this step was to ____________________.
break the cell wall
ecosystem
A flat biome with scattered trees and lots of grass is called a _________________.
savannah / grassland
McPeek's favorite NON-DOMESTICATED animal
(Hint: It's NOT cats)
owls
A vertebrate that has scales, lays eggs, and breathes air through its lungs is called a ______________.
reptile
The organelle in a plant cell that makes plants green and helps them make food from sunlight is called the ________________.
chloroplast
A group of ecosystems that have similar species of living things and similar climate and weather patterns is called a _____________.
(Examples include a desert, tundra, rainforest, etc.)
biome
A biome with trees that lose their leaves in the winter is called a ____________________.
temperate forest / deciduous forest
(forest = half points)
McPeek's favorite way to start the morning
a HOT cup of coffee
(half points for just coffee)