Plants
What plant cell structure stores water, waste, and food?
Vacuole
Name an animal with radial symmetry
Jellyfish, Sea Urchin, etc.
When a single plant produces an offspring that is identical to it, this is called _______________
Asexual reproduction
The basic unit of structure and function in living things is the _________.
Cell
Give an example of an autotroph.
Plants, trees, algae
What structure allows for carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water vapor to move in/out of the plant?
Stomata
Are most animals vertebrates or invertebrates?
Invertebrates
The process of change that occurs during an organism's life, producing a more complex and mature organism is called __________.
Development
What is the correct order of the 4 levels of organization we learned about in class, starting with the most basic level.
Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System
Why is spontaneous generation a mistaken idea?
Living things can only come from other living things.
What cell structure is where food is made in the plant?
Chloroplast
Which vertebrate group's name means "double life" because they spend part of their life in water and their adult life on land?
Amphibians
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called ________________.
Stimulus
Our liver is an example of what level of organization?
Organ
Give an example of a eukaryote.
plants and animals
What in the plant absorbs sunlight, the energy that drives photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
Vertebrates that produce very little internal body heat (their body temperature changes with the environment) are called
Ectotherms
Computers are a nonliving thing. Name 1 characteristic of life (that we learned about) that makes them nonliving.
1. Not made of cells. 2. Do not have chemicals of life (like DNA, water, proteins, carbohydrates, etc.). 3. Do not grow and develop. 4. Do not reproduce.
A group of similar cells working together is called a __________.
tissue.
Which scientist did the 1st controlled experiment where he compared two jars of rotting meat (one open and one covered) to see which one had maggots?
Francesco Redi
Which plant structure takes water and minerals absorbed by the roots and carries them up to the stem and leaves?
Xylem
What does the backbone surround and protect in a vertebrate?
The Nerve Cord
Name 1 thing that makes water essential for life. To stay hydrated is NOT the answer. Use information you learned from Ch. 1.1
Which invertebrate only has the most basic level of organization (specialized cells).
Sponges