Vocabulary
A living thing; anything that can carry out life processes independently
What is an organism
In animals the following are common: multicellular, having nervous, epithelial, connective,muscle tissues, and what other characteristic?
What is eating other organisms?
The mainly underground organ of vascular plants that holds plants in place and absorbs and stores water and minerals from the soil
What are roots?
The human body uses the following organs to remove wasted products: skin, lungs and this
What are the kidneys?
The seasonal movement of animals
What is migration?
An internal skeleton that provides support to the animals that have it.
What is an endoskeleton?
In animals, what three organs allow oxygen to enter the body?
What are skin, lungs, and gills?
Plants undergo this process to make their food
What is photosynthesis?
The circulatory system is responsible for this function within the human body
What is delivering oxygen and nutrients?
In need of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, this plant has adapted to digest insects by curling a sticky tentacle like structure around unsuspecting bugs
What are sundews?
The maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment
What is homeostasis?
Animals that have this skeleton type are easily protected to external attacks because their skeleton is on the outside, what is the name of this skeleton?
What is an exoskeleton?
Xylem in plants is a form of vascular tissue, which means that it is responsible for doing what for the plant?
What is to transport water throughout the plant?
The body system responsible for making red blood cells
What is the skeletal system?
This sensory receptor type allows animals to process things such as sound, pressure, tension, and motion; this allows the animal to respond to its environment
What are mechanical receptors?
An action that an individual carries out in response to a stimulus or to the environment
What is a behavior?
An example of this is chewing
What is mechanical digestion?
What is needed to do photosynthesis?
What are water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight?
Part of the digestive system, chemical digestion is mostly found here in humans
What is in the stomach?
Occurs when the body senses a change and activates processes that slow or prevent the change
What is negative feedback?
A specialized structure that contains the ends of sensory neurons and that responds to specific types of stimuli
What is a sensory receptor?
Epithelial tissue's function in animals is to do what
What is to protect the animal or form a barrier?
What is the onyanga?
This body system is responsible for both the heart's ability to pump as well as your lunch moving through the digestive system
What is the muscular system?
An animal experiencing contractions during labor is an example of this feedback loop
What is positive feedback?