Body Structure & Function
Matter & Energy in Organisms
Ecosystems
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
100

What body system transports oxygen and nutrients throughout the body?

What is the circulatory system?

100

What process allows plants to make their own food using sunlight?

What is photosynthesis?

100

What is a group of the same species living in one area called?

What is a population?

100

The movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration.

What is diffusion?

100

An organism that cannot make its own food.

What is a consumer?


200

Which organ pumps blood throughout the body?

What is the heart?

200

What gas do plants take in during photosynthesis?

What is carbon dioxide?

200

What is the role of a producer in an ecosystem?

What is making its own food?

200

The cell structure that controls what enters and leaves the cell.

What is the cell membrane?

200

The place where an organism lives.

What is a habitat?

300

What is the basic unit of structure and function in all living things?

What is a cell?

300

What process releases energy from food inside cells?

What is cellular respiration?

300

What term describes all living and nonliving things in an area?

What is an ecosystem?

300

The process by which organisms maintain stable internal conditions.

What is homeostasis?

300

A diagram showing feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

What is a food web?

400

Which body system helps the body respond to stimuli and controls actions?

What is the nervous system?

400

Which organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell"?

What is the mitochondrion?

400

What relationship occurs when both organisms benefit?

What is mutualism?

400

A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment.

What is an adaptation?

400

The process by which water moves through a selectively permeable membrane.

What is osmosis?

500

Cells → tissues → organs → organ systems is known as what?

What are the levels of organization?

500

During photosynthesis, light energy is converted into what type of energy?

During photosynthesis, light energy is converted into what type of energy?

500

Why are decomposers important?

What is recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem?

500

The sum of all chemical reactions in an organism.

What is metabolism?

500

An organism's role or job in an ecosystem.

What is a niche?

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