Cells
Cells are the basic units of ____________________.
What is life?
This biome receives less than 20 inches of rain per year.
What is a desert?
The body's communication network.
What is the nervous system?
True/false: consistent exercise not only builds strong bones, but also strengthens muscles and increases muscle endurance.
What is true?
The science of classifying organisms.
What is taxonomy?
The "powerhouse" of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
This kind of forest has a thick canopy that does not let much light through to the dense vegetation below.
What is tropical rain forest?
This system protects the internal organs and tissues.
What is the skeletal system?
_______________ are made of smaller units called amino acids.
What are proteins?
An organism that produces it's own food.
What is an autotroph?
Only _______________ (plant or animal?) cells have a cell wall to help support and protect the cell.
plant
This biome is also known as the boreal forest.
What is the taiga?
The heart is part of this system.
What is the circulatory system?
The disease that causes weakening of bones and loss of bone density.
What is osteoporosis?
The name that refers to a warm blooded animal that maintains a constant internal temperature.
What is endotherm?
True/False: The production of glucose in plants is known as fermentation.
What is false.
)It's known as photosynthesis.)
This the largest land biome.
What is the taiga?
This system includes the nose, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, and diaphragm.
What is the respiratory system?
The term for unhealthy high blood pressure over a period of time.
What is hypertension?
The world's smallest bird.
What is the bee hummingbird?
The movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration is known as __________________.
What is diffusion?
This biome has four distinct seasons; typical plants and animals include maple, oak, and elm trees, herbs, moss, skunks, bobcats, and foxes.
What is the temperate forest?
This system makes it possible to eat or drink something with the body upside down.
What is the muscular system?
Many axons throughout the nervous system are covered with a fatty substance called ____________________.
What is myelin?
The small pores through which water and nutrients enter a sponge.
What is ostia?