Microorganisms
What microorganisms cause strep throat in humans?
Bacteria
The showy part of a flower is called what?
Petal
What type of animals maintain a constant internal body temperature?
Warm blooded
Define: consumer
An animal that has to ingest (eat) its food
What do viruses need to reproduce?
A living cell or a host cell
What are 2 functions of plant roots?
Anchor the plant to the ground
Absorb water and minerals
What is one way a cold blooded animal could raise its body temperature on a cold day?
Lay in the sun
Lay on a warm rock or sand
Define: cold blooded
Body temperature changes with the outside temperature
Chicken pox is caused by what microorganism?
Virus
What is the primary function of a flower in a plant?
Reproduction
What is one animal that carries its young in a pouch?
Koala
Kangaroo
Opossum
Define: antibiotic
A medicine doctors use to kill bacterial infections
What is missing from a bacteria cell?
Nucleus
What is the main job of plant leaves?
Make food for the plant using photosynthesis
What are 2 characteristics of mammals?
Warm blooded
Hair or fur
Define: heterotroph
An organism that cannot make its own food. It has to obtain food from other sources
What is one type of fungal infection that affects humans?
Athletes foot
Yeast infection
What do leaf stomata collect and release?
Gases (carbon dioxide and oxygen)
What are 2 things all animals have in common?
All are mobile at some point in their life
All consumers
Define: transpiration
The loss of water from plant leaves. Evaporation of water from plants
What is the difference between a vertebrate and invertebrate and list one animal for each.
Vertebrate: has a backbone- human
Invertebrate: no backbone- worm
Explain what a vaccine is. What is it made of? What does it do?
Made of dead or weakened viruses
It prevents you from getting a virus
What are the names of the tiny openings on the bottom of leaves called?
Stomata
Answers vary
The process plants do to make their own food using CO2, water and sunlight to make sugar (food) and oxygen
What are 2 positives and 3 negatives of fungi?
Positives: blue cheese, penicillin, bread rising
Negatives: poisonous mushrooms, food spoilage, athletes foot