Unit 1
What is the study of how the natural world functions
Science
What is a type of fungus?
yeast
This is the passing of traits from parent to offspring
What is hereditery
This person was born in 1809 in a town near Birmingham in England
Who is Charles Darwin?
When organisms maintain a stable environment within their cells and bodies this is called
What is homeostasis?
What is used to determine presence and strength of radiation
Radiation sensors
Can 1 cell per function run everything in your body?
No, most functions in your body need two or more to function.
Scientists named the parts that contain information and are passed from the parent to the offspring
What are genes?
This person was one of the first scientists who tried to explain how species changed.
Who is Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
One of the roles of the circulatory system is to carry what to each of the body’s cells.
What is sugar or glucose?
You see an apple fall out of a tree, you are trying to figure out how it fell out, what is this called.
Observation
This can allow for very fast response in some special situations
What are reflexes?
These consist of four possible different parts, joined together in pairs and linked end to end to form a long twisted chain
What are DNA Molecules?
This person was an English scholar and economist who worked in the early 1800s
Who is Robert Malthus
What is a disease in which a person’s body cannot control its blood sugar levels
What is Diabetes?