Inside the Cell
Body Systems 101
Under the Weather
Energize This!
Mixing It Up
100
This organelle is the "powerhouse" of the cell, providing energy through cellular respiration.
What is the mitochondria?
100
This body system is responsible for transporting oxygen, nutrients, and waste products throughout the body.
What is the circulatory system?
100
This source of energy drives convection by the uneven heating of earth’s atmosphere and oceans.
What is the sun?
100
During photosynthesis, light energy is converted into this type of energy.
What is chemical potential energy?
100
This type of reproduction produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
200
This organelle converts sunlight into chemical energy.
What is the chloroplast?
200
This body system protects your body from infection and disease.
What is the immune system?
200
These are the two ingredients needed to form a hurricane.
What are warm water and a low pressure system?
200
This type of energy depends on an object's mass and height.
What is gravitational potential energy?
200
Finches on the Galápagos Islands evolved changes in beak size depending on available food sources. This is an example of what process?
What is natural selection?
300
This organelle is a watery material that holds other organelles in place.
What is the cytoplasm?
300
This body system helps filter your blood, removing waste and excess water.
What is the urinary system?
300
This symbol is associated with which type of front.
What is a stationary front?
300
Plugging in a lamp converts this type of energy into light energy.
What is electrical energy?
300
Organisms that can make their own food using sunlight are called this.
What are autotrophs?
400
This organelle helps manufacture proteins.
What is a ribosome?
400
This body system uses hormones to regulate all biological processes in your body.
What is the endocrine system?
400
This type of front is associated with violent weather such as thunderstorms or hail.
What is a cold front?
400
This type of energy is stored in objects that are stretched or compressed.
What is elastic potential energy?
400
This is an area of land that channels rainfall, snowmelt, and runoff into a common body of water.
What is a watershed?
500
This type of cell has no nucleus and is found in organisms like bacteria.
What is a prokaryotic cell?
500
The skin is the largest organ of this body system.
What is the integumentary system?
500
This type of pressure system usually results in clear and sunny weather.
What is a high pressure system?
500
A skateboarder at the bottom of a ramp has the greatest amount of this type of energy.
What is kinetic energy?
500
This structure in the cell contains DNA and genes, which are responsible for determining the traits inherited by offspring.
What is a chromosome?