Scientific Method and Microbiology
A tentative explanation for a scientific problem is called this.
What is a hypothesis?
This British naturalist wrote On the Origin of Species.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Birds grind food in this stomach structure.
What is the gizzard?
Arthropods with eight legs and no antennae belong to this class.
What are arachnids?
Fish control buoyancy using this organ.
What is the swim bladder?
This term means resistance to an infectious disease.
What is immunity?
Cells produce energy without oxygen through this process.
What is fermentation?
Permafrost and harsh winters characterize this biome.
What is the Arctic tundra?
This twisted cord keeps a bird egg’s yolk properly oriented.
What is the chalaza?
Earthworms and leeches belong to this invertebrate group.
What are segmented worms?
These are the two major groups of fish.
What are bony fish and cartilaginous fish?
This is the long bone in the upper leg.
What is the femur?
DNA bases joining only with matching partners demonstrates this principle.
What is base pairing?
This flower structure produces pollen.
What is the stamen?
In the Linnaean system, this classification comes between family and species.
What is genus?
Grasshoppers and crickets belong to this insect order.
What is Orthoptera?
This fin acts as a fish’s propeller and rudder.
What is the caudal fin?
These blood vessels return blood from the lungs to the heart.
What are pulmonary veins?
This pathogen consists of genetic material inside a protein coat.
What is a virus?
Evolution predicts this simple-to-complex fossil sequence.
What is the geologic column?
Tail-less jumping amphibians are called these.
What are anurans?
These invertebrates have a muscular foot, mantle, and visceral hump.
What are mollusks?
Starfish and sea urchins belong to this group with radial symmetry.
What are echinoderms?
This thigh muscle group straightens the leg at the knee.
What are the quadriceps femoris?
Embryonic cells become specialized through this process.
What is differentiation?
This vascular tissue carries water and minerals from roots to leaves.
What is phloem?
Horses and rhinoceroses belong to this group of odd-toed ungulates.
What are perissodactyls?
This protozoan moves using pseudopods.
What is amoeba?
Jellyfish, hydras, and corals belong to this group of stinging invertebrates.
What are coelenterates?
This English physician studied the circulatory system in the 17th century.
Who is William Harvey?