8th Grade Words 1
8th Grade Words 2
8th & 7th Grade Words
7th Grade Words 1
7th Grade Words 2
100
a break or crack
What is "fracture"?
100
relating to the backbone or the area near it or enclosed by it
What is "spinal"?
100
so small as to be invisible without the aid of a special viewing device that magnifies
What is "microscopic"?
100
the central part of the cell
What is "nucleus"?
100
a distinguishing characteristic or quality a person has
What is "trait"?
200
the act of processing food inside the body
What is "digestion"?
200
the act of breathing
What is "respiration"?
200
to make or become larger or wider
What is "dilate"?
200
the part of the cell that carries the matter that determines characteristics
What is "chromosome"?
200
to get certain traits from your parents or ancesters
What is "inherit"?
300
a list of items in one place
What is "inventory"?
300
1. relating to vision 2. relating to objects that emit light
What is "optical"?
300
Woohoo, Triple Jeopardy!! :) :) :) 300 points for each correct - answer for a possible 900 points! 1. What literary genre is "Beowulf"? 2. Beowulf has three flaws - name them! 3. Judging from the movie's ending, what will happen next??
What is: 1. Epic poetry 2. Bragging, lying - & women!! 3. Wiglaf, now King, will fall for Grendel's mother; she will bear him a demon son; Wiglaf will have to end his son's life - and the cycle will continue!
300
the study of how characteristics are passed from one generation to another
What is "genetics"?
300
relating to a small basic unit in living things
What is "cellular"?
400
to separate and expose the various parts of something to examine them
What is "dissect"?
400
an organism living in or on another living thing, taking what it needs to survive but giving no benefit in return
What is "parasite"?
400
the part of the cell that determines the characteristics a living thing will have
What is "gene"?
400
the passing of characteristics from parents to their young
What is "heredity"?
400
weaker, when speaking of parts of cells that determine characteristics
What is "recessive"?
500
1. the structure of organisms 2. the science of the structure of organisms
What is "anatomy"?
500
to cut off, especially by surgical means
What is "amputate"?
500
stronger, when speaking of parts of cells that determine characteristics
What is "dominant"?
500
the changing over time of an organism's characteristics so that it has a better chance of living in its surroundings
What is "adaptation"?
500
the process of developing different characteristics because of a change in the part of a cell that determines these characteristics
What is "mutation"?
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