Transport
Movement of water from high conc to low
Osmosis
largest gland in the body
liver
Powerhouse
mitochondria
Herbivores are ______consumers in an ecosystem
Primary
To clone the dinosaurs, scientists filled in missing DNA gaps using West African frogs. This backfires because all the dinosaurs were supposed to be female, but they suddenly start laying eggs. What real superpower do some frogs have that allowed this?
gender swapping
Transport that uses energy
Active transport
A vestigial organ
appendix
Protein synthesis
Ribosomes
What is the 10 percent rule?
Energy reduces by 10 percent as we go up trophic levels
Marlin and Nemo are clownfish who live safely inside a stinging sea anemone. In biology, what do we call this kind of relationship where two completely different creatures help each other survive?
Mutualism
Water conducting tissue
Xylem
a mixed gland
Pancreas
Protection
Cell wall/ cell membrane
The bird that goes kooo-kooo
The Asian Koel
When Riley goes to sleep, her memories from the day are shipped out of "Headquarters" via the "Train of Thought" to be stored forever in her long-term memory. What real part of the human brain acts just like this memory shipping-and-sorting center?
Hippocampus
Outermost layer of the plant
Epidermis
another name for womb
Uterus
controls metabolic activities
Nucleus
The phenomenon that describes the accumulation of non biodegradable substances at successive tropic levels
Biomagnification
On the planet Pandora, all the trees in the forest are secretly connected underground and can "talk" to each other. This is based on a real phenomenon found in Earth's forests. What is actually connecting the trees under the soil?
Mushrooms/Fungus (Mycorrhizal Networks)
Suction force in plants
transpiration pull
the biggest muscle in your body
Gluteus maximus
difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic
nucleus
the general term given to a species whose extinction will bring down a food web
Keystone species
Astronaut Mark Watney gets stranded on Mars and has to survive by growing potatoes in a makeshift indoor farm. He realizes he cannot grow anything in plain Martian dirt because it lacks one crucial living ingredient. What did he have to add?
Real soil needs alive, microscopic bacteria to break down nutrients so the roots can drink them. Mark had to use human waste to introduce these living bacteria to the Martian dirt.