Study guide
arachnids that have along tail with a venomous stinger
What is a scorpion?
any object that releases carbon dioxide into the environment
the protective case in which most butterflies spend the pupal stage
What is a chrysalis?
the toothlike scales on a shark's skin
What are denticles?
term for the "musical instruments" of crickets, grasshoppers and catydids
What are stridulatory organs?
Austrian monk known as the Father of Genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
organ that allows a fish to float at different water levels
What is a swim bladder?
crustaceans that are bioluminescent
What are krill?
the nutrient rich fluid that feeds an unhatched chick
What is the yolk?
largest known fish growing up to 40 feet long and 60 tons
What is a whale shark?
branch of biology that studies organisms too small to see with the unaided eye
What is microbiology?
tallest tree species
What is a coastal redwood?
What is a niche?
invertebrates with external skeletons and and jointed appendages
What is an arthropod?
all the organisms of one species in an ecosystem
What is population?
segmented worms that include earthworms and leeches
What are annelids?
What is the sedimentary cycle?
the only true terrestrial crustacean
What is a woodlouse (aka rolly polly)?
tree that has a pillar like stem with no branches and frond like leaves on top
What is a cycad?
a positive relationship in an ecosystem in which both organisms benefil
What is mutualism?
term for an insect's side to side jaws
What is a mandible?
a classification that describes an organism's feeding relationship with other organisms
What is a trophic level?
the transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
What is heredity?
an organism that does not have an organized nucleus
What is a prokaryote?