Body Systems
This system allows the breakdown of food to get nutrients and minerals
Digestive
Where do veins take blood?
To the heart
Who is the "Father of Genetics"?
Gregor Mendel
These organisms have hair, live birth, feed milk to young and are warm blooded
Mammals
Scientific name for birds
Aves
This system (actually 2 of them) collects extra fluid and filers out infections
Immune/Lymphatic
Where do arteries take blood
Away from heart to rest of body
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
These organisms all are cold blooded, most lay eggs, they have scaly, dry skin, claws on their toes, and breathe with lungs
Reptiles
What makes an invertebrate and invertebrate?
lack a backbone
This system is in charge of support
Skeletal
How are voluntary muscles controlled
by thought
What is a dominant gene?
it will show up if present (either two dominant copies or heterozygote with 1 dominant copy)
These organisms have moist, smooth skin, usually start life in water, and often have gills as young but adults have lungs
Amphibians
Insects have ____ legs. Arachnids have ____ legs.
6, 8
This system removes liquid waste from the body
excretory
What are the 4 chambers of the human heart?
left and right atria
left and right ventricles
What is the difference between "genotype" and "phenotype"?
Genotype tells the genes it has (represented by letters)
Phenotype tells what it looks like
These organisms have hollow bones, most can fly, and all have feathers of some type
Birds - Aves
How do sea stars move around?
Tube feet
This system exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide
Respiratory
What is the scientific name of a nerve cell?
Neuron
What is incomplete dominance? & Give an example
Heterozygote is somewhere in between or a "mix" of genes
Red x White = pink flowers
These organisms usually have scales, are cold blooded, have gills their entire lives, and some lay eggs while others give live birth
Fish
Cnidarians like anemones and jellyfish are best known for what feature?
stinging cells