Biology Glossary
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AP Bio
Marine Bio
That's Life Science
100
We suppose you know that adipose is a layer of this that insulates the body from heat loss.
What is fat?
100
A high school requirement for many, it's the scientific study of life.
What is biology?
100
The original 2 chains, it's thin, it's chainlike & its found in every living cell on Earth.
What is DNA?
100
Rays & skates have skeletons made of this material, not bone
What is cartilage?
100
Able to "sleep" in dried eggs for years, the ever-popular sea monkeys are actually a brine type of this
What are shrimp?
200
After a butterfly goes through four life stages, from egg to larva to pupa, & finally, to adult, it's said to have undergone complete this, Greek for "transformation."
What is metamorphosis?
200
It's the 2-word science dealing with all forms of life found in the oceans.
What is marine biology?
200
You give me this bone, the head of which forms a ball-&-socket joint with the hip.
What is the femur?
200
Barnacles were once classified as mollusks but now are included in this class along with crayfish.
What are crustations?
200
One of the parasitic types of this one-celled creature is seen here. 
What is an amoeba?
300
By definition, phototaxis is the movement of an organism in response to this.
What is light?
300
Traditionally, biology is divided into 2 major fields: botany & this study of animals.
What is zoology?
300
The science of naming & classifying organisms is called this, though the IRS has little to do with it.
What is taxonomy?
300
Named for a feline, it's the only seal that feeds extensively on warm-blooded prey such as penguins.
What is a leopard seal?
300
A variety of Atlantic sea slug eats algae, retains some of it & can then undergo this plant process.
What is photosynthesis?
400
It's the proper term for a human embryo after the first trimester.
What is a fetus?
400
Branch of biology defined as the study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
What is microbiology?
400
his, the beginning of growth for a seed, requires 3 basic elements: water, oxygen & the right temperature.
What is germination?
400
This small five-letter animal seen here is the main food source of the Antarctic blue whale.
What is krill?
400
Able to reach a length of 6.5", the South American longhorn variety of this insect is one of the world's largest.
What is a beetle?
500
In 1901 botanist Hugo de Vries coined this term to describe sudden genetic change.
What is a mutation?
500
It's the science dealing with the relationship between organisms & their environment.
What is ecology?
500
Latin for "whip" gives us the name of this hairlike appendage, used for locomotion by most bacteria.
What is a flagellum?
500
In these organs in most fish, water flows the opposite direction to the blood, increasing oxygen transfer.
What are gills?
500
A bird's wing is composed of bones similar to our arm; & like us, birds have two bones between their elbow & wrist with these names.
What are the ulna and radius?