Unit 1/2 - Biology Basics and Taxonomy
All living things can do this characteristic of life involving the release of waste.
What is excretion?
This organ is used to pump blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
Most vertebrates have this opening which is used for releasing feces, excretory wastes, and reproductive cells.
What is the cloaca?
This tool is used for precise cutting.
What is a scalpel?
This animal's name is used as an acronym to summarize the affects humans have on biodiversity loss.
What is HIPPO?
This is the main organelle that is used to distinguish prokaryotes from eukaryotes.
What is the nucleus?
This organ is the site of the most digestion.
What is the small intestine?
Thesw two structures replace the stomach in both birds and earthworms.
What are the crop and gizzard?
When dissecting, most organisms must be placed with their _______ side facing up.
(science vocabulary)
What is ventral?
Most important characteristic shared by all vertebrates.
What is a backbone?
In modern taxonomy, this domain has organisms that live in extreme environments.
What is archaea?
This muscular organ is responsible for breathing is humans?
What is the diaphragm?
Through this reproductive strategy, embryos develop inside of an egg that is help within the parent's body. However, the embryo do not get nutrients directly from the parent.
What is ovoviviparity?
When dissecting, a horizontal cut would occur on what plane of the body?
What is the transverse plane?
This term is used for organisms who have internal control of their body temperature.
What is endothermic?
These organelles are primarily found in plants (and some protists) and is responsible for these organisms' ability to use energy from the sun.
What are chloroplasts?
This organ system controls other organs through chemical signals.
What is the endocrine system?
This class of vertebrates is known for its thick chest muscles and efficient air circulation.
What are birds?
This directional term describes means toward the head in all animals, except humans.
What is anterior?
This kingdom of life contains the most diversity.
What is protista?
This phylum of animals are known for the spiky skin and radial symmetry.
What is echinodermata?
This pair of tubes is where the sperm and egg meet.
What are the Fallopian tubes?
While there are many respiratory strategies found amongst vertebrates, this type of vertebrate is the most different from other vertebrates.
(You have to explain why, too.)
What are fish?
No lungs, breathe through gill.
Earthworms were are first dissection. When dissecting earthworms, the first incision was just below this unique external structure.
What is the clitellum?
Mammals use this opening for urine to exit the body.
What is the urethra?