Vocab (mix)
Movement accomplished by swinging arms from one hold to another
brachiation
A cell in the palisade mesophyll has the main function of
Photosynthesis
Snakes use their ______________ to sense the environment
Jacobson’s organ
If a parasite has 5 hosts. How many secondary (intermediate) hosts does it have?
4
A collection of living organisms (biotic) interacting with the physical environment (abiotic) within a particular geographical location
Ecosystem
The shedding and replacing of an old outer covering
Molting
What plant group contains the smallest plants
Non-vascular plants (bryophytes)
In addition to gills or lungs, what do amphibians breathe through?
skin
One of the distinguishing features of cnidarians is their stingers, which paralyze prey. The proper term for the stingers:
nematocysts
4 global biogeochemical cycles
The wide range of all forms of life on earth or in a specific region The embryonic leaves in a seed that will become the source of nutrients in the early sages of the plant’s development
Biodiversity
The response of a plant to an environmental stimulus whereby roots, stem, or leaves move toward or away from the stimulus
tropism
If a fish is changing its depth but not using its fins, what is it using?
swim bladder
Flatworms belong to which phylum?
platyhelminthes
which type of symbiosis is when one organism benefits but the other is unaffected
commensalism
The condition in which a set of primary teeth is later replaced by a secondary set
Diphyodonty
The evaporation of water form the leaves of a plant
transpiration
The central nervous system is made up of the:
brain and spinal cord
Round Segmented worms belong to which phylum?
Annelida
The radicle in a plant embryo develops into
A life cycle in which fish are born in freshwater, migrate to saltwater to live, and then return to freshwater to spawn
anadromous
The embryonic leaves in a seed that will become the source of nutrients in the early sages of the plant’s development
Cotyledon
How many chambers are found in the human heart?
4
What phylum would have an invertebrate with a strong foot, visceral mass, and a mantle
Mollusca
Which type of vision has the benefit of depth perception?
binocular