Vocabulary
Descent with modification
Evolution
Reptiles require the environment around them to cool themselves down or heat themselves up. They are __________
What is cold-blooded?
In a feedback loop what is the cause for something to occur?
stimulus
A plant has not moved for 100 years, but it sheds seeds every season. Is it alive?
alive!
Ricky and Goblin
The smallest unit capable of all life
cells
Humans should be at 37 degrees celsius or _______ degrees F
what is 98.6
A disruption in homeostasis in humans is called a _______
disease
A virus takes hosts cells DNA and makes it their own and reproduces. It cannot reproduce on it's own. Is it alive?
No
What is Mr. Improta's favorite show?
Star Trek
This mechanism has organisms consume other organisms and organic matter.
What is Heterotroph?
If Reptiles are unable to maintain homeostasis they go into a state of _____________ which makes them unconsious and vulnerable.
Shock
You walk into a room and it is 103 degrees. You start sweating. What would be the effector in this scenario.
Your skin producing sweat
A fossil from a dinosaur that shows the size and scale of it's once enormous frame.
no it is not alive
What is Mr. Improta's favorite animal at the zoo?
The Bison
This mechanism allows organisms to make their own energy form inorganic compounds like sunlight.
what is an autotroph
When thermoregulation is maintained and the termperature of an organism exceeds acceptable levels?
What is a fever
A Crocodile tries to warm itself in the hot son but ends up getting to hot. He opens his mouth to cool down. What is the stimulus in this scenario?
The sun or the warm temperature
A single bacterial cell that has invaded and infected a human. Once it leaves the body it will reproduce on surfaces and spread to other inviduals.
yes it is alive
What is the room number that you are currently in?
Room 109
This is the regulation of a bodies internal temperature.
What is Thermorelugation
What is a defunct evolutionary remenant that humans display when their temperature gets too low. (hint it is usually displayed alongside shivering
What are goosebumps?
What is one way bacteria mantain homeostasis?
Pushing water in and out of it's membrane.
A sea sponge that lives in the ocean. It is moved by ocean currents but consumes any decaying material that floats down on it's own.
Yes it is alive
How old is Mr. Improta in Months?
(hint: he was born in July)
302 months