Biomes
Hottest and driest biome
Desert
What organ allows a bird to produce sound?
Syrinx
What order of insects includes dragonflies?
Odonata
DNA stands for what?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
The center "office" of a eukaryotic cell
Nucleus
Plains and prairies filled with fertile soil
Grassland
Gliding with an updraft to gain altitude is called what?
Soaring
What are the most organized of the social insects?
Ants
RNA stands for what?
Ribonucleic acid
The jelly-like substance that is found in cells
Cytoplasm
Has no trees because the growing season is too short
Tundra
What is the fastest flying bird?
Peregrine falcon
This insect has wings that are half-hardened and half membranous and form an X on its back when at rest
Hemiptera
ATP stands for what?
Adenosine triphosphate
The structure that surrounds and protects the part of the animal cell
Cell membrane
Hot humid region near the equator.
Tropical rainforest
What term refers to a chick that is born featherless and helpless?
Altricial
The scientific term for "feelers" on an insect's head
Antennae
Protozoa that move using long whip like structures
Flagellates
The organelles of plant cells in which photosynthesis occurs are called what?
Chloroplasts
Conifers are the dominant vegetation
Boreal Forest
If a Hawk eats mice that eat grass seeds, what type of relationship does the hawk have with the grass seeds?
Neutralism
The egg laying organ of a female insect
Ovipositor
The process by which DNA information is copied by a cell into a molecule of RNA
Transcription
An organism that does not have an organized nucleus
Prokaryote