Vocab
What is a nucleus and what does it do?
Controls the cell and direct cell growth and reproduction.
what are 5 of the characteristics of living organisms that scientist agree on are:
1. Need for Energy
2.respond and adapt to their environment
3.reproduce
4.grow
5.produce waste
What is Diffusion?
Moving from an area of high concentration to low concentration.
What is typically larger plant cells or animal cells?
Plant cells are typically larger than animal cells.
Stems in plants are most similar to what human system?
Skeletal system
What is a chloroplast and what does it do?
Chloroplast in a organelle found in a plant cell that is responsible for photosynthesis.
plants releasing oxygen is an example of what?
producing waste
What type of permeability does a brick wall have?
impermeable
What are two structures plant cells have that animal cells do not have?
Chloroplast and Cell Wall
What part of the microscope directs light towards the object being viewed?
Condenser lens
What are Stomata?
Holes on the under side of leaves that allow for gas exchange.
What is the level of organization in a organism from smallest to largest
specialized cells -> Tissues -> organs -> organsim
Explain Osmosis
The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
Structures inside the cell are known as what?
Organelles
Plasma consists of what percentage of human blood?
55%
What are the four main chambers in the heart?
Left Ventricle and Atrium
Right Ventricle and Atrium
What are the correct terms for skin of a human and skin of a plant?
Human = Epithelial Tissue
Plant = Epidermal Tissue
what is Transpiration?
loss of water from a plant through evaporation.
Euglena and Diatoms are examples of what type of organisms?
Unicellular microscopic pond organisms
What is the function of the Diaphragm?
used to control the amount of light reaching the object being viewed.
The main function of this cell found in blood is to prevent blood loss when wounds occur.
Platelets
Explain how the Respiratory system and the Circulator system are related?
Oxygen we breath in is transferred in to our blood stream from alveoli into capillaries which less is moved around the body in the circulatory system.
What are the two types of Vascular tissues found in plants and what are their functions?
Phloem- transports sugars from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
xylem- conducts water and minerals from roots cells and moves it to the rest of the plant.
Blood in the human body is most similar to what inside the cell? it is found in both plant and animal cells.
Cytoplasm
Hair like structures in the respiratory passage that trap and remove matter like dirt and bacteria.