Ecology
Commensalism
In which type of symbiosis does one organism benefit and one is unaffected?
Cytoplasm
What is the gel-like fluid that occupies most of the space within a cell?
digestive system
What system breaks down food into nutrients that cell can use and disposes of solid waste?
Brain and spinal cord
What makes up the central nervous system?
Genotype
What refers to the genes an organism carries?
Decomposer
Which organism in a food web returns matter to the environment?
Eukaryote
What is a living thing whose cells contain a nucleus?
Circulatory system
What system transports oxygen to cells and carbon dioxide away from the cells?
Esophagus
What organ connects the mouth to the stomach?
Heredity
What is the passing of traits from one generation to the next?
Producer
Which group of organisms creates energy for the ecosystem (usually from the sun)?
Mitochondria
What is an organelle that provides the cell with energy?
Immune system
What system protects against disease?
bladder
What is a muscular sac that holds urine until it exits the body?
Alleles
What are two forms of the same gene called?
Abiotic Factors
What are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem?
Chloroplasts
What are the organelles that capture the energy of sunlight?
Respiratory system
What system allows for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with the circulatory system for body?
Heart
What organ pumps blood through the body?
Selective breeding
What is the intentional mating of organisms to produce offspring with certain traits?
Mutualism
What is the type of symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit?
Cell Membrane
What controls what enters and leaves the cell?
Muscular system
What system allows the body to move (includes cardiac, smooth, and skeletal)?
White blood cells
What part of the blood helps the body fight disease?
Mutation
What is a change in a gene or chromosome?