Ecosystems, Energy, and Niches
This type of organism's diet consists of vegetation and meat from dead animals.
What is an omnivore?
Also known as the powerhouse of the cell, this organelle produces ATP.
What is the mitochondrium?
The type of joint with the greatest range of motion.
What is a ball and socket joint?
The most common type of cancer in the US
What is skin cancer?
The only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
This type of organism breaks down dead organic matter and returns nutrients to the ecosystem.
What is a decomposer?
The movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration.
What is diffusion?
The scientific name for the jawbone.
What is the mandible?
The three layers of skin.
What are epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis?
The first Pokemon.
What are Bulbasaur, Rhydon, Mew, and Arceus?
The term for all the living things in an area, NOT including nonliving factors.
What is a community?
The organelles responsible for making proteins.
What are ribosomes?
The type of tissue that connects muscle to bone.
What are tendons?
What happens when oxygen is unable to be delivered to the heart due to a blockage.
What is a heart attack?
In the bags that Mr. McCarthy has bought this year, the most common Jolly Rancher flavor.
What is Blue Raspberry?
The term for a type of pollution that is unable to be narrowed down to a single source. (Ex: fertilizer runoff from many acres of farmland)
What is non-point-source pollution?
The reactants and products of photosynthesis.
What are:
R: Sunlight + CO2 + Water
P: O2 + Glucose
The spongy layer of the bone that provides internal support and reduces shock.
What is cancellous bone?
This artery brings deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
What is the pulmonary artery?
The name for the piece of plastic at the end of a shoelace.
What is an aglet?
An herbivore whose diet consists of mainly fruit is referred to as this.
What is a frugivore?
The name of the model frequently used to describe the cell membrane: it references how the cell membrane is made of many different pieces that freely move through each other.
What is the fluid mosaic model?
The two types of filament found in every muscle that allows to them contract.
What are actin and myosin?
This is an implanted medical device designed to artificially regulate the beating of your heart with an electrical signal.
What is a pacemaker?
The tallest waterfall in the continental United States is located in this state.
What is California?