Plants
Animals
Characteristics of Life
Levels of Organization
Miscellaneous
100

What plant cell structure stores water, waste, and food?

Vacuole

100

Name an animal with radial symmetry

Jellyfish, Sea Urchin, etc.

100

When a single plant produces an offspring that is identical to it, this is called _______________

Asexual reproduction

100

The basic unit of structure and function in living things is the _________.

Cell

100

Give an example of an autotroph.

Plants, trees, algae

200

What structure allows for carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water vapor to move in/out of the plant?

Stomata

200

Are most animals vertebrates or invertebrates?

Invertebrates

200

The process of change that occurs during an organism's life, producing a more complex and mature organism is called __________.

Development

200

What is the correct order of the 4 levels of organization we learned about in class, starting with the most basic level.

Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System

200

Why is spontaneous generation a mistaken idea?

Living things can only come from other living things.

300

What cell structure is where food is made in the plant?

Chloroplast

300

Which vertebrate group's name means "double life" because they spend part of their life in water and their adult life on land?

Amphibians

300

A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called ________________.

Stimulus

300

Our liver is an example of what level of organization?

Organ

300

Give an example of a eukaryote.

plants and animals

400

What in the plant absorbs sunlight, the energy that drives photosynthesis?

Chlorophyll

400

Vertebrates that produce very little internal body heat (their body temperature changes with the environment) are called

Ectotherms

400

Computers are a nonliving thing.  Name 1 characteristic of life (that we learned about) that makes them nonliving.

1. Not made of cells. 2. Do not have chemicals of life (like DNA, water, proteins, carbohydrates, etc.). 3. Do not grow and develop. 4. Do not reproduce.

400

A group of similar cells working together is called a __________.

tissue.

400

Which scientist did the 1st controlled experiment where he compared two jars of rotting meat (one open and one covered) to see which one had maggots?

Francesco Redi

500

Which plant structure takes water and minerals absorbed by the roots and carries them up to the stem and leaves?

Xylem

500

What does the backbone surround and protect in a vertebrate?

The Nerve Cord

500

Name 1 thing that makes water essential for life. To stay hydrated is NOT the answer.  Use information you learned from Ch. 1.1

1. Water dissolved substances. 2. Water transports substances through our blood. 3. It allows chemical reactions to take place in our body. 4. Cells need water to properly function.
500

Which invertebrate only has the most basic level of organization (specialized cells).

Sponges