Body Systems
Famous People
Mammalian Orders
The Circulatory System
General Terms
100

The body system that breaks food down into usable nutrients is the ?  system.

What is the digestive system

100

Origin of Species was written by  ?  .

Who is Charles Darwin?

100

The order of mammals that have a pouch in which their young develop.

What is marsupials.

100

The large vessels that carry blood back to the heart are called the  ?  .

What are veins?

100

An animal with a backbone is a(n)  ?  .

What is a vertebrate?

200

The system that controls the body functions and activities is the  ?  system.

What is the nervous system

200

The French scientist who used broth and flasks to disprove spontaneous generation was ?  .

Who is Louis Pasteur?  

200

The order that includes shrews, moles, and hedgehogs.

What is insectivores?

200

The mineral needed for the transport of oxygen in the blood is  ?  .

What is iron?

200

A lack of proper nutrition due to a poor diet is called ? .

What is malnutrition?

300

The organ that produces bile, filters certain poisonous substances from the blood, and stores excess blood glucose is the  ?  .

What is the liver

300

Descent of Man was written by ?.

Who is Charles Darwin?

300

The order that has four upper incisors that continue growing.

What is lagomorphs?

300

The lower chambers of the, human heart, which pump blood to other parts of the body, are called  ?  .

What are ventricles?

300

A sudden, permanent change in an organism's DNA is a(n)  ?  .

What is a mutation?

400

The central nervous system contains the ?  .

What are the brain and spinal cord

400

Principles of Geology was written by ?

Who is Charles Lyell?

400

The order that includes manatees and dugongs.

What is sirenians?

400

The organ that produces bile, filters certain poisonous substances from the blood, and stores excess blood glucose is the  ?  .

What is the liver?

400

A factor that is observed to determine the results of an
experiment is a(n)  ?  variable.

What is a dependent variable?

500

What term refers to the similarity of design found in many living things?

What is homology

500

Who is known as the Father of Anatomy?

Who is (Andreas) Vesalius?

500

The order of oviparous mammals.

What is monotremes?

500

What is the name of the arteries that carries  bold from the heart to the lungs?

What are the pulmonary arteries?

500

The hormones that control various internal body functions are released by the  ?  system.

What is the endocrine system?