Topic 1
They are the fundamental building blocks of all living organisms.
What are cells?
This organ system primarily transports oxygen and nutrients to cells and removes waste products like carbon dioxide?
What is the circulatory system?
It is the vascular tissue that transports water and minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant.
What is xylem?
They are the tiny openings on the surface of plant leaves and stems that facilitate gas exchange.
What are stomata?
If 1x106 seconds =11 Days, in years how long is 1X109?
32 years
A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function
What is a tissue?
The site of gas exchange in the lungs
What are alveoli?
It is the name of the enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates like starch into smaller sugar molecules.
What is amylase/carbohydrase?
This gas is typically absorbed by root cells from air spaces in the soil.
What is oxygen?
What is the longest living vertebrate?
Greenland Shark
The term used to describe a cell that has not yet adapted to perform a specific function.
What is a stem cell?
When an enzyme denatures this site changes shape.
What is the Activation Site?
What is urea?
These are the cells that control the opening and closing of stomata
What are guard cells?
How much grass would a herbivorous dinosaur (like a sauropod) consume per day in the Jurassic period?
Zero, grass hadn't evolved yet.
This term describes the capacity of stem cells to differentiate into all possible cell types including embryonic tissues.
What is totipotent?
The digestive system has high ________________ to increase the ability to absorb nutrients.
What is Surface Area?
What is glycoprotein?
The theory of a positive pressure generated in the roots that drives water and dissolved mineral nutrients up the xylem.
What is the root pressure theory?
Which is older group of organisms;
Snakes
Turtles
Crocodiles
Turtles
Name 5 organelles in a animal cell.
Nucleus, Mitochondria, Ribosome, ER, Lysosome, GA, vacuole
It is one of the four structural features that enhance the function of gaseous exchange surfaces.
What are:
(1) large surface area (2) moist (3) thin (4) surrounded by an extensive capillary system?
It is the section of the nephron that plays a crucial role in the regulation of water in the blood.
What is the Loop of Henle?
The production of 2 ATP molecules during respiration.
What is anaerobic respiration?
Name the strongest muscle (by weight ratio) in the human body.
Masseter (jaw muscle)