Body systems
cells
genetics
ecosystems
food chain/ food web
100

What is the main job of the respiratory system?


 taking in oxygen needed for respiration

100

bacteria, amoeba,  paramecium  are example of what type of cell?

Unicellular cells

100

what is an Offspring?  

organism produced from two parents

100
How are conditions in the Tundra?

Extremely cold-  Ground is frozen all year round

permafrost. 

100

What are the 3 types of consumers?

Herbivore (eats plants only), Carnivore (eats meat), and Omnivore (eats plants and meat).

200

what are the main components of the circulatory system?

 heart, veins, arteries and blood

200

The cell theory states that all cells must come from?

 Other cells

200

What is DNA? 

DNA is the “molecule of life” that gives the detailed information to code for your traits

200

What are abiotic factors?

non-living parts of ecosystem (sunlight, minerals, temperature, soil, air, water) 

200

what is a producer?

grass, trees, plants, algae and phytoplankton ( anything that produces its own food through photosynthesis 

300

What are the 3 type of Muscles?

Skeletal muscles, cardiac muscles, and smooth muscles

300

Which best describes a difference between plant and animal cells?

Plant cells are able to photosynthesize and animal cells are not

300

What are  inherited traits? 

A characteristic or trait received from a parent generation (Eye color, hair color, skin color, color of flower petals)

300

what are aquatic biomes?

 water habitats such as estuary, lakes, ponds, rivers, ocean, and streams

300

what is the difference between a food chain and food web?

Food chain  shows only one path of consumption

food web shows different paths or consumption or multiple food chains


400

What is the main function of the skeletal system?

Provide structure and protect vital organs 

400

Which lists the levels of organization in order of simplest to most complex?

Cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms

400

what are acquired traits?

learned behavior ( taste in music, food preference)
400

What is a community?

the interaction of all living things in an area

400

what are decomposers? 

decomposers break down dead organisms (bacteria, worms, insects, fungi)

500

What is the main function of the nervous system?

-to transmit information from the environment to the brain. (see, touch, taste, smell, hear) - 

- Brain controls the whole body

500

How might unicellular and multicellular organisms differ?

Multicellular organisms are often more complex

500

What are dominate traits and recessive traits? 

Dominate traits are traits that are typical passed down. Recessive traits are not as easily passed down. 

500

what is a population? 

a group of same type of organism

500

What is an energy Pyramid?