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Plant Life
Body Systems
Heredity
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100
a measure of how much matter is in an object
What is mass?
100
Most photosynthesis occurs in this part of the plant.
What is the leaf?
100
The human organ system that eliminates liquid and gaseous wastes from the body.
What is excretory?
100
The passing down of physical and mental charactersitics from one generation to the next.
What is heredity?
100
The change from one form to another.
What is metamorphosis?
200
The name for the reletively thin layer of water covering most of the Earth's crust.
What is hydrosphere?
200
The structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell
What is cell wall.
200
This human organ system produces hormones to regulate growth, development, and reproduction.
What is the endocrine system?
200
The genetic feature that hides the recessive trait.
What is dominant trait?
200
A full moon is observed in Buffalo, NY on June 1. The next full moon will fall approximately on this day.
When is July 1?
300
Physical property used to identify a mineral based on its resistance to being scratched.
What is hardness?
300
The following organisms are in a fish tank: snail, fish, rock, plant, and water. This organism is responsible for the production of oxygen.
What is the plant?
300
Abnormal cell division causes this.
What is cancer?
300
The combination of Tt represents a _____________ genotype.
What is heterozygous?
300
In which month does North America experience the longest period of daylight?
When is June?
400
Type of rock made up by sedements, compaction and cementation.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
An environment changes more quickly than an organism can adapt - this organism is likely to become ___________.
What is extinct?
400
Genes are composed of this.
What is DNA?
400
What model is used to show the pattern of traits that are passed from one generation to the next in a family?
What is a pedigree chart?
400
Most scientists agree that an increase in the amount of this entering Earth's atmosphere causes an increase in the melting of the Polar Ice Caps.
What are greenhouse gases?
500
A pencil appears to be broken or bent when it is placed in a glass of water is called __________.
What is refraction?
500
A pond turns into a swampy area and then into a grassy land community over a long period of time - the term that explains what is happening is this.
What is ecological succession?
500
A student fails to eat a balanced diet over a period of time. The lack of a balanced diet can lead to this.
What is disease?
500
An organism is born with a genetic abnormality not present in any of its ancestors. This abnormality is most likely the result of ____________.
What is mutation?
500
Some one-celled organisms reproduce by the process of ___________________.
What is cell division.