Genetics
What organism did the very famous Gregor Mendel study in his garden?
Pea Plants
It is the smallest unit of life.
Cell
This system is full of bones, muscles, and joints.
Skeletal System
Give at least one difference between animal and plant cells
Animal cells are circular, have lysosomes and small vacuoles
Plant calls are more rigid in shape (rectangular), and have chloroplasts, a cell wall, and one large vacuole
Name something abiotic
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Physical characteristics are called
Traits
Humans eat food to get this characteristic of life
Energy
Carries oxygen-rich blood and nutrients throughout the body
Circulatory System
Which structure shown in the plant cell diagram is the site of photosynthesis?
Chloroplast
what organelle is the "bossman" of the cell?
Nucleus
Humans have a total of __ chromosomes in each stomach cell.
46
The type of science that studies living things is
Biology
system that rids the body of cellular waste
Excretory System
The basic life functions of an organism are carried on by…
Cells
A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
Food chain
Factors that control traits are called
Genes
When a plant grows toward the light
It responds to a stimulus
Which system's job is it to extract nutrients from food, and then to get rid of waste.
Digestive System
In which part of the cell does most storage of water, nutrients, and waste occur?
Vacuole
Name 3 herbivores
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The different forms of a gene are called
Alleles
Characteristic that controls heredity
DNA
healthy state that is maintained by the constant and a stable equilibrium
Homeostasis
Which organelle is responsible for the release of stored energy?
Mitochondria
These organisms live and feed off of their host (animal), causing disease or even death.
Parasites