What is Matter?
The amount of matter in an object is called ____.
Mass
The part of a plant that absorbs water.
Roots
This animal body part is used to detect smells.
Nose
The process of creating offspring.
Reproduction
This term refers to where an organism lives.
Habitat
This is the amount of space an object takes up.
Volume
This plant part supports the plant and transports nutrients.
Stem
This system in animals breaks down food.
Digestive system
The joining of sperm and egg cells.
Fertilization
Animals that eat only plants are called ____.
Herbivores
This particle in the atom has a negative charge.
Electron
These are small openings on leaves that help in gas exchange.
Stomata
This organ system allows animals to move.
Muscular system
This part of the cell carries information about traits.
Genes
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
The state of matter that takes the shape of its container and has no fixed volume.
Gas
The male part of the flower that produces pollen.
Stamen
An animal that blends into its environment uses this survival trait.
Camouflage
This is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
Heredity
This kind of organism makes its own food using sunlight.
Producer
This change of state of matter from solid to gas skips the liquid phase.
Sublimation
This green pigment in plants captures sunlight to help make food through photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
This animal system is responsible for removing waste.
Excretory system
The molecule that carries genetic information.
DNA
The ability of species to survive and reproduce is called ____.
Adaptation