Chapter 1

Question 1

Building blocks of all organisms

Answer 1

cells

Question 2

A group of similar organisms that reproduce more of their own kind

Answer 2

species

Question 3

Classification group that includes several phyla

Answer 3

kingdom

Question 4

Made up of the names of its genus and species together

Answer 4

scientific name

Question 5

Structure that holds up a plant and supports its leaves

Answer 5

stem

Question 6

loss of water from leaved

Answer 6

transportation

Question 7

structure that contains a young, developing plant

Answer 7

seed

Question 8

transfer of pollen from the anther of one plant to the stigma of a different plant

Answer 8

cross-pollination

Question 9

animal with a segmented backbone

Answer 9

vertabrae

Question 10

animal with a nerve cord running down its back

Answer 10

choradate

Question 11

structure that is made of bone and cartilage that helps support a vertebrae

Answer 11

endoskeleton

Question 12

largest group of invertebrates

Answer 12

arthropods

Question 13

food is taken in and broken down during this process

Answer 13

digestion

Question 14

process of releasing energy from food molecules such as glucose

Answer 14

respiration

Question 15

when one function is being carried out by an organ system it is called

Answer 15

circulation

Question 16

an organism whose body temperature changes with the temperature of its environment

Answer 16

cold blooded

Question 17

change that allows a living thing to survive and reproduce in its environment

Answer 17

adaptation

Question 18

roots growing downward in response to gravity

Answer 18

tropism

Question 18

adaptation in which an animal’s resemblance to a different animal protects it against predators

Question 18

adaptation in which an animal is protected against predators by looking like its surrounding

Answer 18

camouflage