Living Things Words 04/01/2013 Flashcards
Adaptation
ad·ap·ta·tion
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a structure or feature of an organism that helps it meet a particular need in its natural habitat
- *Dictionary:** a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:** adjustment; alteration
Why don’t humans have an adaptation to be immune to the flu?
Astronomer
as·tron·o·mer
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a scientific observer of the celestial bodies; an expert in astronomy
- *Dictionary:** one who studies the stars and planets and their movement
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:** stargazer; uranologist
I read about the astronomer Galileo Galilei in Science today.
Bladder
blad·der
Part of Speech: noun
Own: organ that holds urine
Dictionary: organ in the excretory system that stores and releases urine
Antonym:
Synonym:
My uncle has sugery on his bladder two years ago.
Carnivore
car·ni·vore
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** an animal that eats other animals
- *Dictionary:** An animal that feeds chiefly on the flesh of other animals.
- *Antonym:** herbivore
- *Synonym:** hunter; killer; meat-eater; predator
Many humans are not carnivores, but many definitely love their meat.
Circulatory System
cir·cu·la·to·ry sys·tem
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a system of organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lynphs through the body
- *Dictionary:** the system of organs and tissues, including the heart, blood, blood vessels, lymph, lymphatic vessels, and lymph glands, involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body.
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
The Circulatory System controls blood and lymphs
Consumer
con·sum·er
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own: **person who buys merchandise, services
- *Dictionary:** a person who buys or uses goods or services
- *Antonym:** marketer; merchandiser
- *Synonym:** buyer; purchaserI wish I was producer so I would never be hungry, but I am stuck being a consumer.
Decomposer
de·com·pos·er
Part of Speech: noun
Own: consumers that break down the tissues of dead organisms
**Dictionary: **an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances.
Antonym:
Synonym:
Worms are the most common decomposers.
Digestive System
di·ges·tive sys·tem
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** the system by which ingested food is acted upon to privde the body with nutrients and excrete waste products
- *Dictionary:** the system by which ingested food is acted upon by physical and chemical means to provide the body with absorbable nutrients and to excrete waste products
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
The Digestive System is what makes you use the restroom.
Ecosystem
ec·o·sys·tem
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** Earth’s system of natural resources and living things
- *Dictionary:** a community of organisms and the environment in which they live
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:** ecological; environment
Humans made a major impact on the ecosystem.
Egg
Egg
Part of Speech: noun
Own: embryo of an animal
Dictionary: the female gamete
Antonym:
Synonym: ovum, nucleus, seed
Chickens lay eggs.
Embryo
em·bry·o
Part of Speech: noun
Own: The tiny plant that forms from the fertilized egg
Dictionary: a baby or young animal as it starts to grow in the womb; anything in its earliest stages of development
Antonym:
Synonym: fetus; organism; nucleus; egg
I want to see an embryo.
Exoskeleton
ex·o·skel·e·ton
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** an hard outer cover that protects the body
- *Dictionary:** a hard outer covering, found in many types of animals, that supports and protects the body
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
Roaches have exoskeletons.
Extinction
ex·tinc·tion
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** dying out to the point of disappearing
- *Dictionary:** the death of all the organisms of a certain kind of living thing.
- *Antonym:** conserve; preserve
- *Synonym**: death; elimination
Dinosaurs went through extinction long ago.
Food Chain
Food Chain
Part of Speech: noun
Own: the ways in which the organisms in an ecosystem interact with one another according to what they eat
Dictionary: a sequence of organisms in an ecosystem in which each species is the food of the next member of the chain
Antonym:
Synonym: food cycle; food web
Lions are at the top of the food chain.
Habitat
hab·i·tat
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a place in an ecosystem where a population lives
- *Dictionary:** the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive
- *Antonym:** unnatural surroundings
- *Synonym:** residence; environment; surroundings
A whale’s habitat is the ocean.
Herbivore
her·bi·vore
Part of Speech: noun
Own: an animal that eats plants
Dictionary: plant-eater
Antonym:
Synonym: fruitarian; vegan
I am not a herbivore since I had steak for dinner last night.
Inherited
in·her·it·ed
Part of Speech: noun / adjective
Own: hereditary
Dictionary: a characteristic that passed from parent to offspring
Antonym:
Synonym: genetic; rooted
I inherited $5,000,000,000 from a lost relative.
Instinct
in·stinct
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a behavior that an organism inherits
- *Dictionary:** a behavior that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught
- *Antonym:** knowledge; urge
- *Synonym:** intuition; sense; feeling
I have a lot of faith in my instincts.
Kidney
kid·ney
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** either of the two organs that remove waste products from the blood
- *Dictionary:** organs in the human excretory system that removes waste materials from the blood
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
My mom used to suffer from kidney infections all childhood life.
Larva
lar·va
Part of Speech: noun
Own: the young of any invertebrate animal; any animal in an analogous immature form
Dictionary: the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis
Antonym:
Synonym:
A caterpillar is a larva.
Life Cycle
Life Cy·cle
Part of Speech: noun
Own: processes of lifeform
Dictionary: The series of distinct stages of life that most organisms grow and mature through
Antonym:
Synonym: lifetime, life process, wheel of life
I don’t know when my life cycle will end.
Liver
liv·er
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** an organ of the body that processes food and cleans the blood
- *Dictionary:** a large organ that makes a digestive juice called bile
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
The liver helps my body keep a perfect digestive state.
Metamorphosis
met·a·mor·pho·sis
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
- *Dictionary:** A change in the shape or characteristics of an organism’s body as it grows
- *Antonym:** stagnation
- *Synonym:** evolution, translation, rebirth,
Butterfiles go through a beautiful metamorphosis.
Nervous System
nerv·ous sys·tem
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** The system of cells, tissues, and organs that regulates the body’s responses to internal and external stimuli.
- *Dictionary**: the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
- *Antonym:** None
- *Synonym:** central nervous system
My nervous system was stimulated and I was very hyper.
Nymph
Nymph
Part of Speech: noun
Own: the incomplete metamorphosis of a young insect
Dictionary: the young of an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis
Antonym:
Synonym:
Butterflies don’t have nymphs.
Omnivore
om·ni·vore
Part of Speech: noun
Own: an animal that eats both plants and other animals
Dictionary: an animal whose normal diet includes both plants and animals.
Antonym:
Synonym: predator; hunter
Most humans are omnivores.
Organs
or·gans
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** tissues that work together to perform a specific function
- *Dictionary:** a body part that is made of smaller parts that work together to do a certain job
- *Antonym:** part
- *Synonym:** none
The heart is one of our many organs.
Pancreas
pan·cre·as
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** a gland that secretes digestive fluids and insulin
- *Dictionary:** a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
Diabetes causes weakening in the Pancreas.
Photosynthesis
pho·to·syn·the·sis
Part of Speech: noun
Own:how plants get food
Dictionary: the process by which plants make food
Antonym:
Synonym:
THe roots are the first part of photosynthesis.
Producer
pro·duc·er
Part of Speech: noun
Own: organisms that make their own food
Dictionary: a person who creates economic value, or produces goods and services
Antonym:
Synonym: assembler; fabricator; inventor
Plants are producers since they make their own food.
Pupa
pu·pa
Part of Speech: noun
Own: an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
Dictionary: an insect at the immobile nonfeeding stage of development between larva and adult, when many internal changes occur
Antonym:
Synonym: chrysalis, cocoon
Most insect pupa are extremely unattractive.
Reproductive System
re·pro·duc·tive sys·tem
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** the organ system that allows us to reproduce
- *Dictionary:** the system of organs involved with animal reproduction
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
A female Reproductive System allows them to have babies.
Respiration
res·pi·ra·tion
Part of Speech: noun
Own: the process that gives us energy
Dictionary: the process that releases energy from food
Antonym:
Synonym: breathing
Humans perform respiration through their noses and lungs.
Respiratory System
res·pi·ra·to·ry sys·tem
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** the breathing system
- *Dictionary:** the system by which oxygen is taken into the body and an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
When I get the flu, my Respiratory System is affected.
Scavenger
scav·en·ger
Part of Speech: noun
Own: an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
Dictionary: an animal that eats the remains of animals that have died
Antonym:
Synonym: hunter; scrounger
Scavengers are not decomposers.
Transpiration
tran·spi·ra·tion
Part of Speech: noun
Own: when plants give off water
Dictionary: the process in which plants give off water through their stomata
Antonym:
Synonym:
The idea of transpiration is very confusing to my brother.
System
sys·tem
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** Organs that work together to perform a function
- *Dictionary**: an organism considered as a functioning entity
- *Antonym:** cog, part
- *Synonym:** order, whole
