sci_unitexam

Question 1

If you are not eating enough protein, your body will start breaking down what kind of tissue to get the amino acids it needs?

Answer 1

Muscle tissue will start being broken down.

Question 2

essential amino acids (and how many are there)-

Answer 2

Essential amino acids are amino acids that your body must have but cannot make. (9 of the 20 amino acids are essential.)

Question 3

ectothermic

Answer 3

If an animal is ectothermic it cannot set and maintain its own body temperature.

Question 4

Which is composed of fats being stored by your body?

Answer 4

yellow bone marrow

Question 5

Which produces the cells in your blood?

Answer 5

red bone marrow

Question 6

Where is the red bone marrow found?

Answer 6

spongy bone tissue

Question 7

What is the periosteum? What 2 things does it contain?

Answer 7

It is the outer layer of the bone, and it contains the blood vessels and nerves.

Question 8

What is the lowest part of the hair follicle called where cells rapidly reproduce?

Answer 8

the matrix

Question 9

What does arrector pili do? What is it?

Answer 9

They are muscles at the base of the hair follicle; they are what we call goosebumps. They raise the hair on our arms so we can keep the body heat closer to us.

Question 10

An organism is made up of one eukaryotic cell and eats only dead organisms. To which kingdom does it belong?

Answer 10

Fungi