Science Mid Term Vocab

Question 1

The scientific study of how living things are classified.

Answer 1

Taxonomy

Question 2

An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food

Answer 2

Autotroph

Question 3

An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things

Answer 3

Heterotroph

Question 4

The basic unit of structure and function in living things

Answer 4

Cell

Question 5

In cells, a large oval organelle that contains the cell’s genetic material in the form of DNA and controls many of the cell’s activities

Answer 5

Nucleus

Question 6

Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in someway

Answer 6

Stimulus

Question 7

The process by which plants and other autotrophs capture and use light energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water.

Answer 7

Photosynthesis

Question 8

A specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring through its gene

Answer 8

Trait

Question 9

The passing of traits from parents to offspring

Answer 9

Heredity

Question 10

The scientific study of heredity

Answer 10

Genetics

Question 11

The condition in which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment

Answer 11

Homeostasis

Question 12

Any change in the DNA of a gene or a chromosome

Answer 12

Mutation

Question 13

The process in which oxygen and glucose undergo a complex series of chemical reactions inside cells. releasing energy

Answer 13

Cellular Respiration

Question 14

A green photosynthetic pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria

Answer 14

Chlorophyll

Question 15

An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus

Answer 15

Response