Science Vocab Final

Question 0

chlorophyll

Answer 0

a green pigment in chloroplast that absorbs light

Question 1

dormant

Answer 1

inactive state of a seed

Question 2

cellular respiration

Answer 2

the process of producing oxygen and glucose releases co2 and water

Question 3

stomata

Answer 3

openings in the epidermis and cuticle of a leaf letting in co2

Question 4

transpiration

Answer 4

the loss of water through stomata

Question 5

tropism

Answer 5

a change in the growth of a plant to a stimulus

Question 6

phototropism

Answer 6

change in plant growth to light

Question 7

gravitropism

Answer 7

change in plant growth to gravity

Question 8

evergreen

Answer 8

plants that have leaves all year long

Question 9

deciduous

Answer 9

trees that lose their leaves

Question 10

vertebrate

Answer 10

segments of bone or cartridge making the backbone

Question 11

invertebrate

Answer 11

an animal without a backbone

Question 12

embryo

Answer 12

an organism an it’s earliest stage of development

Question 13

tissue

Answer 13

a group of similar cells that work together for a job

Question 14

organ

Answer 14

2 or more tissues that work a specific function in the body

Question 15

consumer

Answer 15

an organism that eats other organisms

Question 16

predator

Answer 16

an animal that eats other organisms

Question 17

prey

Answer 17

an animal eaten by another animal

Question 18

innate behavior

Answer 18

behaviour learned by birth

Question 19

learned behavior

Answer 19

behaviour learned by experience or observation

Question 20

hibernation

Answer 20

a period of inactivity in the winter

Question 21

estivation

Answer 21

reduced activity in the summer

Question 22

biological clock

Answer 22

an internal control of natural cycles

Question 23

circadian rhythm

Answer 23

a natural daily cycle

Question 24

social behavior

Answer 24

interaction between tow animals of the same species

Question 25

communication

Answer 25

a signal from one animal to another with a response

Question 26

territory

Answer 26

an area occupied by one or more animals

Question 27

pheromone

Answer 27

a chemical produced for communication

Question 28

invertebrate

Answer 28

an animal with no backbone

Question 29

bilateral symmetry

Answer 29

equal symmetry between two halves

Question 30

radial symmetry

Answer 30

a body where symmetry is equal by a center

Question 31

asymmetrical

Answer 31

not symmetrical at all

Question 32

ganglia

Answer 32

groups of nerve cells

Question 33

gut

Answer 33

where food is digested

Question 34

coelom

Answer 34

Cavity in the body where the gut and other organs are located

Question 35

open circulatory system

Answer 35

where blood pumps through spaces called sinuses

Question 36

closed circulatory system

Answer 36

where the blood pumps through vessels

Question 37

segment

Answer 37

one of many repeating body parts

Question 38

exoskeleton

Answer 38

external skeleton made of protein and chitin

Question 39

compound eye

Answer 39

eye made of light sensitive cells

Question 40

antennae

Answer 40

feelers on an Arthropods head for touch taste and smell

Question 41

mandible

Answer 41

a jaw

Question 42

metamorphosis

Answer 42

the process where an insect goes form larvae to adult

Question 43

endoskeleton

Answer 43

internal skeleton

Question 44

water vascular system

Answer 44

a system where wate pumps and canals that allow them to move eat and breathe