Science Word List AT4

Question 1

assimlilation

Answer 1

a process carried out by living things where nutrients are digested, absorbed and incorporated into the body.

Question 2

Diffusion

Answer 2

Movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration.

Question 3

Xylem

Answer 3

vessels in a plant responsible for moving water

Question 4

chlorophyll

Answer 4

Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis

Question 5

Phloem

Answer 5

vessels in a plant responsible for conductiong organic compunds such as glucose

Question 6

Stomata

Answer 6

pores on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move

Question 7

genus

Answer 7

A taxonomic category above the species level, designated by the first word of a species’ two-part scientific name.

Question 8

species

Answer 8

The lowest taxonomic classification whose members can interbreedand produce viable offspring.

Question 9

Protists

Answer 9

a group of unicellular organisms which possess membrane bound organelles and are classified based on their method of movement

Question 10

Fungi

Answer 10

A group of organisms which possess membranebound organelles but cannot photosynthesise

Question 11

Bacteria

Answer 11

A group of unicellular which do not possess membrane bound organelles

Question 12

Mitosis

Answer 12

a type of cell division which produces two identical daughter cells from a single parent cell

Question 13

Osmosis

Answer 13

The movement of a water from a dilute solution to a concentration solution across a semi-permeable membrane.