Common Biology Terms:

Question 1

Hydrology

Answer 1

The study of water

Question 2

Cytolysis

Answer 2

Dissolution of cells

Question 3

Protozoa

Answer 3

Primary animal (one-celled animal)

Question 4

Epidermis

Answer 4

Uppermost layer of the skin

Question 5

Spermatogenesis

Answer 5

The production of sperm

Question 6

Exoskeleton

Answer 6

Membrane outside the skeleton of an animal

Question 7

Abiotic

Answer 7

Without life Ex: water, light, temperature

Question 8

Pathogen

Answer 8

Agent that spreads disease

Question 9

Psuedopod

Answer 9

Temporary protrusion of the protoplasm OR Extension of the cytoplasm inside organisms like Amoeba

Question 10

Hemophilia

Answer 10

Love of blood

Question 11

Endocytosis

Answer 11

Process by which cells absorb external material by engulfing it with the cell membrane

Question 12

Herbicide

Answer 12

Chemicals used to kill plants

Question 13

Anaerobic

Answer 13

Without oxygen

Question 14

Bilateral

Answer 14

Divisible into two equal parts

Question 15

Autotroph

Answer 15

An organism able to produce its own nourishment

Question 16

Monosaccharide

Answer 16

Carbohydrate consisting of one sugar

Question 17

Arthropod

Answer 17

Invertebrate w/ joined appendages

Question 18

Polymorphic

Answer 18

Common variant in sequences of DNA

Question 19

Hypothermia

Answer 19

Body loses heat faster than it can produce heat

Question 20

Biogenesis

Answer 20

Development of life from preexisting life