final (that you missed)

Question 1

rough, file-like gastropod organ that scrapes food and carries it into the digestive tract

Answer 1

radula

Question 2

coelenterate that undergoes alternation of generations

Answer 2

jellyfish

Question 3

able to function without a nervous system

Answer 3

sponge

Question 4

free-living flatworm

Answer 4

planarian

Question 5

study of plants

Answer 5

botany

Question 6

study of life

Answer 6

biology

Question 7

any living thing

Answer 7

organism

Question 8

trees known for their thin, smooth bark that peels off in layers

Answer 8

birch tree

Question 9

group of structures designed to function together as a unit to perform a particular job for an organism

Answer 9

system

Question 10

a structure within a system that has a definite form and performs a definite function or functions for the system

Answer 10

organ

Question 11

plant vascular tissue that transports food manufactured in the leaves downward

Answer 11

phloem

Question 11

process through which a cell breaks down sugars

Answer 11

cellular respiration

Question 12

plant vascular tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots to the leaves

Answer 12

xylem

Question 13

process whereby a plant’s chloroplasts capture the radiant energy of light and convert it into the chemical energy of food

Answer 13

photosynthesis

Question 14

rigid, box-like structure outside the cell membrane of a plant cell that stiffens, supports, and protects the cell

Answer 14

cell wall

Question 15

basic structural unit of all living things

Answer 15

cell

Question 16

simple sugars

Answer 16

glucose

Question 17

transfer of pollen from an anther to the stigma

Answer 17

pollination

Question 17

reproductive structure of an angiosperm

Answer 17

flower

Question 18

process in which a sperm cell fuses with an egg cell to form a new organism

Answer 18

fertilization

Question 18

period of inactivity

Answer 18

dormancy

Question 19

reproductive cells

Answer 19

gametes

Question 20

growth in length

Answer 20

primary growth

Question 21

part of the tree that is zylem

Answer 21

wood

Question 22

older, inner wood that no longer conducts sap

Answer 22

heartwood

Question 23

special type of stem that grows horizontally under the ground

Answer 23

rhizome

Question 24

special stems that are used to protect the plant

Answer 24

thorns

Question 24

largest division in classic taxonomy

Answer 24

kingdom

Question 25

roots that penetrate the soil with relatively little branching

Answer 25

taproots

Question 26

plants that produce seeds but not flowers

Answer 26

gymnosperm

Question 27

one way diffusion through semipermeable membrane

Answer 27

osmosis

Question 28

organisms that obtain nutrition from dead organisms

Answer 28

saprophytes

Question 28

life cycle that involves a round of sexual reproduction and then asexual reproduction

Answer 28

alternation of generation

Question 29

smallest of green chlorophyll containing organisms

Answer 29

algae

Question 30

system that gives support to the body

Answer 30

skeletal system

Question 30

stable, internal environment

Answer 30

homeostasis

Question 30

system responsible for continuation of human race

Answer 30

reproductive system

Question 31

organism that lives on or in another organism; derives nutrition from that organism

Answer 31

parasite

Question 32

tissues that connect bone to bone

Answer 32

ligaments

Question 33

group of similar cells that work together to accomplish tasks for an organ

Answer 33

tissue

Question 34

longest bone in the body

Answer 34

femur

Question 35

type of bone designed to protect

Answer 35

flat bones

Question 35

cable of tough fibers that attaches a muscle to bone

Answer 35

tendon

Question 36

inflammation of joints

Answer 36

arthritis

Question 36

type of muscle cells found in heart

Answer 36

cardiac

Question 37

enlargement of muscles through use

Answer 37

hypertrophy

Question 37

largest and strongest of muscles

Answer 37

gluteus maximus

Question 38

shrinking of muscles through lack of use

Answer 38

atrophy

Question 39

principle organ of nervous system

Answer 39

brain

Question 40

inability of muscles to move

Answer 40

paralysis

Question 41

simplest act of nervous system

Answer 41

reflex