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Useful terms from Science Unit A?
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Basic unit of structure and function of all
living things?
cell
Thin covering that encloses a cell and keeps
its parts together?
cell membrane
Organelle that controls all of a cell’s
activities?
nucleus (of a cell)
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Jellylike substance containing
chemicals that help keep a cell
functioning?
cytoplasm
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Process by which many materials
move in and out of cells?
diffusion
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Diffusion of water and dissolved
materials through a cell membrane?
osmosis
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Cells that work together to perform a
specific function?
tissue
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Tissues that work together to perform
a specific function?
organ
Organs that work together to perform a
function?
system
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Smallest blood vessels?
capillaries
Tiny air sacs, located at both ends of the
lungs, through which gases are
exchanged with the blood?
alveoli
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Tiny tubes sticking into the small
intestine that absorb nutrients into the
blood?
villi
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Tubes inside the kidneys where urea
and water diffuse from the blood?
nephrons
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Connective tissue that produces red
and white blood cells?
bone marrow
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Places where bones meet and are
attached to each other and to
muscles?
joints
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Tough bands of connective tissue that
attach muscles to bones?
tendons
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Bands of connective tissue that hold a
skeleton together?
ligaments
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Specialized cell that can receive
information and transmit it to other
cells?
neuron
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Nerve cells that detect conditions in
the body’s environment?
receptors
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Grouping of things by using a set of
rules?
classification
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Largest group into which living things
are classified?
kingdom
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Kingdom of organisms found with
petroleum?
moneran
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Kingdom of organisms that have only
one cell and a nucleus?
protist
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Living things such as mushrooms
that look like plants, but cannot make
their own food?
fungi
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Second smallest grouping used in
classification?
genus
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Smallest grouping used in
classification?
species
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Animal with a backbone?
vertebrates
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Animal that has hair and produces
milk for its young?
mammals
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Animal that has dry, scaly skin?
reptiles
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Animal with moist skin and no
scales?
amphibians
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Vertebrate that lives in water?
fish
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Vertebrate with feathers?
birds
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Animal without a backbone?
invertebrates
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Plant that has tubes for transporting
food and water?
vascular plants
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Plant that does not have tubes for
transporting food and water?
nonvascular plants
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Tubes that transport water and
minerals in vascular plants?
xylem
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Tubes that transport food in vascular
plants?
phloem
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Pigment, or coloring matter, that helps
plants use light energy to produce
sugars?
chlorophyll
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Cycle in which nitrogen gas is
changed into forms of nitrogen that
plants can use?
nitrogen cycle
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Process by which carbon and oxygen
cycle among plants, animals and the
physical environment?
carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle
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Single reproductive cell that grows
into a new plant?
spore
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Plant with unprotected seeds;
conifers or cone-bearing plants?
gymnosperm
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Flower structures that contain the
male reproductive cells?
pollen
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A flowering plant?
angiosperm
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Seeds of certain plants that are used
for food?
grain
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Any material that can be separated
into threads?
fiber
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Outer layer of cells of a leaf?
epidermis
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Layer of cells in a leaf where most
photosynthesis occurs?
palisade layer
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Process by which cells release energy
from food in order to carry on life
processes?
cellular respiration
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Plant’s response to a stimulus?
tropism
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Plant’s response to gravity?
gravitropism
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Joining of a male reproductive cell
with a female reproductive cell?
fertilization
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Male parts of a flower?
stamen
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Female part of a flower?
pistil
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Process by which plants make food?
photosynthesis
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Plant’s response to light?
phototropism
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Form of asexual reproduction in
plants; reproduction without seeds?
vegetative propagation
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Part of a flower that contains eggs?
ovary
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Tiny plant inside a seed?
embryo
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Structures where food is stored in
seeds?
cotyledons
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To sprout?
germinate
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Plant stage when a germinated seed
begins growing and making its own
food?
seeding
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Form of artificial reproduction that
can produce desirable characteristics
in woody plants?
grafting
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Process of growing plants artificially
in laboratories?
tissue culture
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