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| describes all the processes that move materials within an organism and into and out of cells |
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| a network of tubes or spaces that transports materials dissolved in a fluid to or away from the cells of an organism |
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| a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
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| a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart |
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| tiny blood vessels that allow gases and nutrients to be exchanged between the cells and the blood |
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| a system of tubes that transports water and nutrients through plants |
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| plants that use vascular tissues for transport |
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| plants that do not have specialized tissue for transport |
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| filters cellular wastes, toxins, and excess water from the body |
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| the process by which organisms exchange gases with the environment |
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| an feature or behavior of an organism that improves the organism's chance of survival and reproduction in its environment |
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| elastic, sponge-like organs that exchange gases between body tissues and the air |
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| balloon shaped sacs, found in the lungs. This is where gases are exchanged |
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| specialized tissues containing many blood vessels that can take in oxygen dissolved in water |
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tiny pores, or openings
found on the underside of a leaf. |
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| any feature or behavior that improves an organism's chance of survival or reproduction in its environment |
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| any organism that is capable of making its own food "self feeder" |
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| any organism that is unable to make its own food |
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| (another name) autotrophs |
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| (another name) heterotrophs |
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| the process that breaks food down into usable forms |
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| organisms that feed by breaking down the wastes or remains of other organisms |
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| is a group of similar organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring. |
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| is the formation of offspring from a single parent. Offspring produced this way are genetically identical to the parent. |
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| is an example of asexual reproduction. |
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| This is how freshwater hydra reproduce. |
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| An entirely new plant can be grown from a plant part, such as a leaf or a stem or root. |
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| Reproduction in which two parent cells join together to form a new individual. |
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Another name for sex cells.
(eggs or sperm) |
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| is a single reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism. |
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| is a reproductive structure that contains a plant embryo. When the seed germinates, or begins to grow, parts of the embryo develop into stems, leaves, and roots of a new plant. |
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| reproductive part of a flowering plant or angiosperm. |
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| male reproductive structure of a flower, produces pollen, which contains cells that develop into sperm cells |
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female reproductive structure of a flower
contains the ovary, that forms egg cells |
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| How are seeds dispersed in the flowering plants? |
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| by means of the fruit which contains the seeds. |
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flowering plants
produces flowers
produces seeds contained inside fruit |
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cone bearing plants
produces cones
produces seeds found on the pine scale |
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| Two types of fertilization |
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| This is how mammals reproduce |
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| This is how amphibians reproduce. |
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pouched mammals
ex: kangaroo |
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| give birth to live young that develop inside the mother's body in an organ called the uterus. |
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| is an organ in pregnant females that passes nutrients and oxygen to the developing embryo and carries wastes away. |
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| This is how fungi reproduce |
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| characteristic that controls how an organism responds to its environment |
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| is a behavior that an animal is born with and does not have to learn through experiences |
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| instinctive movement from one region to another. |
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| is the spending of winter in completely inactive or dormant state |
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| is reduction in an animal's rate of metabolism in response to extreme heat. |
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| develops during an animal's lifetime as a result of experience. |
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| is the response of some animals to a stimulus that they are exposed to shortly after birth; baby ducks follow mamma duck |
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| repeat good behaviors and avoid bad behaviors where punishment is given |
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animal makes a mental connection between a stimulus and some kind of reward or punishment;
ex: dog runs to door when owner picks up a leash |
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