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Science Final Part 1
Mr. G
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Science
7th Grade
05/20/2013

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Term
Relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
Definition
Commensalism
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Relationship in which organisms share only indirect contact
Definition
Neutralism
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Nutritional relationship in which one animal hunts another
Definition
Predation
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Struggle against other organisms for needed resources
Definition
Competition
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Scientist who studies body structure
Definition
Anatomist
Term
Scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians
Definition
Herpetologist
Term
Scientist who studies fish
Definition
Ichthyologist
Term
Scientist who studies insects
Definition
Entomologist
Term
Scientist who studies interactions between organisms and their environment
Definition
Ecologist
Term
The idea that nature is god
Definition
Pantheism
Term
An organism’s role in its environment
Definition
Niche
Term
What group of organisms are the main producers on the planet
Definition
Plants
Term
Which group of arthropods do spiders belong
Definition
Arachnids
Term
An eye with more than one lens
Definition
Compound
Term
What organ produces the oil that birds spread over their bodies
Definition
Preen gland
Term
The waxy protective layer of a leaf
Definition
Cuticle
Term
A strong feeling expressed in a physical way
Definition
Emotion
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The food making process of plants
Definition
Photosynthesis
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Plant vessels that carry sugar to the roots and stem
Definition
Phloem
Term
Any close relationship between organisms
Definition
Symbiosis
Term
Permanently frozen layer of Arctic tundra
Definition
Permafrost
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The broad regions the earth is divided, based on plant and animal life
Definition
Biomes
Term
Outside skeleton of an arthropod
Definition
Exoskeleton
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Built in knowledge an animal is born with
Definition
Instinct
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Level of classification below kingdom
Definition
Phylum
Term
Foundation of modern science
Definition
Bible
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System that uses hormones to control certain body functions
Definition
Endocrine system
Term
Information-storing substance found in a cell’s nucleus
Definition
DNA
Term
Structure formed by the leaves, flowers, and fruit at the top of a fully grown tree
Definition
Crown
Term
The northern and southern limit at which trees grow
Definition
Tree line
Term
Model that shows all the feeding relationships in an environment
Definition
Food web
Term
All the organisms of one species in an environment
Definition
Population
Term
Vase-shaped structure of a flower that contains the stigma and ovary
Definition
Pistil
Term
Plant that lives for two growing seasons
Definition
Biennial
Term
Tiny air sacs found in human and mammal lungs
Definition
Alveoli
Term
Body system that provides covering and protection
Definition
Integumentary
Term
Animal that reproduces by laying eggs
Definition
Oviparous
Term
Term for all mammals with hooves
Definition
Ungulates
Term
Level of classification between order and genus
Definition
Family
Term
Concept that living things can only originate from existing living things
Definition
Law of biogenesis
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Food nutrients that are used to build and repair the body
Definition
Proteins
Term
Group of cells designed to work together as a unit
Definition
Tissue
Term
The number and variety of species living in an environment
Definition
Biodiversity
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The maximum number of organisms of a particular species that an ecosystem can support
Definition
Carrying capacity
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Fungi are considered to be ________________, because they obtain their nutrition from dead organisms
Definition
saprophytes
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