Final Review for Middle School

Which order of insects includes dragonflies?

The layer of skin directly above teh dermis is the ___.

What is the dormantstate that some mammals enter in the winter?

What order of insects have wings that form an X on the back when the insect is at rest?

What is the forward extension that protects a decapod's head?

An animal that eats both plants and animals is a(n) ______ ?

The hard, movable plates that cover the gills of a bony fish are ___.

What is the early growth of a seed called?

What type of disease is caused by a pathogen?

Which crustacean group has one simple eye on top of its head?

What group of crustaceans are known for having only one eye?

What group of crustaceans are known for having four pairs of legs pointing forward and three pairs pointing backwards?

The group of drugs tha tincludes alcohol is ___.

What 17th-century Italian scientist demonstrated that maggots are not formed by spontaneous generation?

What potentially dangerous North American spider is known for the violin-shaped marking on its abdomen?

The type of crocodillian that has a distinctive long, thin snout is the ___>

Which group of drugs includes nicotine?

The only truly terrestrial crustacean is the ___.

Which of the followign crustaceans is a cirripede?

What do decapods use to hld their food as they chew?

Mammals whose young are born undeveloped and grow in a pouch on the mother;s body are ___ mammals.

What invertebrate group is characterized by three body regions: the head, the foot, and the mantle?

What is the largest group of mammals?

Which branch of biology studies organisms too small to be seen with teh unaided eye?

What group of cartilaginous fish includes skates and sawfish?

Gliding within an updraft to gain altitude is ____.

The place within the environment where an organism lives is its ____.

What animal group is characterized by having tube feet?

Snake venom tha attacks the circulatory system is called ____ venom.

What organ allows a bird to produce sound?

Plants that live many growing seasons are called _____.

Carnivorous hunting birds are classified in the group of ____.

What is the minimum amount of sleep that most preteens and young teens need each night?

The slow-moving arboreal xenarthran with large claws is the ____

Nutrients are supplied to cells, and wastes are removed from cells by the _____.

Who is known as the Father of Anatomy?

What is the hindmost section of an insect?

what term refers to a chick that is born featherless and helpless?

The group of nutrients that includes sugars and staraches is the ____.

What are the most organized of the social insects?

The body system tha tbreaks food down into usable nutrients is the ____ system.

What group of drugs includes morphine and heroin?

An originally created type of organism is a ____.

A sensible but untested explanation for a scientific problem is a ___.

The German botanist ____ is known for discovering many complex details of plant reproduction.

What is the upper half of a turtle's shell called?

The group of marine mammals with comb-like plates for capturing food are the ____.

a sensible explanation to a scientific problem is a(n) ____.

What plant tissues carry food downward to the stems and roots?

The mineral needed for the transport of oxygen in the blood is ___.

The science of classification is ____.

The primary purpose of flowers is ____.

The large ridge on a bird's sternum that provides an anchor for the flight muscles is the ____.

What group of crustaceans breathe with gills that are located on their legs?

What are the air sacs in a person's lungs called?

Which view of life teaches that living things have limited variation within the originally created species?

What are teh tooth-like scales found on sharks?

Which of the following processes can occur only during the day?

What is the scientific term for the "feelers" on an insect's head?

The group of nutrients that includes fats is the ______.