Biology Midterm

What do we call the chemoreceptor of the tongue?

What do we call the chemoreceptor in the nose?

Gametes contain 1 copy of each gene

Instead of a nucleus, bacteria have a _______

Female gonads are called

What do we call an organism that can cause disease?

What is muscle degeneration?

The function of a _________ is to help distribute seeds

The study of plants is known as

What do we call the places where bones join?

The function of a flower is to

Female gonads produce which sex cells?

Female gonads produce this hormone ___________________

What is the principal organ of the nervous system?

Male gonads are called

Which is device that is surgically implanted into the heart to deliver a shock when needed

If fertilization does not occur, the uterus sheds its lining in a process

A degenerative disease is considered a _________________________ disease

What is one way diffusion through a semipermeable membrane and occurs in all plants and mammals.

Organisms that make their own food are called

Where does most of our digestion take place?

Which is NOT one of the body cavities?

How many bones does an adult human have?

How do viruses reproduce?

Which is the universal blood donor?

______________ is the process whereby a plant captures the energy of light and converts it into the chemical energy of

Which is a molecule of genetic material enclosed in a geometric protein structure?

Male gonads produce which sex cells?

Which are the only voluntary muscles?

Hydrochloric acid is found in the stomach.

Male gonads produce this hormone ___________________

An unborn child develops here

Plant cells are different than our cells because they have a ____________

Plants get their green color from

What is the chemical process of life?

Appendicular and Axial are the two divisions of the skeletal system

The study of animals is known as

Where are the smallest bones in the human body located?

The two systems of the plant are the

Which is the universal blood recipient?

The two divisions of the nervous system are axial and peripheral

What is the enlargement of muscles through use?

Life begins at ovulation

A lot of white blood cells in a blood sample in a sign of an infection

Biology is the study of living things and their _____________

How do bacteria reproduce?

Who taught farmers how to plant new crops, developed more than 300 products from crops, and helped

God ordained sex to be an expression of love between a husband and wife

The master control unit of the heart is called the

CVD stands for Cardiovascular Degeneration

Organisms that must get their food from other organisms are known as