Abeka Order and Design Semester Exam

Central nervous system contains

Osmosis is the movement of water from

What is the system that controls the body functions and activities?

What is the largest part of the human brain?

Group of drugs that includes alcohol

Main divisions of the skeleton are _______________________ & ________________________

Which type of white blood cell matures in the thymus?

What is a disease caused by a pathogen?

Place in environment where an organism lives

When bones rub together, this may be caused by wearing away of what?

Lower chambers of the heart

Idea that an organism better able to survive in an environment than another will survive and become predominant

What are physical activities that strengthen the heart and lungs and burn fat?

What is a compound fracture?

Plant that grows from seed, produces flowers and dies in 1 growing season

Science put to practical use is called

Legumes are members of what family

A strong feeling expressed in a physical way

Who was the French scientist who used broth and flasks to disprove spontaneous generation?

Type of dispersal when a seed pod bursts open

What gland is the “master”

Body system that breaks down food into usable nutrients

__________________ Symmetry- can be cut into equal halves in more that one direction.

What structure connects bones to muscles?

Father of Anatomy?

What characteristic makes man different from a mammal?

The term flora refers to?

What treatment would be appropriate for a strain?

Early growth of a seed, until the plant is ready to produce its own food

Flat teeth that are used for grinding

Lack of proper nutrition due to poor diet

Sudden permanent change in an organism's DNA

Most commonly abused hallucinogen in the US?

Most important group of plants

What is punctuated equilibrium?

Organ that produces bile, filters certain poisonous substances from the blood

Where is bile STORED?

What is the variation of the gene pool within a particular kind?

What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs?

Charles Darwin wrote Origin of Species

What is the sum of all body activities?

Originally created type of organism was called?

Structures that resemble shriveled leaves in the middle of the stem

Large vessels that carry blood back to the heart

Mineral needed for transportation of oxygen in the blood

Term that refers to the similarity of design found in many living things

What is the layer of skin directly above the dermis?

Sugar and starches belong to what nutrient group?

Thin sticky film on teeth caused by bacteria

Leaves that attach directly to the stem

Angiosperms are enclosed inside a structure called _________________ for protection and dispersal.

A scientist is studying (the smallest flowering plant). What branch of biology does this scientist specialize in?

What is the food making process of plants?

Factor that is observed to determine the results of an experiment is the ___________________ variable.

Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma is called

What is the idea that the universe and life are the result of chance and natural processes?

Type of leaf that has more than one leaflet attached to the petiole?

Process by which life continues through the generation of new organisms

Young plant able to survive without cotyledon

Fruit of what family is a grain?

Plant family that restores nitrogen to the soil

Belief that the present is the key to the past

View that says that each species is descended directly from an identical, originally created species with no variation

What connects the kidneys to the bladder?

Hormones that control various internal body functions released by what system?

Sensible but untested explanation for a scientific problem