7th Grade Science Test 6

The slow moving arboreal xenarthran with large claws is a _______?

What is the dormant state that some mammals enter in winter?

The term Flora refers to ________________.

A strong feeling expressed in a physical way is an ________.

What is a disease that is caused by pathogens?

What is the most commonly abused hallucinogen in the US?

What is the appropriate first aid treatment for someone who strained his biceps?

What are the lower chambers of the human heart, which pump blood to other parts of the body?

Because they do not eat plants, what group of mammals are considered truly carnivorous?

A sudden, permanent change in an organisms DNA is called a ___________.

Which group has 4 upper incisors that continue to grow.

A sensible but untested explanation for a scientific problem is called an assumption.

What is the term that refers to the similarity of design found in many living things?

What are Oviparous mammals called?

An originally created type of organism is called a species.

The last known Tasmanian Tiger died in 1936. Because of this, the Tasmanian Tiger is considered ______________.

What is the idea that claims evolution occurs in rapid burst separated by long periods of time?

Mammals who's young develop in a uterus or womb are called Placental mammals.

The cougar, or mountain lion, is in Kingdom Animalia, genus Puma, and species Concolor. What is its scientific name?

Which term refers to an animal without a back bone?

A fracture in which the bone breaks through the skin is a simple fracture.

What is the group of nutrients that include sugars and starches?

What is the largest part of the human brain, which is responsible for thought?

Variation of the gene pool within a particular kind is _______________________.

Which body system releases hormones that control various internal body functions?

What is the movement of water from higher concentration to lower concentration through a semipermeable membrane?

What is the group of marine mammals with comb like plates for capturing food?

The group that includes shrews, moles, and hedgehogs.

A lack of proper nutrition due to a poor diet is called ______.

The group of marine mammals with comb like plates for capturing food are called Baleen Whales.

William Carey was known as the father of anatomy.

Physical activities that strengthen the heart and lungs and burn fat are called anaerobic activities.

The French scientist to use broth and flasks to disprove spontaneous generation was Francesco Redi.

What is the respiratory structure that is unique to mammals?

What are tiny air sacs found in a persons lungs?

An internal skeleton is called a vertebrae.

Group that includes monkeys and apes.

What is a factor that is observed to determine the results of an experiment?

What is the characteristic of man that sets him apart from mammals?

What are the large vessels that carry blood back to the heart

What is the group of drugs that includes alcohol?

Some hoofed mammals are known for their head extensions of dead bone without a covering. These are called horns.

Legumes, which help restore nitrogen into the soil, are members of the amaryllis family.

What is the thin, sticky film of bacteria that forms on teeth?

What is the early growth of a seed, until the plant is ready to produce its own food called?

A plant that grows from a seed, produces flowers, and dies in one growing season is a _____________________.

What is the process by which life continues through the generation of new organisms?

What is the type of leaf that has more than one leaflet attached to the petiole?

Many marine mammals have a type of fat called blubber.

Science put to practical use is called?

What is the layer of skin directly above the dermis?

What is the name of the group kangaroos travel in?

A living thing that can be cut into equal halves in more than one direction has ______________________ symmetry.

An animal that eats both plants and animals is call an omnivore.

What is the food-making process of plants?

What is the idea that an organism surviving more than an other organism will survive and become predominate?

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

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

The largest mammal is the Blue Whale.

The place within the environment where an organism lives is called a habitat.

The central nervous system contains the Brain and ______?

Largest group of mammals is the canines.

Who wrote the book On the Origin of the Species?

What is a tail that is capable of grabbing?

Flat teeth that are used for grinding food are called incisors.

Bats are able to find their insect prey using ______.

What is the group that includes manatees and dugongs?

An animal with a backbone is called an ______.

What is the mineral needed for the transport of oxygen in the blood?

A tiger's stripes, which allow it to hide from its prey, are an example of what?

Marsupials have a pouch in which their young develop.

A scientist is studying Asian Watermeal (plant). What branch of biology does the scientist specialize in?

The sum of all body activities.

_______ are the only mammals that can actually fly.

What is the believe that the present is the key to the past?

For protection and dispersal, angiosperm seeds are enclosed inside a structure. What is this structure called?

The general name for animals that chew cud is Ungulates.

The transfer of pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma is called dispersal.

What is the body system that breaks food down into usable nutrients?

What is the organ that produces bile, filters certain poisonous substances from the blood,& stores excess blood glucose?