Where does photosynthesis take place?
The chloroplasts
What are the three categories of animal behavior?
Individual, within species, between species
Name three body systems that relate to how an animal gets its energy
Digestive, respiratory, circulation
Where does fungal digestion take place?
Near the hyphae
Name one benefit of producing with spores.
Travel far or survive for many years
How are yeasts different than molds and mushrooms?
Yeasts are single-celled
What do you call an organism that does not consume food?
An autotroph
What is a group of similar cells that are organized to do a specific job?
Tissue
What is it called when certain cells divide to from sperm cells in a male and egg cells in a female during sexual reproduction?
Meiosis
What is an adaptation?
Inherited characteristics that increase survival chances
Give an example of when asexual reproduction might have advantages over sexual reproduction.
Save energy or reproduce more frequently
What is a hyphae?
a network of cells that from threadlike structures that support the body of a fungus.
What would change in an environment if there was no fungi?
Too many dead things; organic matter would not be recycled.
What is it called when water vapor moves out of a plant and into the air?
Transpiration
Name two characteristics that are shared by all plants.
1. They are multicellular. 2. they have cells with a nucleus and a cell wall. 3. they are producers 4. they have a 2-part life cycle
Name the raw materials and products of photosynthesis.
carbon dioxide + water + sunlight = sugars & oxygen
