What do you call an organism that does not consume food?
An autotroph
What is it called when water vapor moves out of a plant and into the air?
Transpiration
What is the function of cellular respiration?
To release energy stored in sugars.
How are yeasts different than molds and mushrooms?
Yeasts are single-celled
Name one benefit of producing with spores.
Travel far or survive for many years
What does the top part of the leaf have, and what does the bottom have?
The top has a waxy covering and more cell walls with chloroplasts; the bottom has stomata
What is a group of similar cells that are organized to do a specific job?
Tissue
How is migration similar to hibernation?
They are both responses to seasonal changes.
Define heterotroph.
An organism that feeds on or consumes other organisms.
What is a hyphae?
a network of cells that from threadlike structures that support the body of a fungus.
Give an example of when asexual reproduction might have advantages over sexual reproduction.
Save energy or reproduce more frequently
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
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
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
What would change in an environment if there was no fungi?
Too many dead things; organic matter would not be recycled.
Where does fungal digestion take place?
Near the hyphae
Where does photosynthesis take place?
The chloroplasts
Name two things plant stems are responsible for.
1. Transfer materials 2. provide support 3. give the plant shape 4. store sugars
How would stomata respond to hot, dry weather?
They would close