1. Ohms Law: Opposition to the flow of current.
2. Pharynx further filters the air and aids in
protections against infection
3. Phenotype genes that express themselves in
physical char- acteristics ex: eye color
4. Genotype genetic make up, including both
dominant and recessive alleles.
5. Allies a gene which consists of hereditary factors
6. The Nervous system Controls the functions of the body and
receives stimuli from the environment
7. Spinal Cord major connecting system between the
brain and network of nerves. Carries
impulse be- tween all organs and the
brains is also the con- trol center for
many simple reflexs.
8. Epiglottis Closes when swallowing to prevent food
from going down the airway into the
Trachea
9. Ecology Study of the interrelationship between
organ- isms and their psychical
surrounding. Ecologist employ a similar
set of terminology
10. Biosphere Zone of planet earth where life naturally
occure including land, water, and air
extending from the deep crust to the
lower atmosphere.
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11. Biome
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Major life zone of interrelted species bound together by similar climate, vegetation and an- imal life
12. Medulla (Brain stem) connection between the brain and the
spinal cord. Controls involuntary actions
(Breathing, swallowing, beating of
heart).
13. Cerebrum the major part of the brain. Thought to
be the center of intelligence, responsible
for hearing, seeing thinking, etc
14. Ecosystem a system made up of a community of
animals, plants, and other organisms as
well as non-liv- ing aspects of its
enviornment
15. Community the collection of all ecologically
connected species in an area
16. population a group of organisms of the same
species living in the same region
17. Producers (autotrophs) make their own food vi photosynthesis
18. Decomposers (bacteria/fungi) break down organic matter release
aka saprotrophs minerals back into the soil
19. Scavengers (vertebrates, consuming refuse/decaying organic matter
vultures, jak- las) ex: carrion/decaying fish
20. Consumer AKA heterotrophas animals that consumer other organisms to
sur-
vive
21. Primary Consumer (herbivores) eat plants
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22. Secondary Consumers (carnivores/
eat primary consumers ex: wplves, lions,
om- nivores) sharks
23. Tetiary Consumers (top carnivores) capable of eating secondary conumers
24. Geology is the science that deals with the history
and composition of the earth and its life,
especially as recorded in rocks
25. Central nervous system contains all the other neurons found
through- out the brain / spinal cord
26. Cerbellum a big cluster of nerves tissue that forms
the basis for the brain. Concerned with
muscular coordination and the
coordination of impulses sent out from
the cerebrum
27. Gene unit of inheritance
28. Pathway of the Heart 1. Superior Vena Cava 2. Pulmonary
Artery 3. Right Atrium 4. Right Ventricle
5. Pulmonary arteries 6. Pulmonary Veins
7. Left Atrium 8. Left
Ventricle 9. Aorta
29. The autonomic nervous system regulates involuntary action in the heart,
stom-
ach and intestines
30. heart 4. Chambered pump with two collection
cham- bers called atria and two pumping
chambers called ventricles
31. Circulatory system transport nutrients throughout the