Abeka Biology Final Exam (Chapters 1- 24) Already Passed

Abeka Biology Final Exam (Chapters 1- 24) Already Passed Deciduous Trees that lose their leaves each fall Xylem The tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots Stamen The organs that produces pollen Osmosis The one-way diffusion through a semipermeable membrane Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species The order of classification Epidermis The part of the skin that is exposed to the environment Louis Pasteur His experiments showed that not even the simplest of organisms can develop from nonliving matter William Harvey An English physiologist that was known for this classic work on the circulation of blood throughout the body Hypothesis Tentative solution to a scientific problem Charles Darwin Wrote On the Origin of Species The British naturalist who was primarily responsible for popularizing the idea that all life evovled from a common ancestor Geologic column The hypothetical arrangement of fossils allegedly demonstrating evolution in the fossil record Nebraska man "Early human" that was actually an extinct pig Homo habilis "Handy man" Actually a mixture of human fossils and ape fossils Climax vegetation, and animal species that dwell there The two things that biomes are identified by Herivores Consumers that feed on plants Niche The function or "occupation" of a living thing Hydrologic cycle The cycle water goes through (evaporation, condensation, and precipitation) Arctic tundra Has long, harsh winters with freezing temperatures and permafrost Tropical rain forests Found near the equator and receive abundant rain Bilateral symmetry All vertebrates have this symmetry Oviparous Egg-laying mammals