MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary)

Graticule slide - CORRECT ANSWER-marked with grid line, useful for counting or estimating a quantity Preparing acid solutions - CORRECT ANSWER-Always add acid to 2/3 water, then add rest of water # of Animal species - CORRECT ANSWER-over 1 million species and about 30 divisions # of insects - CORRECT ANSWER-800,000 species, half of animal kingdom Characteristics of animal kingdom - CORRECT ANSWER-muliticellular, heterotrophic, reproduce sexually, do not have cell walls or chloroplasts, can move at some stage of life, can rapidly respond to environment due to specialized tissues like nerve and muscle Heterotrophic - CORRECT ANSWER-method of getting energy by eating food that has energy releasing substances Mendel - CORRECT ANSWER-Father of genetics, experimented with pea plants to observe inherited traits McClintock - CORRECT ANSWER-Created the first genetic map for maize, demonstrated recombination, how transposition flips the switch for traits. Watson and Crick - C