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