7th Grade Life Science
Phenotype - correct answerOrganism's physical appearance; visible trait
Adaptation - correct answerA behavior or physical characteristic that allows an
organism to survive or reproduce in its habitat
Asexual reproduction - correct answerReproductive process involving only one parent
and produces offspring identical to the parent
Alleles - correct answerDifferent forms of a gene
Autotroph - correct answerOrganism that makes its own food (generally plants); a
producer
Behavior - correct answerAll the actions an animal performs
Binomial nomenclature - correct answerTwo part scientific naming system for organisms
including genus and species
Biotic factor - correct answerA living part of an organism's habitat
Cell - correct answerBasic unit of structure and function in all living things or organisms
Chlorophyll - correct answerGreen pigment in chloroplasts of plants and algae needed
for photosynthesis
Chromosome - correct answerStructure in nucleus that carries the DNA and splits
during reproduction
Classification - correct answerGrouping things based on their similarities
Community - correct answerAll the different populations that live together in an area
Climate - correct answerTypical weather pattern in a area over a long period of time
Condensation - correct answerProcess by which a gas changes to a liquid
Heterotroph - correct answerOrganism that consumes food, (generally an animal); a
consumer
Controlled experiment - correct answerExperiment in which only one variable is
manipulated (changed)
, De-composter - correct answerAn organism that breaks down dead organisms and
returns important materials to the soil
DNA - correct answerDeoxyribonucleic Acid; genetic material that carries information for
replication
Dominant allele - correct answerAllele whose trait always shows
Ecology - correct answerStudy of how organisms interact with their environment
Ecosystem - correct answerCommunity of organisms that live in a particular area, along
with their non-living surroundings
Embryo - correct answerYoung organism that develops from a zygote (fertilized egg)
Environmental science - correct answerStudy of the natural processes that occur in the
environment and how humans affect them
Excretion - correct answerProcess where wastes are removed from the body or cell
Food chain - correct answerA series of events in which one organism eats another to
obtain energy
Fruit - correct answerRipened ovary that encloses one or more seeds
Fungus - correct answerEukaryotic organism (has nuclei) has cell walls, reproduces
with spores, and is heterotrophic (absorbs food)
Gene - correct answerSet of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA
Genetics - correct answerScientific study of heredity
Genotype - correct answerAn organism's genetic make up or allele combination (aA,
AA, aa)
Genus - correct answerSeventh level of classification consisting of similar and closely
related species - part of naming system for organisms
Germination - correct answerSprouting of the embryo from a seed; when first leaves are
seen
Glucose - correct answerSugar that is major source of energy for cells
Habitat - correct answerSpecific environment that provides resources that an organism
needs
Phenotype - correct answerOrganism's physical appearance; visible trait
Adaptation - correct answerA behavior or physical characteristic that allows an
organism to survive or reproduce in its habitat
Asexual reproduction - correct answerReproductive process involving only one parent
and produces offspring identical to the parent
Alleles - correct answerDifferent forms of a gene
Autotroph - correct answerOrganism that makes its own food (generally plants); a
producer
Behavior - correct answerAll the actions an animal performs
Binomial nomenclature - correct answerTwo part scientific naming system for organisms
including genus and species
Biotic factor - correct answerA living part of an organism's habitat
Cell - correct answerBasic unit of structure and function in all living things or organisms
Chlorophyll - correct answerGreen pigment in chloroplasts of plants and algae needed
for photosynthesis
Chromosome - correct answerStructure in nucleus that carries the DNA and splits
during reproduction
Classification - correct answerGrouping things based on their similarities
Community - correct answerAll the different populations that live together in an area
Climate - correct answerTypical weather pattern in a area over a long period of time
Condensation - correct answerProcess by which a gas changes to a liquid
Heterotroph - correct answerOrganism that consumes food, (generally an animal); a
consumer
Controlled experiment - correct answerExperiment in which only one variable is
manipulated (changed)
, De-composter - correct answerAn organism that breaks down dead organisms and
returns important materials to the soil
DNA - correct answerDeoxyribonucleic Acid; genetic material that carries information for
replication
Dominant allele - correct answerAllele whose trait always shows
Ecology - correct answerStudy of how organisms interact with their environment
Ecosystem - correct answerCommunity of organisms that live in a particular area, along
with their non-living surroundings
Embryo - correct answerYoung organism that develops from a zygote (fertilized egg)
Environmental science - correct answerStudy of the natural processes that occur in the
environment and how humans affect them
Excretion - correct answerProcess where wastes are removed from the body or cell
Food chain - correct answerA series of events in which one organism eats another to
obtain energy
Fruit - correct answerRipened ovary that encloses one or more seeds
Fungus - correct answerEukaryotic organism (has nuclei) has cell walls, reproduces
with spores, and is heterotrophic (absorbs food)
Gene - correct answerSet of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA
Genetics - correct answerScientific study of heredity
Genotype - correct answerAn organism's genetic make up or allele combination (aA,
AA, aa)
Genus - correct answerSeventh level of classification consisting of similar and closely
related species - part of naming system for organisms
Germination - correct answerSprouting of the embryo from a seed; when first leaves are
seen
Glucose - correct answerSugar that is major source of energy for cells
Habitat - correct answerSpecific environment that provides resources that an organism
needs
