Science Investigating God's World - Test 4

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering cell structures, plant processes, insect development, and biological classifications from Investigating God's World Test 4.

Heredity

The passing of characteristics from parent to offspring.

Flagellum

A tail-like organ on some cells.

Simple eye

An eye having only one lens.

Metamorphosis

Stages of development in insects.

Photosynthesis

Food-making process in green plants.

Cellular respiration

Process that combines glucose with oxygen to release energy and produce carbon dioxide and water.

Pollination

Transfer of pollen from the stamen to the pistil.

Fertilization

Uniting of a male sperm cell with a female egg cell.

Prokaryote

A unicellular organism without a true nucleus.

Botany

The study of plants.

Broadleaf tree

A tree having flat, broad leaves that produces seeds.

body segments, an exoskeleton, and jointed legs

Arthropod characteristics

mosses, ferns, and horsetails

Seedless vascular plants

Carl Linnaeus

The father of Taxonomy

Vertebrate

An animal with a backbone

Biology

The study of living things

Cell

The smallest unit of any living thing

Robert Hooke

Scientist who named the cell

ovipositor

The egg-laying organ of some female insects

rhizoid

The underground stem of a fern that grows sideways

egg, larva, pupa, adult

Name the four stages of complete metamorphosis

Living things can only come from other living things

The law of biogenesis