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1. What is the primary function of the respiratory system?

2. The study of the functions of living organisms is called:

3. Which part of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body?

4. Homeostasis refers to the body's ability to:

5. What are the bones in your spine called?

6. The brain and spinal cord make up the:

7. Where does most of the chemical digestion of food take place?

8. What is the main role of the kidneys?

9. What type of tissue is responsible for movement?

10. The study of the physical structure of an organism is:

1. Which organelle is known as the "powerhouse" of the cell?

2. What is the function of the cell membrane?

3. The jelly-like substance that fills the cell is called:

4. Which organelle contains the cell's genetic material (DNA)?

5. Plant cells have a rigid outer layer called the:

6. What is the basic unit of all living things?

7. Ribosomes are responsible for making:

8. A specialized subunit within a cell that has a specific function is a(n):

9. Which of these is found in a plant cell but NOT in an animal cell?

10. The process of cell division in which one cell divides into two identical daughter cells is called:

1. What is a gene?

2. The process where organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce is called:

3. Who is known as the father of genetics?

4. The different forms of a gene are called:

5. What does DNA stand for?

6. Evolution is the change in _____ over time.

7. An organism's physical appearance is its:

8. A structure that seems to have no function in an organism, but is homologous to a functional organ in another organism, is a:

9. A permanent change in the DNA sequence is called a:

10. If 'B' is for brown eyes (dominant) and 'b' is for blue eyes (recessive), what is the genotype for a person with blue eyes?

1. What is the process by which plants use sunlight to make food?

2. Which tissue transports water from the roots to the leaves?

3. Which tissue transports sugar (food) from the leaves to the rest of the plant?

4. What part of the plant is primarily responsible for absorbing water and nutrients?

5. The green pigment in plants that captures light energy is called:

6. What are the tiny pores on the surface of a leaf that allow for gas exchange?

7. What is the main function of a flower?

8. The male part of a flower is called the:

9. The loss of water vapor from plants is called:

10. What is a primary product of photosynthesis?

1. All the living and nonliving things in a particular area make up a(n):

2. An organism that makes its own food is called a:

3. What is a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area called?

4. A lion eats a zebra. The lion is the:

5. The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment is:

6. All of the different populations that live together in an area make up a:

7. An organism that only eats plants is called a(n):

8. Which of the following is a non-living (abiotic) factor in an ecosystem?

9. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit is called:

10. The series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten is a:

1. What is ethology?

2. A behavior that an animal is born with and does not need to learn is called:

3. When a baby duck follows the first moving object it sees, this is an example of:

4. A dog drooling at the sound of a bell is an example of:

5. The seasonal movement of animals from one region to another is called:

6. A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in winter is known as:

7. A behavior that involves a sequence of unlearned acts directly linked to a simple stimulus is a:

8. When an animal learns to associate one of its own behaviors with a reward or punishment, it is called:

9. Communication between animals can involve which of the following signals?

10. Behavior that reduces an individual's fitness but increases the fitness of others in the population is:

1. The science of naming and classifying organisms is called:

2. Which is the correct order of the main taxonomic ranks?

3. In the scientific name *Homo sapiens*, what does *Homo* represent?

4. The study of the evolutionary history and relationships among organisms is:

5. A diagram that represents evolutionary relationships among organisms is called a:

6. The broadest category of classification is:

7. The two-name naming system developed by Carolus Linnaeus is called:

8. Organisms in the same Phylum are more closely related than organisms in the same:

9. A tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world based on a series of choices is a:

10. What does biosystematics study?

1. Bioinformatics combines biology with which other field?

2. The study of an organism's complete set of DNA is called:

3. What is the main purpose of sequence alignment?

4. Which of the following is a major database for storing biological sequence data?

5. The entire set of proteins expressed by a genome is called the:

6. Bioinformatics helps in:

7. What does the acronym BLAST stand for in bioinformatics?

8. What is a genome?

9. Arranging DNA, RNA, or protein sequences to identify similar regions is called:

10. Using computers to understand biological data is the core of: