Chapter 13 and 14 Plants and Animals Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of the word Phosynthesis?

• The process by which plants and animals get their energy.

• The process by which use the Sun to grow the roots of trees.

• The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food.

• The process by which animals use sunlight, water and oxygen to create their own food.

What is Cellular Respiration?

• The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food.

• the process that allows cells to turn the color green

• The process by which plants work for food.

• The process by which cells use carbon dioxide to expel energy.

What does the word Dormant mean?

• An object that you place in front of a doorway.

• The inactive state of a seed or other plant part when conditions are unfavorable to growth.

What is the definition of the word Stimulus?

• The reaction of a plant to moonlight.

• The process of a plant's root system to grow out of the ground.

• Anything that causes a reaction or change in an organism or any part of an organism.

What is the definition of Tropism?

• growth of all or part of an organism in response to an external stimulus, such as, light.

• the growth of a plants leaves from a seed.

• Plants that grow in a tropical climate.

What is a consumer?

• Someone who sells merchandise

• an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter.

• an organism that produces energy for other organisms

• organic matter that is dormant for a certain season.

What is an Invertebrate?

• an organism that inverts itself into a new shape.

• an organism with a complete spinal column.

• an animal that does not have a backbone.

• a brat that does not talk very much

What is an Exoskeleton?

• A hard structure on the outside of an animal.

• a nonsupporting covering of an animal.

• a soft structure on the outside of an animal.

What is vertebrate?

• an animal with no internal bones or skeleton.

• an organism with a external support system.

• an animal with an internal skeleton made of bone and cartilage

• a human that can do cool skateboard tricks upside down.

What is metamorphosis?

• a process in which an organism stays the same from birth.

• a idea that changes can be made to an organism after birth.

• a process in the lifecycle of many animals during which a rapid change from the immature organism to the adult takes place.

• Changing from a alien to a human.