Biology: Spring Final BINGO2009A
Directions: Read a definition, students call out the correct term and mark with a shield on their sheets…keep a record of each term used in a game…students win by getting BINGO across, down, or diagonal.
Eubacteria and archaebacteria differ in the make up of their Cell Walls
Methanogens are members of the kingdom… Archaebacteria
A spherical shaped cell iscalled a …Coccus
Where are you likely to find a (bacterial) photoautotroph?Surfaces of water
Unlike photoautotrophs, chemoautotrophs obtain energy from…inorganic molecules
These carry our photosynthesis, fix nitrogen, and recycle nutrients in the environment…bacteria
Bacteria that break down the nutrients in dead matter into simpler substances are…decomposer
Humans use bacteria to clean up oil spills, mine minerals from the ground and synthesize drugs
All viruses are made of proteins andnucleic acids
The basic structure of a virus includes DNA or RNA surrounded by a Protein coat
These viruses infectbacteria onlyBacteriophages
Bacteria that cause disease are called…Pathogens
A bacterial infection results when bacteria break down the body’s…Tissues
This is caused by a virus not a bacterium…AIDS
Viral diseases are not effected by antibiotics but can be prevented byVaccines
These small, photosynthetic organisms found near the surface of the ocean are called…Phytoplankton
Green plants and ____ have cell walls, photosynthetic pigments, and are mulicellular… Green algae
These protists get nutrients by absorbing them from dead or decaying matter…Funguslike
These are composed of an alga or a cyanobacterium and a fungus living together Lichens
The association of plants and fungi in mycorrhizae illustrates a type of relationship called…Mutualism
A plant is a... multicellular eukaryote
These plants draw up water by osmosis and include mossBryophytes
This is made of xylem, phloem, and tracheids. Vascular tissue
This includes a plant embryo, a food supply, and a protective covering.Seed
The most ancient surviving seed plants are the…Gymnosperms
Angiosperms produce seeds inside protective structures called…Ovaries
A thicken ovary wall protecting seeds is called a …Fruit
These plants live the longest…Perennial
These are hair like structures around a cell membrane used for movementCilia
Vascular bundles in plants like corn are in a ring…these plants are…Dicots
If some xylem of a young oak tree was destroyed, this would not be carried to the leavesWater
In dicot plants, secondary growth (mostly after the first year) formsWood
Most of the photosynthetic activity in plants takes place in this leaf regionMesophyll
Gases like CO2 and O2 enter and are released from these…Stomata
Water will move higher in a narrow glass tube than in a wide glass tube because ofCapillary action
The only tissue that produces new plant cells is… Meristematic tissue
Cross sections of this part of monocot and dicot plants reveals the vascular arrangementStem
Through which plant cells does water move by capillary action?Xylem cells
Male reproductive structures produce grains calledPollen
Seeds in fruit are often distributed byAnimals
Seeds of temperate plants tend to germinate in…Spring
A period during which the embryo of a seed is alive but not growing is…Dormancy
When a plant reproduces vegetatively, its offspring are genetically…Identical
The best method of propagating woody plants that do not produce strong root systems isGrafting or budding
This is between the stigma and ovary.Style
These are likely to be brightly colored on plants…Petals
The biome of the Southeastern US is described as a…Temperate Forest
This biome is found along the northern edges of the temperate zones…Tiaga
This biome is characterized by the presence of permafrostTundra
Biology: Spring Final BINGO2009B
Directions: Read a definition, students call out the correct term and mark with a shield on their sheets…keep a record of each term used in a game…students win by getting BINGO across, down, or diagonal.
These are multicellular, eukaryotic heterotrophsAnimals
Animals that have no backbone, or vertebral column, are calledInvertebrates.
This is a stage in the development of an embryo that consists of a hollow ball of cellsBlastula
Which of the following best describes the feeding habits of sponges?Filter feeders
These allow the sponge species to survive difficult environmental conditionsGemmules
Which animals has an asymmetrical body plan?Sponge
These help a cnidarian survive by paralyzing prey…Cnidocytes
This body symmetry of a cnidarian is in both stages of life…Radial
In jellyfishes, the medusa stage reproduces…Sexually
An animal that has distinct left and right sides shows….bilateral symmetry.
Many flatworms can detect changes in the amount of light using groups of cells called..Eyespots
The tubelike structure through which water enters and leaves a mollusk’s body is the…Siphon
The most active mollusks are the…Cephalopods
A type of annelid that is an external parasite is the…Leech
The thin layer of tissue that covers a mollusk’s body and produces the shell is called the…Mantle
These are jointed and extend from the body wall of arthropodsAppendages
The tracheal tubes in arthropods are filled withAir
The function of this in arthropods is to bit and grind foodMandible
An example of a chelicerate is a…Spider
In most species of echinoderms, respiration occurs mainly in the…Tube feet
What does molting enable arthropods to do?Grow
The body of an insect is divided into a head, abdomen and a…Thorax
Egg, larva, pupa, and adult describes Complete metamorphosis
In echinoderms, body parts usually occur in multiples of…Five
The echinoderms that look like warty, moving pickles are…Sea cucumbers
The easiest way to tell whether an arthropod is an insect or a spider is to…Count legs
The respiratory organ in terrestrial chelicerates is the…Book lungs
Butterflieshave chemical receptors on their legs that are used to…Taste
Spider mouth part for grabbing prey…Pediplap
In most fishes, the structures that are most important for obtaining oxygen from water are the…Gills
Which feature distinguishes most fishes from most amphibians…Scales
A frog’s tympanic membranes would be most useful for…Hearing
In chordates, the long supporting rod that runs through the body is called the…Notochord
The two groups of nonvertebrate chordates areLanclets/Tunicates
\Most fishes are bony but sharks, skates, and rays are…Cartilaginous
Blood flows through the body of a fish in a single-loop circulatory system that is…Closed
The organ that adjusts the buoyancy of many bony fishes is the…Swim bladder
In seed eating birds, food passes through this to gizzard, to the stomach then the intestines…Crop
If a bird has a hooked bill and sharp talons, it might be a…Bird of prey
These animals can warm themselves by basking in the sunEctotherms
Which organ is used by a cow to feed her newborn calf?Mammary Gland
What do some mammals have to release heat from their bodies?Sweat glands
The mammalian circulatory system consists of two loops and a heart with this many chambersFour
Which part of a mammal’s brain contains a well-developed cerebral cortex?Cerebrum
Proboscideans are mammals that have…Trunks
The similarities in body structure between an anteater and an aardvark are the result of… Convergent evolution
Having a thumb that can move against the other fingers makes it possible for a primate to…hold objects
An example of an animal with a marsupium is a…Wombat