ABC Review Book

David Kerwood

Period 6

Due today

A is for Arthropod

Any invertebrate animals (no backbone) that has an exoskeleton made of chitin. Examples include: insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods. BE SURE TO USE YOUR OWN WORDS!!!

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B is for Biology• the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially with reference to origin, growth,

reproduction, structure, and behavior.

C is for : capillary

• One of the tiny blood vessels that connect the arterioles (the smallest divisions of the arteries) and the venules (the smallest divisions of the veins). The capillaries form a fine network in many parts of the body.

Dedication

• Every book had a dedication. Often they are made to people who supported the author and inspired the work. You may dedicate this book to any person you which other than me.

E is for Evolution• A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form. See

Synonyms at Development

F is for Fertilization• an act, process, or instance of fertilizing

G is for Genetics• the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction

of their genes and the environment.

H is for Heredity• the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and

recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.

I is for Interphase• the period of the cell cycle during which the nucleus is not undergoing division, typically occurring between mitotic or

meiotic divisions. Also called interkinesis Compare G1 phasee, S phase, G2 phase

J is for Jet lag

• A problem experienced by people who travel from one time zone to the another

K is for Kingdomes

• The most general classification group of living things

L is for Landscape

• All the plant life in an area

M if for Maggots

• The juvenile or larva stage of the fly

N is for Neo plasms

• Malignant tumors

O Is for Organs

• Tissues working together

P is for Pathogen

• A disease causing organism

Q is for Quinine

• A drug made from the bark of the cinchona tree used to treat malaria

R is for Root cap

• A group of cells that protect the root tip

S is for Saccharin

• An artificial sweetner

T is for Tibia

• The longest bone in the lower leg

U is for Uterus

• The womb the hollow muscular organ in which a young mammal develops

V is for Vertebrae

• The 33 small bones of the spinal column

W is for Wound

• A break in the skin caused by a rough or small object

X is for X chromosomes

• Sex chromosomes in the human female

Y is for Yolk

• The yellow part of the egg

Z is for Zygote

• The fertilized egg

W is for WORD

• 1 sentence definition in own words.