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Biology

Choose the correct answer for each exercise.

1 .       The scientific study of plant life is 



2 .       Flesh-eating animals are 



3 .       Animals that feed primarily on plants are 



4 .       Organisms that consume both plants and animals are 



5 .       A part of the nucleus of animal and plant cells that carries genes and helps transmit hereditary information are the 



6 .       The material of which genes are composed is 



7 .       The animals and plants of a particular region are the 



8 .       The fundamental hereditary unit found on chromosomes that control the development of hereditary characteristics are the 



9 .       The branch of biology that studies heredity is 



10 .       The natural environment in which a plant or animal lives is its 



11 .       Passing the winter in a dormant state is 



12 .       Spending the summer in a dormant state is 



13 .       The tendency of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment in the body is 



14 .       Animals, such as kangaroos, whose newborn live in external pouches as they feed and further develop are 



15 .       Warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans, characterized by hair on the skin and, in the female, milk producing mammary glands are 



16 .       Metabolism refers to 



17 .       A permanent structural change in a DNA molecule that may result in a new trait or characteristic is 



18 .       The theory that the surviving plants and animals of a particular species are those that are strongest and most adaptable is 



19 .       The classification of organisms into categories or systems based on shared characteristics is 



20 .       A poisonous substance produced by an organism is a/an 



21 .       A substance formed in response to a toxin for the purpose of neutralizing it is a/an 



22 .       The loss of water vapor through the membrane or pore of an organism is 



23 .       An animal that has a backbone or spinal column is a/an 



24 .       An animal that does not have a backbone or spinal column is a/an 



25 .       The scientific study of animals is 



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