SCIENCE PART I SPRING 2022
Alveoli are tiny sacs surrounded by what? Answer- capillaries
Veins are blood vessels that transport blood from the capillaries to the what? Answer-
heart
Arteries are blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart and to the what?
Answer- capillaries
what serves as the location for the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide fluid and
nutrients within the body? Answer- capillaries
What are the bronchial tubes are lined with? Answer- cilia
What circulatory system includes what body structures? Answer- Heart, Blood, Blood
Vessels
Deoxygenated blood enters the heart through which two structures? Answer- 1)
Superior vena cava
2) Inferior vena cava
when the right atrium contracts, blood flows through the tricuspid valve and goes
where? Answer- Right ventricle
How many chambers does the heart have & what are the names of the chambers?
Answer- The heart has 4 chambers. 1-Right Atrium, 2-left Atrium, 3-Right ventricle, 4-
Left ventricle
Inhaled air travels from the trachea into what structure? Answer- the right & left
bronchial tubes
When the left ventricle contracts, blood flows through the what? Answer- Aorta
The mitral and aortic valves are on which side? Answer- Left side
Name the four valves in the heart Answer- 1) Aortic
2) Pulmonary
3) Bicuspid
4)Bicuspid (aka mitrial valve)
,Oxygenated blood flows from the lungs into the left? Answer- Atrium
The respiratory process begins when air is inhaled through the nose and into the what?
Answer- Trachea
What does the respiratory system supply to the tissues of the body? Answer-
Oxygenated blood
The tricuspid and pulmonary valves are both on what side of the heart? Answer- The
right side
when the right ventricle contracts blood flows into the Pulmonary artery and the into
where? Answer- the lungs.
What is Cell Theory? Answer- 1) All cells arise from preexisting cells.
2) Cells can carry out the processes of life.
3) Organisms are made of cells that function together.
The end products of photosynthesis are? Answer- Oxygen & Glucose
The process of cytoplasm division during plant cell replication is known as? Answer-
Cytokinesis
What principle is this? "An object immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to
the weight of the fluid displaced by the object." Answer- Archimede's Principle
Hardening of the arteries is known as? Answer- Arteriosclerosis
Cholesterol known as LDL means? Answer- Low Density Lipoproteins
What does Lock & Key model mean? Answer- A model for enzyme actions
what formula indicates the ideal as law? Answer- PV=RnT
Receiving a vaccine against a disease, what type of immunity is this considered?
Answer- Active.
An alternate form of a gene is called? Answer- allele
What is an allele? Answer- An allele is one of two or more forms of a gene or a genetic
locus. If an organism has two sets, they are diploid.
The study of the structure of organs and body systems is called? Answer- Anatomy
What is an atom with a negative charge? Answer- anion (- ion)
, What is an atom with a positive charge? Answer- cation (+ ion)
what carries blood away from the heart? Answer- arteries
Arteries carry blood away from the heart to the? Answer- Capillaries
What are veins? Answer- carries blood from the capillaries back to the heart (02 poor)
What are arteries? Answer- Carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart
What are capillaries? Answer- Capillaries are the exchange vessels. They are
microscopic and have only one wall—tunica intima—allowing substances to pass
through quickly.
What is an atom? Answer- An atom is the smallest unit of matter that still remains the
properties of an element.
what is an atomic mass number? Answer- Equals the total number of protons and
neutrons found within the nucleus of a atom.
What is an atomic number? Answer- the number of protons/electrons that an element
has (ex. Carbon's number is 6: it has six protons; it has six electrons.)
What is an autotroph? Answer- An organism that makes its own food.
What is are vacuoles? Answer- "containers" or holding units in animal cells for water
and organic substances.
what are lysosomes? Answer- -intracellular digestion
What are peroxisome? Answer- Contain oxidase enzymes that detoxify alcohol,
hydrogen peroxide, and other harmful chemicals
Adenine and guanine are purines that have? Answer- 2 ring structure
What is an axon? Answer- Transmit impulses AWAY from cell body of neuron
In an redox reaction the reducting agent will? Answer- Lose electrons and be oxidized.
What do you call a liquid that evaporates quickly? Answer- Volatile
High frequency sound waves are known as? Answer- Overtones
Overtones Answer- High frequency sound waves are known as