Living Environment Regents Vocabulary
Exam |285 Questions and Answers
Acid Rain - -When pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur combine with water in the
atmosphere.
-Adaptation - -A change that helps an organism to fit in the environment.
-Air Pollution - -Contamination of the atmosphere.
-Amoeba - -A protozoan. Single celled organism. Moves by means of flowing cytoplasm:
pseudopod.
-Anaerobic - -With out oxygen.
-Ancestor - -Predecessor. Some organism that came before the existing organisms.
-Anomaly - -Irregular. Not normal.
-Anther - -Part of the stamen that contains the pollen. Male
-Asexual Reproduction - -Reproduction which involves only one parent.
-Atmosphere - -The thin layer of gases that surround earth.
-Autotroph - -An organism that is capable of making its own food. Ex green plants, algae,
and certain bacteria.
-Bacteria - -Microorganisms with out a nucleus. Many bacteria can cause disease in
organisms.
-Balanced Condition - -State of equilibrium.
-Balanced State - -The process of being in equilibrium.
-Behavior - -Actions and reaction to internal and external stimuli.
-Binary Fission - -Asexual reproduction where the offspring splits from the parent. The
offspring has identical genetic information only smaller in size at the beginning.
-Biological Control - -Control of pests through the use of organisms that are natural
predators, parasites, or pathogens.
-Biologist - -A scientist who studies living things.
, -Biotic - -Living things.
-Birth - -The act of offspring coming from a mother.
-Blastula - -An early embryonic form produced by cleavage of a fertilized ovum and
consisting of a spherical layer of cells surrounding a fluid-filled cavity.
-Body Plan - -Entire structure of an organism.
-Budding - -Asexual reproduction. The cell splits in two with equal genetic information but
unequal amounts of cytoplasmic material.
-Building materials - -Proteins.
-Bulbs - -Short underground stem, holds nourishment for the plant.
-Caloric Value - -The amount of heat energy from a particular substance.
-Calories - -Heat energy in food.
-Camouflage - -The ability to be disguised.
-Cancer - -Cells that reproduce without control. They tend to surround good living tissue.
-Carbohydrates - -Major source of energy. Found in fruits, nuts, grains etc.
-Carbon Dioxide - -Colorless odorless gas which is a byproduct of human respiration.
-Carnivores - -An animal that only eats meat.
-Cell - -Basic unit of all living things.
-Cell Membrane - -The permeable outer layer of a cell. Allows needed materials to pass
into the cell and wastes to leave the cell.
-Cell Theory - -States that:
1. All cells come from preexisting cells.
2. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function.
3. Organisms are made up of one or more cells.
-Cell Transport - -The process of moving material in and out of cells.
-Cell Wall - -Provides structure for the cell. Only found in plant cells.
Exam |285 Questions and Answers
Acid Rain - -When pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur combine with water in the
atmosphere.
-Adaptation - -A change that helps an organism to fit in the environment.
-Air Pollution - -Contamination of the atmosphere.
-Amoeba - -A protozoan. Single celled organism. Moves by means of flowing cytoplasm:
pseudopod.
-Anaerobic - -With out oxygen.
-Ancestor - -Predecessor. Some organism that came before the existing organisms.
-Anomaly - -Irregular. Not normal.
-Anther - -Part of the stamen that contains the pollen. Male
-Asexual Reproduction - -Reproduction which involves only one parent.
-Atmosphere - -The thin layer of gases that surround earth.
-Autotroph - -An organism that is capable of making its own food. Ex green plants, algae,
and certain bacteria.
-Bacteria - -Microorganisms with out a nucleus. Many bacteria can cause disease in
organisms.
-Balanced Condition - -State of equilibrium.
-Balanced State - -The process of being in equilibrium.
-Behavior - -Actions and reaction to internal and external stimuli.
-Binary Fission - -Asexual reproduction where the offspring splits from the parent. The
offspring has identical genetic information only smaller in size at the beginning.
-Biological Control - -Control of pests through the use of organisms that are natural
predators, parasites, or pathogens.
-Biologist - -A scientist who studies living things.
, -Biotic - -Living things.
-Birth - -The act of offspring coming from a mother.
-Blastula - -An early embryonic form produced by cleavage of a fertilized ovum and
consisting of a spherical layer of cells surrounding a fluid-filled cavity.
-Body Plan - -Entire structure of an organism.
-Budding - -Asexual reproduction. The cell splits in two with equal genetic information but
unequal amounts of cytoplasmic material.
-Building materials - -Proteins.
-Bulbs - -Short underground stem, holds nourishment for the plant.
-Caloric Value - -The amount of heat energy from a particular substance.
-Calories - -Heat energy in food.
-Camouflage - -The ability to be disguised.
-Cancer - -Cells that reproduce without control. They tend to surround good living tissue.
-Carbohydrates - -Major source of energy. Found in fruits, nuts, grains etc.
-Carbon Dioxide - -Colorless odorless gas which is a byproduct of human respiration.
-Carnivores - -An animal that only eats meat.
-Cell - -Basic unit of all living things.
-Cell Membrane - -The permeable outer layer of a cell. Allows needed materials to pass
into the cell and wastes to leave the cell.
-Cell Theory - -States that:
1. All cells come from preexisting cells.
2. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function.
3. Organisms are made up of one or more cells.
-Cell Transport - -The process of moving material in and out of cells.
-Cell Wall - -Provides structure for the cell. Only found in plant cells.
