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Science - Systems and life cycle

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  • What is inherited behaviour?
    A set of actions that parents pass onto their offspring
  • Which system breaks down food?
    The digestive system
  • What is the main organ of the circulatory system?
    The heart
  • The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called...
    heredity
  • When a sperm cell and an egg cell combine it is called...
    fertilisation
  • Can offspring with two parents be a clone of it's parents?
    No. A clone can only have one parent. Offspring of two parents have traits from both parents
  • What does the circulatory system do?
    Moves blood throughout the body
  • What is reproduction?
    When parent animals make offspring
  • Which system brings oxygen to the blood and removes wastes (i.e. carbon dioxide)
    Respiratory system
  • What is metamorphosis?
    The process of transformation from a young form to an adult form in two or more different stages.
  • What are the main stages of an animal's life?
    Birth, growth, reproduction and death
  • What does the nervous system do?
    It is the master control system of the body, helps animals to detect changes in surroundings
  • What is instinct?
    A way of acting that an animal does not have to learn
  • What is an animal's life cycle?
    The stages of growth and change throughout their life
  • What organs can be part of the respiratory system?
    Lungs or gills
  • Which processes of reproduction can be completed by one parent?
    Budding and regeneration
  • Which system does the skeletal system work with to allow vertebrates to move?
    Muscular
  • What is a clone?
    An exact copy of a parent
  • Name at least 1 organ in the digestive system in mammals
    Stomach, liver, intestine, mouth
  • What is an organism's life span?
    How long it can usually live in the wild
  • What is the muscular system made of?
    Strong tissues called muscles
  • Which system removes waste from food and other chemicals?
    The excretory system
  • Which system breaks down food?
    The digestive system
  • What is the function of the skeletal system?
    It is the frame that supports an animal's body, and protects organs
  • Name at least 2 organs that are part of the excretory system
    Liver, kidneys, bladder, skin, and lungs
  • Name an insect that goes through incomplete metamorphosis
    Damesflies, grasshopper and termites
  • What is learned behaviour?
    When an animal changes its behaviour through experience
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