Biology study game (2 Viewers)

[Budz]

considering there has not yet been a bio study game here is one...
basically the next person to post, posts a bio term beggining with the last letter of the previous posted term... and then gives a definition

ill start
adenine - compementary nucleic base of thymine found in DNA

nxt person begins with E

 

[oranGez]

enzyme - organic catalyst

 

[xiao1985]

THA'TS CHEATIN!!!
ok, an other one with e...

enantiostasis (? forgot the spelling... should be like this) - maintainance of physiological functions under varying ambient conditions

(hafn't done bio for awhile... got rusty )

 

[lislabella]

species, after kindom and phylum in the classification thingy

wait i lied about that... species, a kind of thing see now i really need to study!!

 

[xiao1985]

OMG wud u pplz stop doing that?!?! =p
sink: destination of transportation of materials...

 

[oranGez]

kangaroo - endotherm

haha lame i know ^^

 

[Budz]

O...........
Octapus

lol
O um i give up

 

[elisabeth]

I'll do o for you then:

osmosis

the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from a high concentration of water to a low one (requires no energy)

 

[xiao1985]

HEY!!! no repeating... no matter how perfect ur answer might be...
S........
shelter,
soem thing living things seek at times when protection is required (from heat/cold/predetor etc)

 

[lislabella]

renal - to do with the kidney

 

[elisabeth]

lenticles - on plant stems, to let in gases (other way they come in is through stomata)

 

[Budz]

What is it with there people and S
Stomata- the other place gas enters plant.... also exit for water

 

[table for 1]

abiotic - non-living and were not once living things

 

[Cab31]

Cholera - An infectious disease caused by bacteria

 

[xiao1985]

alanine - one of the four bases coding in DNA

 

[Cab31]

Evolution - Darwins theory - over time features that are more suited to an environment allow the organism to reproduce and hence the number of organisms with the favourable characteristic in that species increases.

 

[lislabella]

nucleus - the "brain" of the cell

 

[Budz]

Sperm - single celled gamete involved in fertilization, carries haploidial DNA..

thats all i could think of

 

[Cab31]

Mitochondria - An organelle responsible for respiration in the cell.

 

[malkin86]

artery - a type of vascular tissue that carries oxygenated blood at high pressure away from the heart.