1. BENCHMARK REVIEW

2. I am involved in a symbiotic relationship and help form soil. LICHEN

3. My system’s main go to worker is the kidney, without me you would become very toxic. EXCRETORY

4. I am a genius and in command of my SMALL world NUCLEUS

5. Omnivore, Carnivore, Herbivore we are all a type of….. HETEROTROPH

6. I am responsible for producing ATP during cellular respiration. MITOCHONDRIA

7. Please keep me watered properly so that my vacuoles will stay full and maintain __________ pressure so I do not wilt. TURGOR

8. I am the driving force behind adaptations and is some times thought of as “Survival of the Fittest” (2 words). Natural Selection

9. My ecosystem has been undergoing ________ succession due to a wildfire. SECONDARY

10. All living things need these compounds. My family includes: amino acids, carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. ORGANIC

11. CO 2, water and sunlight are joined here to create glucose. CHLOROPLAST

12. Accomplishment means you have applied a force and moved an object some distance. I am calculated by multiplying: F x D WORK

13. I am a strong, rigid, support system that makes animal cells wish I worked for them. (2 WORDS) CELL WALL

14. My process produces clone and requires only 1 parent for reproduction (1 word) ASEXUAL

15. I have a long name but a cool abreviation. I hold the secrets to your characteristics. DNA

16. As a food web I am responsible for the flow of energy through an ecosystem. However only ______ % passes from one organism to another. TEN

17. I am the elastic structure in your lungs where gas exchange takes place ALVEOLI

18. I have 3 parts and disproved the idea of spontaneous generation. (2 WORDS) CELL THEORY

19. All my kids are the same, some use the term clone, but I prefer: UNIFORM

20. Cellular ___________ takes place in the mitochondria of all cells. RESPIRATION

21. As I increase so does the health and sustainability of my ecosystem. BIODIVERSITY

22. I have to play second banana to the nervous system, but at least I get to help control and coordinate your body. ENDOCRINE

23. As an organic compound I can guarantee you __________ is present. CARBON

24. I am semi-permeable and referred to as the gate keeper if you do not know the “password” you are not getting in or out. (2 words) CELL MEMBRANE

25. As a species I am not to blame if I edge out native species and decrease your biodiversity. You have tagged me as an _________ species INVASIVE

26. Not all producers are plants that’s why we prefer the term: AUTOTROPH

27. By using this method of reproduction we guarantee a greater mix of genetic material and a greater biodiversity. SEXUAL

28. All ecosystems want continue indefinitely so we do all want we can to maintain our: SUSTAINABILITY

29. Every good ecosystem strives to become a _________ community. Climax

30. Sure takes a long time to create an ecosystem when you are starting with nothing but a bunch of rocks. I guess that’s why they call it _______ succession PRIMARY

31. All autotrophs can carry out this process. PHOTOSYNTHESIS

32. My system is a barrier and critical to maintain your body temperature. INTEGUMENTARY

33. Nothing can SUCK because I am defined as a push or a pull FORCE

34. I am a special key that can not open any locks but I can help you identify an organism. DICHOTOMOUS

35. I am a plant’s circulatory system responsible for transporting necessary materials through the plant. XYLEM

36. I am the unit of measurement for work. Joule

37. Although I am small I have a critical job. I produce proteins for you. RIBOSOMES