ASVAB: Life Science Exam Study Guide
Solutions
Proteins - Ans:-necessary for the body's maintenance, growth and repair
Carbohydrates - Ans:-the starches and sugars present in foods
Fats - Ans:-nutrient that stores energy, cushions organs, and helps the body absorb vitamins
Minerals - Ans:-subs...
Ligaments - Ans:✔✔-tissue that connects bone to bone
Respiration - Ans:✔✔-the process by which blood cells absorb oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide and
water vapor
Circulatory System - Ans:✔✔-Functions to transport nutrients throughout the body and get rid of wastes
such as carbon dioxide
Gametes - Ans:✔✔-reproductive cells
Gene - Ans:✔✔-a unit of inheritance
Genotype - Ans:✔✔-genetic makeup, including both dominant and recessive alleles
Phenotype - Ans:✔✔-how a person's genes express themselves in physical characteristics
Monera - Ans:✔✔-Includes bacteria, cyanobacteria (blue green algae), and primitive pathogens.
Considered the most primitive kingdom, it represents prokaryotic life forms -- that is, the cells of
Monrean organisms do not have distinct nuclei.
Protista - Ans:✔✔-Th simplest eukaryotes (cells have nuclei). Includes protozoa, unicellular and
multicellular algae, and smile and water slime molds. Ancestor organisms to plants, animals and fungi;
many can move around by means of flagella
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