Common scientific theory is that the universe existed as a concentrated single point, containing all known matter and energy.
What is the Big Bang?
100
The man who developed the theory of evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
The zone where only a small amount of light can penetrate the water. (Hint: It's the name for a TV show)
What is the Twilight Zone?
100
Organisms that exist adrift in the ocean, unable to swim against currents and waves, most, but not all, are very small or micro- scopic
What is a plankton?
100
A large, hazy bright or dark cloud of hydrogen, helium, and interstellar dust in space
What is a nebula?
200
According to this theory, Earth and the other planets formed through accretion.
What is the nebular theory?
200
A Greek philosopher that introduced the study of nature and the sky objectively.
Who was Aristotle?
200
The bottom portion of the ocean; pertaining to areas of water (and organisms) at the bottom of a water body, like the bottom of the ocean
What is the Benthic Zone?
200
Organisms that can create organic chemical energy compounds from inorganic compounds and an external energy source
What is an autotrophs?
200
Theorized accumulation of gases that, due to gravitational attraction, forms a dense core that may, given enough mass, begin nuclear reactions and become a star.
What is a protostar?
300
This theory states that a planet-sized body struck Earth during its early development and sent some of its material into orbit.
What is the Orpheus theory?
300
He discharged electricity within the gases Haldane proposed for the early atmosphere. (this experiment produced amino acids)
Who was Stanley Miller?
300
The division of the oceanic zone that sunlight reaches, but not strongly enough to support much life.
What is the Mesopelagic Zone?
300
An individual organism caused by an error in the organ- ism’s DNA due to an abnormal characteristics.
What is a mutant organism?
300
Atomic reaction in which lighter atoms unite to form heavier atoms, releasing tre- mendous energy in the process
What is nuclear fusion?
400
This theory demonstrates that gases released by volcanic activity to escape eventually accumulating as water vapor,carbon dioxide, and nitrogen. (no specific name)
What is the common theory of how the early atmosphere formed?
400
Natural selection; the principle that in nature, various characteristics affect survival.
What is Charles Darwin's theory based on?
400
A division of the littoral zone, the ocean bottom away from shore out to the edge of the continental shelf.
What is the Outer Sublittoral Zone?
400
Animal with a backbone or spinal column; includes fish, whales, sea lions
What is a vertebrate?
400
The scientific study of the universe, especially of the motions, positions, sizes, com- position, and behavior of celestial objects.
What is astronomy?
500
A large cloud of hydrogen and helium, plus heavy elements such as iron, silicon, and aluminum from earlier supernovas caused nebulas to condense.
What is the current theory for the solar system's current form?
500
Discovered inertia and molecules.
Who is Albert Einstein?
500
A division of the oceanic zone consisting of deep water in open ocean.
What is Bathypelagic Zone?
500
An organism that is permanently attached in place on the sea bottom; includes corals, barnacles, sea fans, mussels
What is a sessile?
500
A catastrophic explosion of a large star in the latter stages of stellar evolution, with a resulting short-lived luminosity from 10 to 100 million times that of the Sun