One of the first scientists to disprove spontaneous generation by showing that flies come from other flies and are not created from meat
Who is Francesco Redi?
100
The father of evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
The taxonomic classification that contains the most organisms and is the most inclusive
What is a kingdom?
100
Members of this kingdom have a nucleus but no cell wall. They are not able to make their own food.
What is animalia?
100
Flatworms such as planaria, flukes and tapeworms belong to this phylum
What is Platyhelminthes?
200
Scientist who believed he proved spontaneous generation occurs for microorganisms because he did not realize that microorganisms could be found in the air
What is John Needham?
200
scientist who believed that human population growth would lead to poverty and famine
Who is Thomas Malthus?
200
Looking at the organism, Acer Alba, Acer stands for what classification?
What is a Genus?
200
This kingdom has a nucleus and a cell wall. Members of this kingdom make their own food.
What is Plantae?
200
Segmented worms belong to this phylum.
What Annelida?
300
Scientist who believed he disproved spontaneous generation by designing an experiment that kept heated broth from being re-contaminated by air
Who is Lazarro Spallanzini?
300
Wrote the book called Origin of Species and believed that natural selection explains how organisms evolved over time
Who is Charles Darwin?
300
This man is considered the father of taxonomy. He classified organisms in groups within groups
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
300
Members of this kingdom do not have a nucleus but have a cell wall. They live in complete darkness deep on the ocean floor.
What is archaebacteria?
300
Roundworms such as pinworms or heartworms belong to this phylum.
What is Nematoda?
400
Scientist who finally disproved spontaneous generation by designing an experiment that confirmed that microorganisms can be found in the air
Who is Louis Pasteur?
400
Geologist who believed that natural processes over a long period of time were responsible for changes to the earths surfce
Who is Charles Lyell?
400
The taxonomic classification that contains the fewest members and is the least inclusive.
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
400
Members of this kingdom are eukaryotic and have a cell wall but do not make their own food.
What is fungi?
400
Members of this phylum have a segmented body, exoskeleton, and jointed appendages
What is arthropoda?
500
Scientist credited with one of the first theories of evolution; he believed that organisms changed over time from simple to more complex by passing on acquired traits to offspring
Who is Jean- Baptiste de Lamarck?
500
This scientist shared the same thoughts as Darwin and teamed with him to publish a paper on natural selection.
Who is Alfred Russel Wallace?
500
The brandch of biology that specializes in classifying organisms into a series of groups called taxa.
What is taxonomy?
500
Members of prokaryotic kingdom. Most have a cell wall and they may contain chloroplasts.
What is Eubacteria?
500
Members of this phylum have a soft body and muscular foot.