The genus name of a certain rose is Rosa. Its specific name is alba. What is the scientific name of the plant?
Rosa alba
100
During the winter season, animals travel to warmer places to find food, water, or safe nesting grounds. What is this seasonal behavior called?
Migration
100
A cat's leg, a dolphin's flipper, and a bat's wing contain similar bones. What does this suggest?
These species share a common ancestor.
100
In what type of rock are most fossils found?
Sedimentary rock
100
What does biodegradable mean
An item can be broken down by organisms
200
A scientist is studying two types of chimpanzees: Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus. Based on their names, the scientist can conclude that they ____________.
Have many common characteristics, belong to the same genus.
200
What is natural selection?
The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do. Survival of the fittest.
200
In a population of frogs, male frogs croak to scare off predators. However, a few male frogs cannot croak as loudly as other male frogs do. Why are the louder male frogs more likely to survive?
They will escape predators
200
What is the relative dating method?
A way to whether one rock layer is older than another rock layer.
200
Name a threat to biodiversity
Can be pollution/ over hunting/ invasive exotic species/ etc
300
The scientific name for the European white water lily is Nymphaea alba. To which genus does this plant belong?
Nymphaea
300
A chameleon can change the color of its skin to blend in with its environment. This adaptation helps it hide from predators. What is this adaptation called?
Camouflage
300
The fossil record shows that reptiles were once the dominant land animals on Earth. Which animals flourished after the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Mammals
300
What is a fossil?
The remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geologic processes.
300
What is a reason that it is important to maintain biodiversity?
Can be interdependence of species/ food chain or food web/ our food sources come from nature/ our medicines come from nature
400
Animalia, Protista, Fungi, and Plantae are the _________.
names of kingdoms.
400
An alligator is camouflaged by duckweed in a swamp. how is this an example of an adaptation?
The alligator can blend in with the duckweed and sneak up on its prey.
400
How does variation help a species to survive?
More variation means a species is more likely to have members who can adapt to new conditions.
400
What is the term for fossils of organisms that lived for a relatively short, well-defined time span, and can be found in rock layers around the world?
Index fossils
400
The loss of any habitat can affect biodiversity. The loss of which habitat will have the greatest effect on biodiversity?
The rain forest
500
The two parts of a scientific name are the _________.
Genus and species.
500
What are the four steps to natural selection?
Overproduction, genetic variation within a population, struggle to survive, and successful reproduction.
500
Darwin observed variations between individuals within a population, but he did not know how variations occur. What causes variation in a population?
Genetic differences
500
What is the Law that states that the oldest rock layers are at the bottom?
The Law of Superposition
500
An exotic species often thrives in its new environment because it _____________.