evolution
who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
what are some adaptions of land plants include
flowers, seeds, and vascular tissues
what are the majority of animals in today's world?
invertebrates
what role is to distribute blood and lymph throughout the body?
the circulatory system
what species completely dies out and no membranes survive?
extinction
what is it called when humans select from beneficial traits
Artificial selection
what plants are the earliest lived?
in the ocean
which animal phylum includes insects?
arthropoda
what type of blood vessel is the muscular blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?
Arteries
what is the science of classifying organisms?
Taxonomy
what are scientists called when they discover what dinosaur bone would be made by?
paleontologists
how do plants transfer large volumes of water from the soil into the air?
by transpiration
what are animals that produce eggs with internal membranes called?
amniotes
what type of blood vessels are the smallest that connect small Arteries with veins?
Capillaries
what structure is it when similar structures inherit from a common ancestor?
homologous
what is the strongest evidence for evolution from a common ancestor?
similar DNA sequences
what is a surgery liquid that is produced by flowers to attract pollinators?
Nectar
what animals don't have a brain?
roundworms
what system plays the role to control and communicate with all other components of the body?
The nervous system
what is the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do?
biogeograhpy
what study is the comparative anatomy?
similarities and differences in the structures of different species
what are plant cell walls made out of?
cellulose
what evolved first in animals?
multicellularity
what system plays the role to protect the body from infectious organisms and other invaders?
Immune system
what is it called when all genes of all the members of a population?
Gene pool