Fossil Evidence
Evolution
Classification
Viruses
100
Preserved evidence of an organism
What is a fossil?
100
A theory Darwin proposed to explain the origin of new species.
What is Natural Selection?
100
A structure inherited from a common ancestor
What is a homologous structure?
100
A virus with RNA
What is a retrovirus?
200
A scientist who studies fossils
What is a paleontologist?
200
The speciation of five modern tiger species from one ancestral species
What is evolution?
200
The scientific discipline that classifies leeches as segmented worms is called
What is Taxonomy?
200
The following is not in a virus:
organelles, DNA, cells, latent
What are organelles?
300
The difference between Earth’s early atmosphere and Earth’s present atmosphere.
What is Earth’s early atmosphere having little to no free oxygen gas, and Earth’s present atmosphere has free oxygen gas present?
300
The two following skeletons describe a structure
What is homologous structure?
300
A structure similar, but not inherited from a common ancestor
What is an analogous structure?
300
The following is part of a virus's structure:
plasma membrane, capsid, ribosome, or nucleus
What is a capsid?
400
Eras that are divided into lengths of time
What is a period(s)
400
A term that describes pelvic spurs as reduced forms of the leg bones of these snakes' ancient ancestors.
What is the vestigial structure?
400
An uncommon trait or characteristic that separates two groups
What is a derived character?
400
The cycle where a virus takes over the cell, makes copies of itself, and usually kills the host cell
What is the lytic cycle?
500
A mass extinction that included the disappearance of all dinosaur species occurred during this time frame
What is the Mesozoic era?
500
After arriving in a new area, a single species of lizards relatively quickly evolves into several new species that exploit different ecological niches
What is adaptive radiation?
500
The following is closely related to pigeon
What is a mouse?
500
The cycle were viral genes become a part of the host cell DNA, so the cell continually makes more copies of the virus.
What is the lysogenic cycle?