Classification
Broadest level of classification. Careful...
Domain
What was the selective pressure in the moth lab we did in class that caused the species to change color over time?
Ancient remains of organisms used to solve the evolutionary relationship between organisms.
Fossils
How many Kingdoms are there?
6
What holiday is in a week and a half?
Memorial Day.
What two levels of classification are used to create an organisms scientific name?
Genus and species
What drives all change in natural selection?
Pressure from the environment the species lives in.
Structures that are shared by related species and that have been inherited from a common ancestor
Homologous structures
What two kingdoms only have multicellular organisms?
Animalia and Plantae
What percent of your semester grade is the EOC exam worth?
25%
What do we call the two-word system of creating scientific names?
Binomial nomenclature
This scientist incorrectly thought that an organisms acquired traits were passed on from generation to generation.
Lamarck
These structures are inherited from ancestors, but have lost much or all of their original function.
Vestigial
Organisms in this kingdom only reproduce sexually.
Animalia
How many science credits are needed to graduate in NC?
3
Scientist who is credited with being the father of the modern classification system.
Linneaus
There is no argument amongst scientists that evolution happens, the question is ____ it happens, and that can always change with new information.
how
This type of selective pressure is not the result of being better fit for an environment, but rather is the result of random chance.
Genetic drift
These 4 kingdoms make up the eukarya domain.
plantae, protista, animalia, and fungi
How many class days are left before teacher-made finals start?
11
A diagram used to show the evolutionary relationship between a group of organisms.
Cladogram
What must be present in a population for natural selection to happen?
Variation. No variation...no natural selection.
While these structures don't show common ancestry, they do show how different species evolved to live in similar environments.
Analagous structures
What are the two kingdoms that are prokaryotic?
Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
What school is the JHS Girls Soccer team playing today in the 2nd round of the state playoffs?
Eastern Alamance