Ecology
An organism that eats meat
carnivore
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
producer
He is known as the Father of Evolution
Charles Darwin
The Island where Charles Darwin explored...
Galapagos Islands
Number of chromosomes in each human cell
46 chromosomes; 23 from each parent
The living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment (ex: redwood forest, swamp, Mojave Desert)
ecosystem
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
decomposers
The oldest fossil are found in what rock layers?
What is the bottom layer/deeper layers?
What is mimicry?
When one organism's adaptation allows it to copy the appearance of another animal
The smallest living part of an organism
a cell
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
photosynthesis
Many of the same species is a...
population
What are fossils?
Preserved remains of ancient organisms
When an organism completely dies out.
Extinction
Where photosynthesis takes place in a plant cell
define ecology
the study of the interaction of living things and their environment
List the 4 different types of consumers.
herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers.
The process in which a species has changed over time is known as this.
Evolution
Similar structures that evolved from a common ancestor such as bones humans, cats, bats, and whales have in common.
homologous structures
Name one type of asexual reproduction and describe it.
Answers may vary; fragmentation, binary fission, vegetative propagation, budding
explain the difference between a food web and a food chain
Answers may vary.
Explain what happens as you travel up the food pyramid
energy decreases
What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?
their beaks
A mistake in the genetic code of a section of DNA is known as a ______________.
mutation
The system containing the lungs, skin, and bladder
excretory system