My cousin the chimp
True or False: Humans evolved from chimpanzees
False (they had a common ancestor)
In an evolutionary tree, what do you call the organisms that are at the bottom, and extinct?
What are ancestors?
This evidence for evolution are bones underground that turn into rocks
What are fossils?
The most specific level of classification
What is species?
The kingdom that can move and eat
What is Kingdom Animalia or Animals?
Which of these NYC animals are most closely related to humans - a pigeon, rat, or sewer allligator?
What is rat? Because it's a mammal
In an evolutionary tree, what do you call the organisms at the top of the tree that evolved from their ancestors?
What are descendants?
The form of life in early development, after fertilization and the zygote, but before birth
What is an embryo?
What are kingdoms?
The kingdom that can turn carbon dioxide, water, and energy into sugar
What is Kingdom Plantae/Plants
This currently living group is technically a subset of the dinosaurs
What are birds?
In an evolutionary tree, how can you tell the two most closely related organisms?
The two that have the most recent common ancestor
Give an example of a homologous structure
The arm bones of most animals have the same pattern. But answers may vary
The most general level of classification which includes Eukarya and Bacteria
What is domain?
The kingdom that has decomposers
What is fungi?
Besides humans, name the 4 other great apes (100 points each)
What are chimps, bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas?
In an evolutionary tree, what do we call the group that does not have ANY of the evolved traits?
What is the outgroup? (the outcast...)
Give an example of a human vestigial structure
What are goosebumps, a tailbone, ear muscles, answers may vary
Which 2 levels of classification do we use to name an animal?
Genus and species
The kingdom that has unicellular eukaryotes
What are protists or protista?