Vocabulary
A __________ is a membrane-covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life.
What is the cell?
The teacher makes an argument tot he class for why fire could be considered a living thing and then asks what is wrong with that argument. Tiana raises her hand and replies with one characteristic of life that fire does not have. Which of these could have been Tiana's response?
A. Fire does not grow and develop.
B. Fire cannot reproduce.
C. Fire does not have genetic material.
D. Fire does not use energy.
What is C. Fire does not have genetic material?
Which of the following provides structural evidence for the concept a common ancestor?
A. A fossil from the Mesozoic era shows an extinct animal similar to a modern animal.
B. A comparison of similar bones in the legs of a human, a dog, and a bat.
C. A genetic analysis of two animals shows similar sequences of DNA.
D. The embryos of two animals look similar at similar stages.
What is B. A comparison of similar bones in the legs of a human, a dog, and a bat?
Scientists introducing a gene to the DNA of these fish that causes the fish to glow is an example of which application of biotechnology?
What is genetic engineering?
In ____________ reproduction, a single parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
What is asexual?
A mushroom grows on a dead, rotting oak tree lying in the forest. Which of the following best describes the tree and the mushroom?
A. The oak tree was a producer, and the mushroom is a producer.
B. the oak tree was a consumer, and the mushroom is a consumer.
C. The oak tree was a decomposer, and the mushroom is a producer.
D. The oak tree was a producer, and the mushroom is a decomposer.
What is D. The oak tree was a producer, and the mushroom is a decomposer.
Which of these describes a likely reason why a species would become extinct after a major environmental change?
A. There are not enough members of the species born with a trait necessary to survive in the new environment.
B. The environmental changes mean fewer predators are around.
C. the change in the environment opens new resources with less competition.
D. there are more homes for the species in the changed environment.
What is A. there are not enough members of the species born with a trait necessary to survive in the new environment?
What is the broadest division in the classification system?
What is Domain?
________ is the difference in inherited traits an organism has from others of the same species.
What is Variation?
Darwin's theory of natural selection consists of four important parts. Which of these correctly lists the four essential parts of natural selection?
A. living space, adaption, selection and hunting
B. overproduction, genetic variation, selection, and adaptation.
C. selection, extinction, underproduction, and competition
D. asexual reproduction, genetic variation, selection, and adaptation.
What is B, overproduction, genetic variation, selection, and adaptation?
Which word means "the remains or imprints of once-living organisms found in layers of rocks?"
What are fossils?
When naming an organism there are two parts of the classification that is used. What are these two parts?
What are Genus and species?
The process of selecting and breeding organisms that have certain desired traits is called_______________.
What is artificial selection?
Charles Darwin studied the finches of the Galapagos Islands and found that their beaks vary in shape and size. Darwin found that the finches that ate mostly insects had long, narrow beaks. Finches that ate mostly seeds had shorter, broad beaks to crush seeds. Which statement best describes how natural selection resulted in the four types of finches?
A. the resident of the Galapagos Islands selectively bred together finches having the traits that they wanted them to have.
B. the narrow-beaked finches came first and evolved into the broad-beaked finches through a series of natural mutations.
C. the broad-beaked finches wore down their beaks digging for insects and passed these narrower beaks on to their offspring.
D. Over time, the finches that were born with beaks better suited to the available food supply in their habitats survived and reproduced.
What is D. Over time, the finches that were born with beaks better suited to the available food supply in their habitats survived and reproduced?
Which word means "the history of life in the geologic past as indicated by the imprints of remains of living things?"
What is the fossil record?
What is an organism, cell, or piece of genetic material that is genetically identical t the one from which it was derived called?
What is cloning?
In the most recent classification system, Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya are the three major ________________________ of life.
What are domains?
________________ is the process by which populations change over time.
What is Evolution?
What is all of the fossils that have been discovered worldwide called?
What is geologic time scale?
What is a Dichotomous Key used for?
What is to identify an organism?