Embryology
Define 'embryo'
What is an early stage in development
The structure of living things, inside and out
What is anatomy?
This connects us to our fish ancestors.
What is DNA?
The population that changed from light-colored to dark-colored
What are rock pocket mice?
What does the Richter scale measure?
What is the magnitude of an earthquake
These embryos look almost identical.
What are fish and human embryos?
This transitional fish shows how humans are related to fish through their bone structures
What is Tiktaalik?
All living things use these.
What are genes?
Changes to an animal's genes based on their environment.
Which is the most abundant natural gas in our atmosphere?
What is Nitrogen
All fish and human embryos have these three things.
What are head, body, and tail?
Body parts we got from our shared ancestors.
What are homologous structures?
The same genes are used to make up these things.
What are fish fins and human limbs?
Changes to an animal's genes that helps them survive.
What is natural selection?
What are the three states of matter?
What are solids, liquids, and gases
Both fish and humans have these as embryos but only one is actually born with them
What are gill arches?
These things have no purpose or use but our ancestors needed them.
What are vestigial structures?
The name of the single gene that codes for our hands and fish fins.
What is sonic hedgehog?
The idea that every living thing shares one really old ancestor.
What is common ancestry?
Which parts of our body keep growing throughout our lives?
What are the ears and nose
The limb pattern that all tetrapods have.
What is 1 bone, 2 bone, lots of bones?
These biologists study genes.
What is a geneticist?
When one species become two different species.
What is speciation?
What are the phases of the Moon? (Hint: there are 8)
What is the New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, and Waning Crescent