Cells
Genetics
Earth's History
Evolution
Miscellaneous
100
This refers to an organism made of one cell.
What is unicellular?
100
This is the common name for deoxyribonucleic acid.
What is DNA?
100
This is a chart that divides the Earth's history into intervals of time defined by major events or changes on Earth.
What is the geologic time scale?
100
This scientist is credited with developing the theory of evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
Asexual reproduction involves this many parents.
What is one?
200
This refers to an organism made of many cells.
What is multicellular?
200
In eukaryotic organisms, the DNA is found in this part of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
200
These are traces or remains of living things from long ago.
What are fossils?
200
This term refers to the permanent disappearance of a species.
What is extinction?
200
This process allows plant cells to capture energy from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
300
This type of cell has no nucleus or other organelles. An example of this type of cell is bacteria.
What is prokaryotic?
300
This type of chart can show the different possible ways that alleles can be passed from parents to offspring.
What is a Punnett square?
300
The oldest fossils are generally found in these layers of rock.
What is the deepest or lowest layers?
300
This term refers to an inherited trait that helps a species survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is an adaptation?
300
The Earth is approximately this old.
What is 4.6 billion years?
400
These three organelles are only found in plant cells.
What are the cell wall, chloroplast, and central vacoule?
400
This term refers to a segement of DNA that codes for a trait. It is the basic unit of heredity.
What is a gene?
400
Fossils are usually found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
This is a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
What is a population?
400
This is the part of the cell cycle during which the nucleus divides.
What is mitosis?
500
This is the organelle that releases energy to the cell through the process of cellular respiration.
What is the mitochondria?
500
This is the physical structure in a cell that contains the genetic material. Humans have 23 pairs of these.
What are chromosomes?
500
This term refers to the age of an event or object in relation to other events or objects.
What is relative age?
500
This process, described by Darwin, drives evolution. It has 4 key principles.
What is natural selection?
500
This instrument makes an object appear bigger than it is; it led to the discovery of cells.
What is the microscope?
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