Changes Over Time: Vocabulary 1
The scientist who visited the Galapagos Islands and developed a theory of evolution
a. Gregor Mendel
b. Barbara McClintock
c. Charles Darwin
d. Rachel Carson
c. Charles Darwin
When a mold is filled in with minerals
a. true form
b. mold
c. cast
d. trace
c. cast
Double Points: A naming system that uses the genus and the species to identify an organism
a. cladogram
b. dichotomous key
c. domain
d. binomial nomenclature
d. binomial nomenclature
Eukaryote, cell walls, chloroplasts
a. Eubacteria
b. Archaebacteria
c. Protista
d. Fungi
e. Plantae
f. Animalia
e. Plantae
The process of change over time
a. adaptation
b. natural selection
c. evolution
c. evolution
Actual plant or animal that is buried and changes to rock over time
a. true form
b. mold
c. cast
d. trace
a. true form
Smallest of all groups in classifying living things
a. domain
b. kingdom
c. phylum
d. class
e. order
f. family
g. genus
h. species
h. species
Heterotroph, cell walls of chitin
a. Eubacteria
b. Archaebacteria
c. Protista
d. Fungi
e. Plantae
f. Animalia
d. Fungi
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
a. adaptation
b. natural selection
c. evolution
a. adaptation
When a population changes into two or more different species over time
a. natural selection
b. speciation
c. overproduction
d. competition
b. speciation
Double Points: A way to identify organisms by answering yes or no questions
a. cladogram
b. dichotomous key
c. domain
d. binomial nomenclature
b. dichotomous key
Multicellular, heterotrophs, no chloroplasts
a. Eubacteria
b. Archaebacteria
c. Protista
d. Fungi
e. Plantae
f. Animalia
f. Animalia
Organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive
a. adaptation
b. natural selection
c. evolution
b. natural selection
Impressions that show something was there
a. true form
b. mold
c. cast
d. trace
d. trace
Largest of all groups in classifying living things
a. domain
b. kingdom
c. phylum
d. class
e. order
f. family
g. genus
h. species
a. domain
Amoeba and slime molds
a. Eubacteria
b. Archaebacteria
c. Protista
d. Fungi
e. Plantae
f. Animalia
c. Protista
Factors that affect the process of natural selection
a. overproduction, variations, and cooperation
b. overproduction, villains, and competition
c. overproduction, variations, and competition
c. overproduction, variations, and competition
The original plant or animal disappears but the shape is left
a. true form
b. mold
c. cast
d. trace
b. mold
Which are used for classifying life?
a. domain
b. kingdom
c. phylum
d. class
e. order
f. family
g. genus
h. species
all of them
Prokaryote, cell walls have peptidoglycan
a. Eubacteria
b. Archaebacteria
c. Protista
d. Fungi
e. Plantae
f. Animalia
a. Eubacteria