Little bit of this little bit of that
___________ is the slow, gradual change in a population of organisms over time.
What is evolution
This is the study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment.
What is ecology
Extra water runs off the land to lower lying bodies of water.
What is runoff
In an appropriately designed experiment, a scientist is able to test the effect of...
A) a single variable B) multiple variables
C) the hypothesis D) scientific observations
A) a single variable
Production of more individuals than can be supported by the environment leads to a struggle for existence among individuals. Darwin concluded that only a fraction of offspring survive each generation through natural selection which he simplified as this
What is survival of the fittest?
__________factors are nonliving parts of the environment.
What is abiotic
This is the evaporation of liquid water from plants and trees into the Earth’s atmosphere give off water to the atmosphere.
What is: 1. absorption. 2. evaporation
3. exhalation. 4. transpiration
4. What is transporation.
This is the first level of the trophic level pyramid within which are autotrophs.
What is producer level
DARWIN SET OUT ON A FIVE YEAR EXPLORATION OF THESE ISLANDS ON THE USS BEAGLE.
What is THE GALAPOGOS ISLANDS?
____________factors are living organisms in the environment.
What is biotic
During photosynthesis, plants release O2 back into the atmosphere during this cycle.
1. water. 2. phosphorus
3. carbon. 4. rock
3. What is the Carbon Cycle
t cells mature in the ...
1.Spongy Bone Marrow
2. Red Bone Marrow
3. Nucleus
4. Thymus
4. Thymus
In the early stages of embryotic development all mammals have these, which later develop into lungs, thus supporting Darwins theory that they evolved from the same common ancestor
What is is gills?
This is a biological community and the nonliving things in the community's environment.
What is the ecosystem.
Both humans and sharks are considered to be at the top of the food chain, placing them in this trophic level.
What is tertiary consumers
_____________is the idea that organisms change over time branching out from a common ancestor causing evolution of a new species.
What is divergence?
___________is a group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time.
What is a population
This is the process where ice and snow (a solid) changes into a gas without moving through the liquid phase.
1. sublimation. 2. crystalization
3. evaporation. 4. plant uptake
1. What is sublimation