Geologic Time Scale Part 1
According to Geologists, approximately how old is the Earth
The collection of all the fossils ever found is known as the ________
Fossil Record
Who was the scientist who developed the theory of Natural Selection?
Charles Darwin
All living things are made of _________
Cells
What was the name of the ship in which Darwin traveled on while developing his theory of Natural Selection?
HMS Beagle
Which Era of Geologic time are we currently living in?
Bonus 100 points: Name the Eon we are currently living in
Cenozoic Era
Phanerozoic Eon
In Modern-Day Mexico, you can visit the site where a large ______________ impacted the Earth and is widely believed to have wiped out the ____________________.
Meteor, Dinosaurs
Variation
Maintaining a stable internal environment
Homeostasis
Which islands did Darwin travel to?
Galapagos Islands
In which Era would you have found great reptiles such as the T-Rex
Cenozoic
In what Period of history did the Dinosaurs go extinct?
Cretaceous
A Jaguar having a large jaw, able to hunt large predators is an example of an ______________
Adaptation
Turning the lights on and off, causing your pupils to dilate, is an example of your body responding to ____________.
Stimuli
From the Bill Nye video we watched, what is the name of the location in Los Angeles that contains some of the most perfectly preserved fossils?
La Brea Tar Pits
What is the name of the era in which you would've only found very simple lifeforms such as bacteria
Precambrian
The cenozoic era is known as the age of ____________.
Mammals
A change in genetic material is called a _________
Mutation
A single parent producing identical copies of itself is known as ________________________
Asexual Reproduction
Fossil evidence shows us that prokaryotes called ______________________, first appeared over 3 billion years ago
Cyanobacteria
Approximately how long ago did the Phanerozoic eon begin?
540 million years ago (542 million to be exact)
In which period do we find the largest Mass extinction in history, with over 90% of all life on earth going Extinct?
Permian
Breeding a Poodle with a Golden Retriever (makes a Golden Doodle) is an example of _________ __________.
Artificial Selection
Challenge - What is the full name of DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Dinosaurs roamed the earth for how many years?
about 150 million years