Plate Tectonics
What type of natural disaster is most likely to happen at a transform boundary?
An earthquake
Asexual reproduction involves one parent and sexual reproduction involves two.
Who is the scientist that studied finches in the Galapagos islands?
Charles Darwin
What is the most specific level of classification in taxonomy?
Species
What is one way humans depend on the ocean?
Fishing
Commerce
Transportation
Tourism/recreation
Produce oxygen
Produce freshwater
Etc.
more
Which type of reproduction results in offspring that are exact copies of the parent?
Asexual reproduction
How does selective breeding differ from natural selection?
Selective breeding is the intentional reproduction of organisms with desired characteristics (conducted by humans such as farmers, scientists, etc.)
What two levels of classification are used in an organism's scientific name?
Genus and Species
What is a major human activity that threatens ocean ecosystems?
Poor waste management
Industrial waste
Runoff/fertilizer pollution
Oil drilling/mining
Overfishing
Name the three types of plate boundaries and model with your hands what they look like.
Convergent (moving towards each other)
Divergent (moving away from each other)
Transform (sliding past one another)
What is a benefit of asexual reproduction?
Quick population growth
Takes less energy
What is an example of selective breeding in agriculture (farming)?
Answers will vary (fattest cows, sweetest grapes, biggest tomato plants, chickens with largest eggs, most milk production, etc.)
Archaebacteria/Eubacteria, Plantae, Protista
What is the difference between point-source and nonpoint-source pollution?
Point-source pollution comes from one specific event (oil spill, industrial plant waste, etc.) Nonpoint-source pollution could come from multiple places (pet waste, car exhaust, etc.)
What causes the Earth's crust/plates to move?
(I am looking for the name of the phenomenon and what layer it occurs in)
Convection currents in the mantle
What is a type of asexual reproduction in which a (typically single-celled) organism splits into two identical offspring?
Binary fission
What is natural selection?
The process by which organisms with traits better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms with less well-suited traits. (Also known as survival of the fittest)
Which kingdom includes organisms that are single-celled and can live in extreme environments?
Archaebacteria
Describe what a watershed is.
An area of land in which all surface and groundwater eventually flow into one body of water like a river, lake, and eventually an ocean.
Draw and label a diagram of the following:
Convergent plate boundaries (one oceanic and one continental)
There are two features that will likely form. Label both!
Drawing should show oceanic crust subducting beneath continental crust forming a trench and mountains or volcanoes along the coastline.
List two advantages of sexual reproduction
Species can better adapt to environmental changes
How does natural selection lead to the development of adaptations over time?
Over generations, organisms with advantageous traits survive and reproduce, passing those traits to their offspring, leading to the gradual evolution of the species.
List the levels of classification in order from most broad to most specific.
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Explain how to use a dichotomous key.
Start with step one. Observe the physical characteristics of the organism. Decide between a or be and follow the directions until you get to a scientific name.