Names
Who wrote The Origin of Species?
Charles Darwin
What do you call the study of plants?
Botany
What characteristic of man sets him apart from mammals?
Man was made in the image of God.
What is science put to practical use called?
Technology
What is the dormant state some mammals enter in winter?
Hibernation
What does the term "flora" refer to?
Plants
What do you call early growth of a seed, until the plant is ready to produce its own food?
Germination
What is the name of the belief that an organism better able to survive in an environment than another organism will survive and become predominant?
Natural selection
What do you call a sensible but untested explanation for a scientific problem?
Hypotheses
Blue whale
Who is the French scientist who used broth and flasks to disprove spontaneous generation?
Pasteur
Annual
The idea that the universe and life are the result of chance and natural process.
Evolution
An originally created type of organism is what?
Kind
What are the mammals called whose young develop in a uterus?
Placental
Who is the father of Anatomy?
Vesalius
What is the food-making process of plants called?
Photosynthesis
What is the belief that the present is the key to the past?
Uniformitarianism
What is the sum of all body activities?
Metabolism
What is the respiratory structure unique to mammals?
Diaphram
What kind of tail is capable of grabbing?
Prehensile
What do you call the transfer of pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma?
Pollination
The idea that claims evolution in rapid bursts separated by long periods of time.
Punctuated equilibrium
Physical Activities that strengthen the heart and lungs are what?
Aerobic
What is the cougar's scientific name?
Puma concolor