How old is the Earth?
a) 46 million years
b) 4.6 thousand years
c) 4.6 billion years
d) 4.6 million years
c) 4.6 billion years
100
What are the 4 kingdoms?
a) Archaea, Bacteria, Cilia, Dominion
b) Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
c) Eukarya, Prokarya, Galapagos, Autotrophs
d) Plants, Animals, People, Food
b) Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
100
How many parts are in natural selection?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
c) 4
100
What does a taxonomist do?
a)organize taxes
b) study fossils and bones
c) describe, classify and name organisms
d) none of the above
c) describe, classify and name organisms
100
Give 2 examples of something that is extinct.
Dinosaurs, dodo birds, etc.
200
How do different species appear and disappear?
a) reproduction
b) natural selection
c) speciation
d) evolution and extinction
d) evolution and extinction
200
What is selective breeding?
breeding for desired traits
200
What are the parts of natural selection in order?
a) successful reproduction, overproduction, inherited variation, struggle to survive
b) overproduction, inherited variation, successful reproduction, struggle to survive
c) overproduction, inherited variation, struggle to survive, successful reproduction
d) none of the above
c) overproduction, inherited variation, struggle to survive, successful reproduction
200
What is classification?
a) finding out how animals live
b) catergorizing an organism into groups, based on specific characteristics
c) learning how organisms speciate
d) the study of living things
b) catergorizing an organism into groups, based on specific characteristics
200
Who is Charles Darwin?
a) someone that went around the world to help him form a theory about evolution
b) a person who noticed that the animals and plants differed wherever he went
c) a naturalist who founded the Galapagos Island
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
300
Define extinction.
when a species die out.
300
Inheritance of certain traits to help an organism better survive is called _______.
a) selective breeding
b) evolution
c) genetic variation
d) adaptation
d) adaptation
300
Why is genetic variation important?
Important for survival of a species
300
______ and ______ are used to give an animal a scientific name.
Genus; species
300
What were Charles Darwin's ideas?
a) selective breeding and population
b) natural selection and environmental factors
c) reproduction
d) genetic variation
a) selective breeding and population
400
List at least 2 ways to find evidence of evolution
Ex) Fossils, Branching Diagram, Comparing bone structure, Comparing DNA.
400
List 2 of the 3 ways that animals can become extinct?
Increases competition, new predators or loss of habitat
400
What is 1 of the 3 ways that animals speciate?
Separation, adaptation, or reproductive isolation
400
If a barn owl's scientific name is Tyto Alba, which genus does it belong to?
a) Tyto
b) Alba
c) Owl
d) Bird
a) Tyto
400
The same species of fish got separated by a natural disaster. Over time the genes of these fish changed so that they can no longer produce the same offspring. These fish underwent _______.
a) selective breeding
b) natural selection
c) extinction
b) natural selection
500
Define evolution
when newer species descends from old species and when population changes
500
Give an example for each of the 4 kingdoms?
Protista - bacteria, archaea, etc
Fungi - molds and mushrooms
Plantae - any plants
Animalia - any animal
500
Give 2 examples of environmental factors of an animal.
Ex) food sources, camouflaging, etc.
500
List the levels of classification.
Domain
Kingdom
Phyllum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species