One-World View
Evidence for Evolution
Classification
Specializations in Zoology
Scientific Method
100
Fundamental molecule of life
What is DNA
100
The study of the geographic distribution of plants and animals
What is biogeography
100
Two parts of the scientific name of an organism
What are genus and species
100
The study of insects
What is Entomology
100
Reasonable explanation for the question
What is hypothesis
200
Fundamental unit of life
What is cell
200
Evidence of plants and animals that existed in the past
What is fossils
200
Largest classification group
What is kingdom
200
The study of fishes
What is Ichthyology
200
Parameters that may change in an experiment
What are variables
300
Concept that populations change over time
What is evolution
300
Age of the Earth
What is 4.6 billion years
300
Two term naming system which gives each organism a scientific name
What is binomial nomenclature
300
The study of birds
What is ornithology
300
Parameter being tested in an experiment
What is the independent variable
400
When two unrelated organisms adapt to similar conditions, resulting in superficial similarities in structure
What is convergent evolution
400
Structures derived from common ancestry
What is homologous
400
Scientist who developed a two term naming system for organisms
Who was Karl von Linne'
400
The study of amphibians and reptiles
What is Herpetology
400
Parameter measured to determine the outcome of an experiment
What is dependent variable
500
The root of virtually all other environmental problems
What is overpopulation
500
The study of the biochemical structure and function of organisms
What is molecular biology
500
Classification group larger than genus
What is family
500
The study of the structure and function of cells
What is cytology
500
Thing that is treated the same as the experimental group. Used to compare the experimental group too.
What is the control group
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