Unit 1
Which scientist developed the idea of Natural Selection?
Charles Darwin
What is the branch of biology in which scientists name and classify organisms based on their characteristics?
Taxonomy.
What is the vascular tissue responsible for carrying sugar around the plant?
Phloem.
What is a group of tissue working together known as?
Organ.
What do all energy transformations begin with?
The Sun
What process is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations?
Evolution
What two categories were used by Aristotle to classify living organisms?
Plant or Animal.
What hormone is produced when a plant needs to "elongate"?
Auxin.
What is the name of the vessels that transfer oxygen / carbon dioxide?
Capillaries.
What is the hierarchical series of organisms where each organism depends on the next as a source of food?
What theory states that early anaerobic prokaryotes engulfed aerobic prokaryotes and entered into a mutually beneficial lifestyle with them?
The endosymbiotic theory.
Which bundles are surrounded by large parenchyma in the cortex region?
Vascular Bundles.
Which system is responsible for the bodily process of discharging waste?
Excretory System.
What will happen to a deer population if: competition increases, the local water source decreases and animals that rely on similar food sources migrate into the area.
The population will decrease.