Unit 1
What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative?
Quantitative data is about the quantity, how much. Qualitative data is something you can see with you eyes. Comes from the word quality.
Who were the people who made the Cell Theory?
Matthias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann, and Rudolph Virchow.
Who is the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
Who is the father of evolution?
Charles Darwin
What is the difference between learned and innate behaviors?
An innate behavior is something that occurs naturally in an organism. A learned behavior is something that is acquired by an organism through experience.
What is the smallest basic unit of a chemical element?
Atom
What is a cell?
The basic structural unit of all living organisms.
What are punnett squares used for?
They are used to figure out the likelihood of a offspring's genotypes and phenotypes. Used to find possible outcomes.
What does overproduction mean?
Organisms producing more offspring than can survive. Kind of like a surplus.
What is a behavioral cycle?
When are molecules formed?
They are formed when two or more atoms join together.
Who was the first person to look at bark under a microscope?
Robert Hooke
What is the difference between phenotype and genotype?
Genotype is the set of genes a organism carries. Phenotype is a organisms genetic makeup.
What did Darwin link with variation from his studies?
Darwin saw finches from different islands. He saw that all of their beaks were different. He took this in consideration, and he concluded that their beaks were formed this way for advantages. Finches who had long and pointy beaks so they could reach the insects. Finches who had curved beak and was bigger, ate fruit. They used their beaks to scoop up the fruit that they ate.
What does it mean to migrate?
An organism's move from one region to another