Evolution
A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
Natural Selection
The study of scientific classification
taxonomy
A behavior that an organism is born with
innate
The three ______ can be broken down into 6 kingdoms
domains
The movement to or from a chemical stimulant
chemotaxis
Change in a kind of organism over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.
Evolution
The highest level of names of biological classification in KPCOFGS.
Kingdom
use of coloration by an organism to blend into its environment.
camouflage
This kingdom usually moves by the use of cilia or flagella
Protista
A Euglena has the ability to detect light using an
eyespot
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
Charles Darwin
The scientific name for the domestic cat is felis catus. This name reflects the _______ _________ of classification.
Genus species
If a plant lost the ability to use its phloem, the plant would die from...
lack of nutrients
This kingdom reproduces asexually through spores which are reproductive cells released in large numbers.
Fungi
A ______ has the ability to alter its shape using a 'false foot'
Amoeba
Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection
Survival of the Fittest
The first systems of classification were based on _______ characteristics
physical
A period of dormancy in response to cold weather
hibernation
This kingdom is composed of mainly composed of multicellular autotrophs
Plantae
A false foot is also called a
psuedopod
The creation of a new species due to some force of natural selection
speciation
The Father of Modern Taxonomy. He created binomial nomenclature.
Carl Linnaeus
Are the PHYSICAL features of an organism that help it to survive and succeed in its environment.
Structural adaptations
This kingdom does not have chloroplasts or cells walls and tends to be heterotrophs
Animalia
A paramecium uses a ____ _____ to expel excess water.
contractile vacuole