Evolution
Classification & Microbiology
Plants & Animals
The Human Body
Ecology
100
Who helped Charles Darwin formulate his ideas on natural selection?
Alfred Russel Wallace
100
What is a basidiocarp?
A tightly packed fungal mycelium that contains the reproductive structures of the fungus.
100
What are the two main groups of seed-bearing vascular plants?
Gymnosperms and angiosperms.
100
What are the three types of blood vessels?
Arteries, veins, and capillaries.
100
What is the difference between climate and weather?
The amount of time, weather is short term, measured in minutes to months, and climate involves the long-term patterns of weather in an area.
300
What is absolute age?
The amount of time that has passed since a fossil’s formation.
300
What are two differences between archaebacteria and eubacteria?
The cell walls of archaebacteria do not contain peptidoglycan, and their DNA sequences resemble those of eukaryotes rather than bacteria.
300
What is a notochord?
A flexible rod made of cells that provides chordates with support and flexibility.
300
What is the purpose of the Endocrine System?
Delivers messages throughout the body by releasing hormones into the bloodstream.
300
True or false? An increase in population means that the death rate was lower than the birth rate.
True.
500
What type of divergent evolution is this?
Adaptive radiation. (a process that occurs when many organisms result from a single ancestor)
500
In Linnaeus’s system, what is the order of the groups from largest to smallest?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
500
What are the three subgroups of chordates?
Vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets.
500
What organ is the first in line for fresh blood supply from the heart?
The heart itself.
500
What types of molecules do chemoautotrophs use as a source of energy?
Hydrogen sulfides and hydrogen gas.