Evolution & Diversity
This man is considered the father of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This creature is known for its impressively organized society, its loyalty to the queen, and ability to make honey.
What are honeybees?
Plants create energy using process.
What is photosynthesis?
Prokaryotes are comprised of these two groups.
What are bacteria and archaea?
These are the smallest units of life in the human body.
What are cells?
This is the modern, commonly accepted, definition of evolution.
What is change in allele frequencies over time?
This animal is famously known for its ability to mimmic human speech.
What is a parrot? (+100 for mockingbird)
Plants turn photo energy to chemo energy through this cellular organelle.
What is the chloroplast?
Bacteria don’t have a nucleus; instead, they have this region where their DNA is located.
What is the nucleoid?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
This is the source of all genetic variation on earth.
What are DNA mutations?
Zebras are this color with this color stripes.
What is black with white stripes?
Plants need ovules, fertilization, and this substance containing male gametes in order to produce seeds.
What is pollen?
Shorter generation time will have this effect on the growth curve of a bacterial culture.
What is increased/faster growth rate?
This organ filters waste from the blood to produce urine.
What are the kidneys?
This is the term for a structure that has lost its original function through evolution, like the human appendix.
What are vestigial structures?
This is the only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
This is the plant tissue that transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.
What is the xylem.
Gram positive bacteria have a thick layer of this substance in their cell wall.
What is peptidoglycan?
This red pigment in blood carries oxygen.
What is heme?
This mode of evolution does not act on heritable genetic changes, but rather acts randomly on populations and has a greater effect in smaller populations.
What is genetic drift?
This marine invertebrate expels its stomach out through its mouth to externally digest prey before pulling it back inside.
What is a sea star/starfish?
Moving from the inside to the outside of a plant stem cross-section, the five key tissues are this.
What is pith -> xylem -> phloem -> cortex -> epidermis?
According to Robert Koch, these are the four criteria for determining whether a microorganism causes a specific disease.
What is: 1) The microorganism must be found in all diseased individuals, 2) it must be isolated and grown in pure culture, 3) it must cause the disease when introduced into a healthy host, 4) it must be re-isolated from the experimentally infected host.)?
This small bone at the base of the spine is sometimes called the “tailbone.”
What is the coccyx?