Classification
Age of Earth
Evidence of Evolution
Taxonomy
Mechanisms of Evolution
100
How many Domains and Kingdoms are there?
3 Domains, 6 Kingdoms
100
How old to scientists think Earth is?
4.6 billion years
100
Species that share very similar bones structures may share a recent...
Common Ancestor
100
What is the most specific taxonomic category?
Species
100
The process by which organisms with good traits survive and reproduce and organisms with bad traits die is known as...
Natural Selection
200
Name 3 of the four Kingdoms in the Domain Eukarya
Plantea, Animalia, Fungi, Protista
200
In Relative dating, fossils that are above other fossils are determined to be _______ than those below them.
Younger
200
a ___________ structure has the same form but a different function
Homologous
200
What is the taxonomic hierarchy in order of broadest to most specific?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Over, Family, Genus, Species
200
Small changes overtime in the size of a population which, gradually, cause the allele frequency to shift
Genetic Drift
300
I am Multicellular, a Eukaryote, and an Autotroph. What am I?
Plant or Plantea
300
The concept of life spontaneously coming into existence from nonlife is known as
abiogenisis
300
A Vestigial structure is a structure that is...
Useless/Lost Function/Inherited by Ancient Ancestor
300
What do each of the colored boxes and common traits represent?
Clades
300
When the allele frequency in a population changes because of a disaster dramatically reducing the size of the population
The Bottleneck effect
400
I am a unicellular Prokaryote that loves to live in very extreme environments! What am I?
Archaebacteria
400
What did the Miller-Urey experiment seek to prove?
How biological molecules came into existence on early earth
400
Scientists use embryology to study evolution by comparing...
the similarities and differences in the development of embryos.
400
What is the common characteristic that house cats, leopards, and wolves share?
Carnivorous
400
What is the founder effect?
When a small group of a population break off to start a new population on a previously uninhabited area.
500
I can be multicellular or unicellular but I'm exclusively heterotrophic. What am I?
Fungi
500
What are two reasons that suggest that all life came from and universal common ancestor?
All life uses:
1. DNA
2. RNA to make Proteins
3. ATP
4. Lipid Membranes
5. Cell Division
500
Why is molecular biology important for proving evolution?
Similarities in DNA sequences can provide evidence for how recently organisms shared an ancestor.
500
Which organism is most closely related to the Aeshnidae?
Gomphidae
500
Regular immigration and emigration between populations will naturally lead to...
Gene Flow