The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms is___________.
What is Taxonomy?
100
The scientific name of an organism comes from its__________and ____________ name.
What is Genus and Species [or Specific]?
100
An animals camouflage is an example of a predator-prey_______________.
What is Adaptation?
100
The process by which indivduals that are better adapted to their enviroment survive adn reproduce more sucessfully than less well adapted individuals is _______________.
What is Natural Selection?
100
According to the Principle of _______________________ geological processes operate today as they did in Earth's past.
What is Uniformitarianism?
200
Using a _________________, one can read pairs of statements and choose the best answers in order to discover the identity of an organism.
What is Dichotomous Key?
200
The mnemonic device for the 8 levels of classifcation?
What is Dashing King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain?
200
Reproduction in which a single parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent is ______________________.
What is Asexual Reproduction?
200
Camouflage is this type of adaptation.
What is Predator-Prey?
200
The idea that Earth's features formed during rare, unpredictable events is known as____________________.
What is Catastrophism?
300
Scientists draw branching diagrams to illustrate the relationship between modern organisms and their_____________.
What is Ancestors?
300
Insects surviving an attack by insectides are more likely to have offspring who are insecticide ______________.
What is Resistant?
300
Variation in genes within a population that reproduces sexually allows population to __________ to enviromental changes over time.
What is Adapt?
300
Using the position of a fossil within rock layers to determine whether it is older or fossils in the layers is called _______________.
What is Relative Dating?
400
A giant sequoia belongs to kingdom____________.
What is Plantae?
400
To find the identity of an organism you can answer the series of questions in a _________________.
What is Dichotomous Key?
400
An animal behavior that allows animals living in a group to deal with a seasonal food shortage.
What is Migration?
400
Humans, like all mammals, reproduce using _________________ which requires two parents.
What is Sexual Reproduction?
400
The reason scientists believe dinosaurs became extinct.
What is Climate Change?
500
The organisms in _____________ kingdom usually move my themselves and have specialized sense organs that allow them to respond quickly to their enviroment.
What is Animalia?
500
Farmers and animal breeders choose to breed animals with desirable traits in a process known as ___________________.
What is Selective Breeding?
500
Many insects can adapt very quickly to insecticides because the insects' ____________ time is short.
What is Generation?
500
The time it takes for half of the unstable atomss in a sample to decay is the atoms______________.