Scientists & Stuff
What island did Darwin visit and discover his famous finches?
Galapagos Islands
What are nonliving factors called in an Ecosystem?
Abiotic Factors
This is an adaptation where one species changes over time so that they will look like a dangerous species in order to fool predators.
Mimicry
These are organisms who eat plants and animals.
Omnivores
What is the piece of evidence has shown how closely related humans are to chimps?
DNA evidence
What was the name of the ship that Darwin sailed on?
HMS Beagle
Who is responsible for making glucose in a food chain/food web/ energy pyramid?
Primary Producer (Autotroph)
What are the 3 types of adaptations?
Behavioral
Functional
Structural
What is the role of each organism in its ecosystem?
Niche
What are the structures called that have the same function but different function that shows an evolutionary relationship?
Homologous Structures
Which scientists theory was Acquired Characteristics (giraffes)?
Lamark
What is the interaction called when a consumer hunts and eats another consumer?
Predator-Prey
What is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species called?
Genetic Variations
If there is 500,000 Kcal of energy available on trophic level 1, how much energy will be available to the secondary consumers?
5000 Kcal
Give an example of a vestigial structure.
Third eyelid
Femur bones in a whale
Side toe in a horse
Tailbone in humans
Write the chemical reaction for photosynthesis?
Sunlight + 6H2O + 6 CO2 ---> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Give an example of commensalism
Will vary
What are the 3 factors that affect Natural Selection?
Overpopulation
Competition
Variation
Explain what happens when a population reaches it's carrying capacity
The population will over shoot the population, there will be a period of die back then the population recover and repeat the same process bouncing around the carrying capacity
What is the process called to find the exact age of a fossil?
Radioactive Dating/ Carbon Dating / Absolute Dating
What is the process by which organisms produce energy for the cell? and where does it occur?
Cellular Respiration, In the mitochondria
******* Daily Double*******
Draw the energy pyramid, label each level, and give an example of an organism in each level.
answers will vary
What are the 4 factors that lead to Evolution?
Mutations
Adaptations
Natural Selection
Extinction
What are the levels (5) of organization in the world and give examples of each? ( For example in the body we have cells>tissue>organs and so forth)
Organism--> Population--> Community--> Ecosystem--> Biosphere
What piece of evidence shows the similarities of different species during development?
Embryology