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The father of genetics and an Austrian monk.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The study of ancient life usually through fossils.
What is paleontology?
The scientific process of comparing the structure of organisms to each other.
What is comparative anatomy?
The molecule in all organisms that contains the instructions to create that organism. It is passed on from parent to offspring.
What is DNA?
Her fossil findings helped create the scientific field of Paleontology.
Who is Mary Anning?
What is a fossil?
The scientific process of comparing different embryos of different species.
What is comparative embryology?
The full name for DNA.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
Credited with naming the cell. He named them "cells" because they looked like monk cells in an abbey.
Who is Robert Hooke?
The branch of geology that focuses on the layers of earth. Generally, the deeper something is underground, the older it is.
What is stratigraphy?
A diagram or graph that shows the relationship between different organisms. Also called "the tree of life."
What is a phylogenetic tree?
A devout Christian, observed and researched the variation of life in the Galapagos
Who is Charles Darwin?
Huge events where a massive percentage of organisms go extinct in a relatively short amount of time.
What is mass extinction?
A lifeform before it hatches or is born.
What is an embryo?
All portraits of him are lost, but his discoveries using his microscope are the foundations of our understanding of the building blocks of life.
Who is Robert Hooke?
Fossils are arranged and can be studied in chronological order. This record of information is studied by scientists to understand pre-historic life, prehistory, and how life has changed over time.
What is the fossil record?
What is a punnet square?