Evolution and Fossils
The name of Darwin's ship he sailed to the Galapagos Islands on
HMS Beagle
Non-living factors in an ecosystem
Abiotic Factors
The smallest unit of life
Cell
The father himself studied these plants to make his initial discoveries about heredity
Pea Plants
A Hypothesis is another word for an _________
Educated guess
Darwin observed these types of birds which led to his theory of evolution
Finches
The third to eat in an ecosystem
Tertiary Consumer
This organelle protects a cell, and controls what goes in and out of the cell.
Cell Membrane
Chromosomes are found inside the nucleus of a cell, and are made of strands of DNA. How many do you get from each parent? How many in each Cell?
23
46
In the water cycle, this is the process by which water goes from the ground into the clouds
Evaporation
These fossils form when tree sap covers an organism and hardens over time, usually an insect.
Amber Fossils
This biome is categorized by having very few plants, it is cold year round, trees are not capable of survival, permafrost dominates the ground.
Tundra
Plant Cells have _____________, which produce glucose for the plant through the process of photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts
Characteristics v.s. Traits. What is the difference?
Characteristics= shared by an entire species
Traits= different forms of characteristics, unique to each species
The larger the object in space, the more __________________ ____________ it has.
Gravitational pull
These bugs blended into the trees in England before the industrial revolution turned the trees black
Peppered Moths
Name the 6 major land biomes
TDF
TUNDRA
TAIGA
DESERT
RAINFOREST
GRASSLANDS
These organelles pull strands of DNA into each new cell, and are only active during cell division.
Centrioles
The levels of organization from Cell to Gene
Cell
Nucleus
Chromosome
DNA
Gene
How do Igneous Rocks form?
When lava cools and hardens into a rock
Survival of the fittest
5 Limiting Factors that could keep a population from reaching its carrying capacity
Disease
Natural Disasters
Predators
Habitat loss (deforestation)
Extreme weather
Not enough space
Not enough food
Explain the difference between a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell
Eukaryotic=has nucleus
Prokaryotic=no nucleus
5 genetic disorders caused by Mutations that we discussed in class (example: Tay Sachs disease)
Down Syndrome
Autism
Hemophilia
Albinism
Aspergers
Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
Fragile X syndrome
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
1. Law of Intertia
2. Force=Mass x Acceleration
3. Every action has an equal or opposite reaction