Classification
Identify Organisms
Fossil Evidence
Natural Selection
Energy Flow
Random
100
The father of classification
Who is CAROLUS LINNAEUS?
100
List the two parts of a scientific name.
What is GENUS AND SPECIES?
100
Fossils are....
What is THE PRESERVED REMAINS OF ANCIENT ORGANISMS?
100
The father of evolution...
Who is CHARLES DARWIN?
100
The main source of all energy...
What is THE SUN?
100
To be considered alive, an organism must use __________.
What is ENERGY?
200
List the 8 levels of classification from largest to smallest
What is DOMAIN, KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER, FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES?
200
The scientific name for the European white water lily is Nymphaea alba. To which genus does this plant belong?
What is NYMPHAEA?
200
Fossils are most often found in this type of rock.
What is SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
200
This helps an organism have a higher chance of reproducing and surviving in its environment.
What is an ADAPTATION?
200
The difference between biotic and abiotic factors. List one example of each.
What is BIOTIC IS LIVING THINGS, ABIOTIC IS NONLIVING THINGS...ANSWERS MAY VARY.
200
To be considered alive, an organism must be made of one or more ____________.
What is CELLS?
300
List the 6 kingdoms of life?
What is EUBACTERIA, ARCHAEBACTERIA, PROTIST, FUNGI, PLANT, ANIMAL?
300
Tiye is examining an organism that doesn't fly, has fur on its tail and does not have a black mask. What is its scientific name of the organism?
What is MUSTELA FRENATA?
300
Which law explains the age of the layers by stating that the younger layer is on the top and the older layer is on the bottom.
What is THE LAW OF SUPERPOSITION?
300
Darwin wrote the book, The Theory of Evolution, which supported his studies on the Galapagos Islands. Summarize his studies.
Answers may vary.
What is DARWIN NOTICED VERY SIMILAR LOOKING FINCH SPECIES (BIRDS) WITH DIFFERENT BEAKS DUE TO THEIR DIET.
300
Could a balanced ecosystem contain producers and consumers, but not decomposers? Exolain.
What is NO, DECOMPOSERS HAVE TO RETURN NUTRIENTS BACK TO THE SOIL IN ORDER FOR ENERGY TO BE RECYCLED.
300
What do all of the species in this cladogram have in common?
What is THEY ALL SHARE A COMMON ANCESTOR?
400
According to classification, if two organisms are in the same class, then they must be in the same kingdom and __________________.
What is PHYLUM?
400
What trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?
What is BONY SKELETON?
400
List the 4 main types of fossils.
What is BONES, BONE FRAGMENTS, IMPRINTS, AND PRESERVED REMAINS?
400
In any field of sunflowers, the height of the plants vary. Birds first eat the seeds from the tallest plants. If this eating pattern continues season after season, what would we expect to happen to sunflowers over time?
What is THE SUNFLOWERS WILL EVENTUALLY GET SHORTER?
400
In this food chain the __________ has the LEAST energy available to it for its life processes.
What is THE OSPREY?
400
To be considered alive, an organism must __________ and __________, either indirectly like a frog, or directly like a human.
What is GROW AND DEVELOP?
500
What kingdom is being classified:
eukaryotic cells, multicellular, immobile, producer
What is PLANT?
500
Which organism(s) has the greatest physical difference from its ancestor?
What is BIRDS AND LIZARDS?
500
A fossil species is found in the same rock layer with Fossil 3 and Fossil 4. When could this species have existed?
What is 540 - 505 MYA?
500
According to Darwin, organisms that are best adapted to their environment are more likely to reproduce. Which phrase is used to summarize this idea?
What is SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST?
500
What would happen to the trout population if the bear population became significantly smaller?
What is THE TROUT POPULATION WOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE?
500
To be considered alive, an organism must be able to _______________, either sexually or asexually.
What is REPRODUCE?
600
EXPLAIN why the Monera Kingdom no longer exists.
Answers may vary.
THERE ARE SIMILARITES AMONG BACTERIA, BUT EUBACTERIA CAN BE FOUND EVERYWHERE IN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES; ARCHAEBACTERIA CAN BE FOUND IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES.
600
This is a poster of all different kind of animals, from simple like the jellyfish to very complex like the tiger. All animals are consumers. They do not all have a head; they do not all have legs! But they are alike in one way structurally. How are they alike?
What is ALL ANIMALS ARE EUKARYOTIC?
600
The discovery of the fossils of prehistoric whales from the Gulf of Mexico that lived millions of years ago are found in Mississippi. What would this indicate?
What is THE GULF OF MEXICO ONCE COVERED WHAT IS NOW THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI?
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600
For many, many years the rabbits that lived in the cold, snowy countryside of Canada were white most of the year. Recently, scientists have noticed that many of the white rabbits in the countryside have been replaced by gray rabbits. Describe how the white fur helped the rabbits survive. Explain why the color of rabbit fur is changing over the years.
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What is THE WHITE FUR HELPED THE RABBITS SURVIVE BY CAMOUFLAGING, MAKING IT HARD FOR PREDATORS SPOT THEM.
What is THE CLIMATE IN THIS AREA OF CANADA BECAME WARMER. WHITE RABBITS WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO CAMOUFLAGE, HAVING A HIGHER CHANCE OF BEING EATEN BY PREDATORS?
600
List and explain each level of the environment.
What is ORGANISM - ONE SINGLE LIVING THING; POPULATION - MORE THAN ONE OF THE SAME SPECIES IN THE SAME AREA; COMMUNITY - ALL OF THE LIVING THINGS IN A PARTICULAR AREA; ECOSYSTEM - BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS IN AN AREA; BIOME - AREA CHARACTERIZED BY CLIMATE AND VEGETATION; BIOSPHERE - THE PLACE WHERE ALL LIFE EXISTS
600
Jimmy and Joanna were walking in their backyard and noticed a mushroom growing on the outside of a dead tree. Jimmy claimed that the mushroom was a plant, but Joanna said that it was not a plant, but a fungus. What characteristic distinguishes the two?
What is PLANTS ARE PRODUCERS AND FUNGI ARE DECOMPOSERS?