Evolution, Behavior, and Classification
True or false: Artificial selection is faster than natural selection
True
What are the first organisms in an environment called?
Pioneer organisms
What are the main male and female reproductive organs?
Testicles and Ovaries
How many chromosomes do humans have?
46
Who developed the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
Which type of tropism involves gravity?
Geotropism
In which biome can you find permafrost?
The tundra
What is incomplete dominance?
When the traits from both parents are mixed together and form a different phenotype. (blue flower + yellow flower = green flower)
What are variations of the same gene?
Alleles
This term describes the amount and diversity of species in a given area.
Species Diversity
What is taxis?
when an animal moves toward or away from a stimulus
Which terrestrial biome covers the most amount of land?
Desert
In which trimester of pregnancy do the bones harden?
The third trimester
Substitution, deletion, and insertion are all types of what process?
Genetic mutations
Which rule dictates that there will always be fewer predators than prey?
The 10% rule
Name 3 of the 4 components of natural selection.
Overproduction, adaptation, selection, and genetic variation
What term is used to describe an excessive amount of nutrients from the soil entering a lake or pond?
Eutrophication
Assuming complete dominance, what is the chance of the offspring having the dominant trait if its parents have the genotypes Aa and aa?
50%
What are the 3 parts of the nucleotide?
The Nitrogenous Base, Sugar/Deoxiribose, and phosphate
What is a platelet?
A cell in our blood that is used to stop bleeding
Which method of classification asks a series of questions about the physical characteristics of an organism?
The Dichotomous Key
Name at least 3 of the 5 layers of the open ocean (not part of the neritic or intertidal zone).
Epipelagic (sunlight zone)/ Mesopelagic (twilight zone)/ Bathypelagic (midnight zone)/ Abyysalpelagic (the abyss)/ Hadalpelagic (trenches)
Name at least four of the five types of asexual reproduction.
Binary Fission/ Budding/ Spores/ Tubers/ and Runners
What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine
How many carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, and hydrogen atoms are in glucose?
6 carbon, 12 hydrogen, and 6 oxygen atoms. (C6H12O6)