Biology

Question 1

What is ardi

Answer 1

Nickname for a 4.4-million-year-old fossilised specimen of Ardipithecus ramidus

Question 2

Binomial

Answer 2

System of naming organisms using two Latin words

Question 3

Evolutional

Answer 3

A change in one or more characteristics of a population over a long period of time

Question 4

Lucy

Answer 4

Nickname for a 3.2-million-year-old fossilised specimen of Australopithecus afarensis

Question 5

Genus

Answer 5

A group of similar organisms. The genus name is the first word in the scientific name for a species (the second word is the ‘species name’). Different closely related species belong to the same genus

Question 6

Genome

Answer 6

All the DNA in an organism. Each body cell contains a copy of the genome

Question 7

Ligase

Answer 7

An enzyme that joins two DNA molecules together

Question 8

Plasmid

Answer 8

A small loop of DNA found in the cytoplasm of bacteria

Question 9

Recombinant dna

Answer 9

DNA made by joining two sections of DNA together.

Question 10

Restriction enzime

Answer 10

An enzyme that cuts DNA molecules into pieces

Question 11

Vector

Answer 11

Anything that transfers material from one organism to another.