Chapter 14 & 15

Question 1

Microsphere

Answer 1

pre-cell that contains protein molecules inside a membrane

Question 2

Coacervates

Answer 2

droplets of fluid necessary for life

Question 3

Ribozyme

Answer 3

RNA molecule that can act as a catalyst

Question 4

Archaea

Answer 4

primitive bacteria

Question 5

Chemosynthesis:

Answer 5

primitive form of energy production that uses carbon dioxide for energy

Question 6

Cyanobacteria

Answer 6

prokaryotic cells that can make their own food

Question 7

Ozone

Answer 7

3 oxygen molecules & ozone layer in Earth’s atmosphere

Question 8

Endosymbiosis

Answer 8

one of symbiotic organisms live inside the other

Question 9

Convergent Evolution

Answer 9

2 species, same evolution

Question 10

Divergent Evolution

Answer 10

one species 2 different evolutions

Question 11

Natural selection

Answer 11

advantageous trait selected for in a species (also know 4 descriptions)

Question 12

Adaptive radiation

Answer 12

species diversities and adapts to change

Question 13

Adaptation

Answer 13

having a trait to help you survive

Question 14

Artificial selection

Answer 14

humans breed certain traits into other species

Question 15

Spontaneous generation

Answer 15

living thing can come from air/ non-living things

Question 16

Co-evolution

Answer 16

species that develop traits in response to the other

Question 17

Biogenesis

Answer 17

living things come from other living things

Question 18

Radiometric dating

Answer 18

using a radioactive isotope to date an element or anything else

Question 19

Radioactive decay

Answer 19

an isotope releasing radiation to stabilize the nucleus

Question 20

Radioactive isotope

Answer 20

atom with one too many neutrons that causes radiation

Question 21

Half-life

Answer 21

element decrease by half-life’s during radioactive dating

Question 22

Fitness

Answer 22

ability for your offspring to survive