Evolution/ classification

Question 0

Taxon

Answer 0

A group in which related organisms are placed

Question 1

Taxonomy

Answer 1

The field of biology that deals with classifying organisms

Question 2

Binomial nomenclature

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Identifying species by there genus and species names

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Scientific name

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The genus and species names f an organism make up its scientific name

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Monera

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All prokaryotes

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Protista

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Unicellular and a few simple multicellular eukaryotes

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Fungi

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Eukaryotic, fungi have a cell wall that contains chitin (molds, mildews, mushrooms and Yeasts)

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Plantae

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Multicellular eukaryotes that carry out Photosynthesis

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Animalia

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Most members of the animal kingdom

Question 9

Dichotomous key

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A tool used for identifying unfamiliar organisms

Question 10

DNA function 1/3

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DNA controls cellular activities including cellular respiration protein synthesis and reproduction.

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2/3 DNA function

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DNA makes exact copies of itself to pass onto other cells in a process called replication

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3/3 DNA function

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DNA undergoes mutation the recombination are the reason for life’s diversity

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What are DNA and RNA made up of

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Nucleotides

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What is each nucleotide composed of

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a pentose (5 carbon0 Sugar)
A phosphate group
A nitrogenous base

Question 15

What happens during unzipping

Answer 15

The DNA strand unwinds and the 2 strands of DNA separate ( the hydrogen bonds between the bases break apart)

Question 16

What enzyme breaks apart the bases hydrogen bond

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Heli case

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Complementary base pairing

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Free floating nucleotides move into pair up with bases of template strand of DNA

Question 18

Adjacent nucleotides bond

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Sugar phosphate bonds for, between adjacent nucleotides of the new strand to complete the molecule

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Evolution

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Change

Question 20

Lamarcks theory of evolution

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1 organisms always try to improve themselves and become more advanced
2 use it or loose it
3 what you have lost will carry to your offspring

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Who disproved lamarcks theory

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August Weismann

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What did Weismann do

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He cut off the tails of mice and there off spring had a tail

Question 23

Divergent evolution

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When isolated populations evolve

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Adaptive radiation

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Multiple branching of a family tree

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Convergent evolution

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When different types of organisms indecently evolve similar characteristics

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Gene pool

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The combined genetic makeup of all the members of a population

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Hardy Weinberg principle

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States that under certain conditions organisms will not evolve

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Speciation

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When one or more species evolve from a single species speciation takes place

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Genetic equilibrium

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The constant state of allele (trait) frequency

Question 30

Darwins theory of evolution

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1 are slight variations in every population
2 some variations are favorable
3 the animals that reproduce have favorable traits
4 over time slight changes occur in every population
5 more young are produced than can survive