Evolution, Classification, Bacteria Kingdoms and Viruses, Protist Kingdom, Animal Kingdom

Question 1

A change in species over time

Answer 1

Evolution

Question 2

Structures that share a common ancestry or are similar because they are modified versions of structures from a common ancestor such as the bones in the wing of a bird, the arm of a human, and the fins of a fish

Answer 2

homologous

Question 3

structures, like your appendix, that have no function and are remnants of an organism’s evolutionary past

Answer 3

vestigial

Question 4

The hypothesis that evolution occurs at a slow constant rate

Answer 4

gradualism

Question 5

the idea that species that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce and pass of their traits to the next generation

Answer 5

natural selection

Question 6

any trace of a dead organism

Answer 6

fossil

Question 7

the person who developed the theory of evolution

Answer 7

Darwin

Question 8

The 5 steps of natural selection

Answer 8

types/variation
stresses
population growth
the trait that is more fit/ helps survival
the trait that is less fit/ what one hurts the population

Question 9

the 7 categories of the classification hierarchy starting with kingdom and ending with species

Answer 9

Kingdom
Phylum 
Class
Order
Family 
Genus 
Species

Question 10

a scientific name is made up of what two categories of classification

Answer 10

1. the first word is the genus the second one isn’t

2. the first word is capitalized the second one isn’t

Question 11

list the 6 kingdoms

Answer 11

plants
animals 
protists 
fungi 
archaebacteria
eubacteria

Question 12

organisms that can make their own food

Answer 12

autotrophs

Question 13

organisms that can’t make their own food

Answer 13

heterotrophs

Question 14

organisms that have cells with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles

Answer 14

eukaryote

Question 15

organisms that do not have cells with a nucleus and a membrane- bound organells

Answer 15

prokaryote

Question 16

organisms that are made of only one cell

Answer 16

unicellular

Question 17

the difference between the animal kingdom and the fungi kingdom is that animals ______ their food and fungi absorb their food.

Answer 17

ingest