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1
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What is the molecular structure of DNA?

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Double Helix

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What is evolution?

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Where organisms have changed from earlier forms of life

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What is the name given to a thread like structure made of DNA?

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A chromosome

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What is a dominant gene?

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A dominant gene will stay in the product’s DNA

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What is a recessive gene?

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A recessive gene will be taken over by a dominant gene in the product’s DNA

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What is extinction?

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The complete disappearance of a species from Earth

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What is a fossil?

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The remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in its petrified form

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Gene definition

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Section of DNA that codes a characteristic

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What is an invertebrate?

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An animal without a backbone

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What is natural selection?

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A theory proposed by Charles Darwin, where the best adapted organisms survive and pass on their genes

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What is a vertebrate?

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An animal with a backbone

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What are the 5 key vertebrate groups?

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Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals

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What are the main features of a fish?

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They have scales, live in water, are cold blooded, lay eggs and have gills

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What are the main features of an amphibian?

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They have smooth skin, live in water and land, cold blooded and lay eggs

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What are the main features of a reptile?

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They have scales, lay eggs, cold blooded and have lungs

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What are the main features of a bird?

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They have feathers, warm blooded, lay eggs and have lungs

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What are the main features of a mammal?

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They have hair or fur, warm blooded, live births and have lungs

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What are the three types of fossils?

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Impression fossils, preserved organisms and mineral replacement

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What are 5 causes of extinction?

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Environment changes quickly, there is a new predator, a new disease, competition for food with another species or a catastrophic event

20
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Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine and physics in 1962?

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James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins

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What was the name of the woman who produced photo 51, what helped humans figure out the molecular structure of DNA?

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Rosalind Franklin

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Who found fossils on the Jurassic coast, in Lime Regis? What was her major discovery?

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Mary Anning discovered and Ichthyosaurus fossil

23
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Which is dominant, blonde hair or brown hair?

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Brown hair

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