Unit B

Question 1

What is a terrestrial ecosystem

Answer 1

Ecosystem on land

Question 2

What is an aquatic ecosystem?

Answer 2

Ecosystem in water

Question 3

What is subsoil

Answer 3

Beneath topsoil containing more rock and less organic matter

Question 4

Define speciation

Answer 4

The formation of a new species

Question 5

What is a half life

Answer 5

Changes of the property of a substance . One half life is 50%

Question 6

List in order major levels of classification from greatest to least

Answer 6

Kingdom, phyla, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 7

What is the difference between a homologous feature and a vestigial feature?

Answer 7

Homologous features have similar structure but different functions, vestigial features may have once served a useful function in an ancient ancestor

Question 8

What is a phylogeny

Answer 8

It is proposed history of species or group of organisms

Question 9

What is the advantage of using Latin names

Answer 9

It is a common language for all scientists around the world

Question 10

What is binomial nomenclature

Answer 10

A way to name species using two names

Question 11

What is taxonomy

Answer 11

The science of classifying organisms

Question 12

What is paleontology

Answer 12

The study of fossils

Question 13

What does endemic mean

Answer 13

Used to describe a species that is found in only one location

Question 14

What are homologous features

Answer 14

Feautures with similar structurs but different functions

Question 15

Give an example of a homologous feature

Answer 15

The pelvis on a whale

Question 16

What did darwin conclude to his theory

Answer 16

That adaption takes place among species

Question 17

What species did darwin study

Answer 17

Finches

Question 18

Where did darwin do his studies

Answer 18

Golapagos islands

Question 19

What’s a neutral mutation

Answer 19

A mutation that has no effect on an orginism

Question 20

What’s the most common mutation

Answer 20

Harmful mutations

Question 21

What’s the least common mutation

Answer 21

Benifitial mutation

Question 22

What’s an advantage of sexual reproduction

Answer 22

A lot of variety for adaption

Question 23

What’s an example of asexual reproduction

Answer 23

Budding

Question 24

What’s speciation

Answer 24

The formation of a new species

Question 25

Where can a grassland ecosystem be found

Answer 25

Medicine hat

Question 26

Where can the littoral zone be found

Answer 26

Area in a lake from shore to the point where no more plants grow

Question 27

What kind of lake is cold, clear water, and deep

Answer 27

Oligotrophic lake

Question 28

What’s a eutrophic lak

Answer 28

A shallow, warm lake

Question 29

What’s the worst kind tree cutting

Answer 29

Slash and burn

Question 30

What’s the best kind of logging method

Answer 30

Selctive cutting