VOCAB TEST (12-2-20)

Question 1

time it takes for half of the unstable atoms in a sample to decay

Answer 1

half-life

Question 2

measures the age of a rock/fossil in years

Answer 2

absolute dating

Question 3

estimating age of rocks/fossils

Answer 3

relative dating

Question 4

group of mammals including humans, monkeys, apes, and lemurs

Answer 4

primates

Question 5

type of primate characterized by bipedalism, longer lower limbs, and lack of a tail

Answer 5

hominids

Question 6

long and distinct period of time

Answer 6

era

Question 7

unit of geological time during which a rock series is deposited (?)

Answer 7

epoch

Question 8

science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms

Answer 8

taxonomy

Question 9

can survive extreme environments

Answer 9

archaebacteria

Question 10

doesn’t have a nucleus

Answer 10

prokaryote

Question 11

has nucleus

Answer 11

eukaryote

Question 12

eukaryotic, belongs to kingdom protista

Answer 12

protists

Question 13

an organism whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no chlorophyll and belongs to the kingdom fungi

Answer 13

fungus

Question 14

a form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size

Answer 14

binary fission

Question 15

producers, usually in water, contains the green pigment chlorophyll but come in more than green

Answer 15

cyanobacteria

Question 16

viruses attacking living cells and turning them into mini factories ;-;

Answer 16

lyctic cycle

Question 17

eukaryotic organisms that covert the sun’s energy into food through photosynthesis but that do not have roots, stems or leaves

Answer 17

algae

Question 18

single celled, found in both fresh and salt water, get their energy from photosynthesis, make up a large % of phytoplankton, cell walls contain silica and are enclosed in two part shell

Answer 18

diatom

Question 19

long, thread like appendages that allows a cell to move around

Answer 19

flagella

Question 20

short, hair like appendages on the surface of a cell

Answer 20

cilia

Question 21

a nonreproductive filament of a fungus

Answer 21

hypha

Question 22

a reproductive cell or multi-cellular structure that is resistant to stressful environmental conditions and that can develop into an adult without fusing with another cell

Answer 22

spore

Question 23

the mass of fungal filaments, or hyphae, that forms the body of a fungus

Answer 23

mycelium

Question 24

a new cell pinching off an existing cell (reproducing asexually)

Answer 24

budding

Question 25

what the human body needs to break down sugar and carbohydrates

Answer 25

insulin