Week 7/8 Vocab

Question 1

The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution.

Answer 1

Natural Selection

Question 2

A heritable change in the characteristics within a population from one generation to the next.

Answer 2

Evolution

Question 3

The process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a population’s ability to survive.

Answer 3

Adaption

Question 4

The selective breeding of organisms (by humans) for specific desirable characteristics.

Answer 4

Artificial Selection

Question 5

In biology, the ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical or disease-causing agent.

Answer 5

Resistance

Question 6

Prokaryotes (most of which are known to live in extreme environments) that are distinguished from other prokaryotes by differences in their genetics and in the makeup of their cell wall; members of the domain Archaea.

Answer 6

Archaea

Question 7

Extremely small, single-celled organisms that usually have a cell wall and reproduce by cell division.

Answer 7

Bacteria

Question 8

An organism whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no chlorophyll and that belongs to the kingdom Fungi.

Answer 8

Fungus

Question 9

An organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista.

Answer 9

Protist

Question 10

A woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit.

Answer 10

Gymnosperm

Question 11

A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit.

Answer 11

Angiosperm

Question 12

An animal that does not have a backbone.

Answer 12

Invertebrate

Question 13

An animal that has a backbone; includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.

Answer 13

Vertebrate