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What are the properties of living things? |
Everything is complex, must reproduce, have DNA, metabolism, all things grow and develop, and must interact with the environment. |
All living things need this.. |
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How many theories of how life began are their |
Two |
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What is creation? |
A power more amazing than the human mind created life as we know it |
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Who is the “Father of Evolution” |
Charles Darwin |
Studied at the Galápagos Islands |
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Organism with the best adaptations will survive the longest and thus be able to reproduce |
Natural selection |
“ best adaptation” will survive |
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Example of natural selection |
Moths |
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Who is the “father of taxonomy” |
Carolus Linnaeus |
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Galapagos tortoises spend most time doing what? |
Sleeping |
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Galapogo is old Spanish for what? |
Tortoise |
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The classification based on evolutionary relationships is known as |
Taxonomy |
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The classification based on evolutionary relationships is known as |
Taxonomy |
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The Galapagos tortoises adapted what |
Lightening speed necks and the ability to eat quava |
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The classification based on evolutionary relationships is known as |
Taxonomy |
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The Galapagos tortoises adapted what |
Lightening speed necks and the ability to eat quava |
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The idea that things change over massive expanses of time due to random mutations is known as |
Evolution |
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The classification based on evolutionary relationships is known as |
Taxonomy |
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The Galapagos tortoises adapted what |
Lightening speed necks and the ability to eat quava |
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The idea that things change over massive expanses of time due to random mutations is known as |
Evolution |
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Most scientists choose to believe which thought of life’s origin? |
Evolution |
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When did the idea of evolution begin? |
Some time in the 1850’s |
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Levels of taxonomy are: |
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
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Levels of taxonomy are: |
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
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A system used by scientists to group and sort living and non-living things based on characteristics they share is known as |
Classification |
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What is binomial nomenclature |
The system of giving organisms two names |
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What is binomial nomenclature |
The system of giving organisms two names |
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What does the binomial nomenclature consist of |
An organisms genus and species name |
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What is binomial nomenclature |
The system of giving organisms two names |
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What does the binomial nomenclature consist of |
An organisms genus and species name |
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Give an example of binomial nomenclature |
Lion- Panthera leo
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What is binomial nomenclature |
The system of giving organisms two names |
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What does the binomial nomenclature consist of |
An organisms genus and species name |
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Give an example of binomial nomenclature |
Lion- Panthera leo
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Initially kingdom protista was created to group all organisms that were |
Unicellular |
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Unlike a plants, fungi cannot _____ and so they are heterotrophic |
Photosynthesize |
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The cell walls of Eubacteria contain a material called |
Peptidoglycans |
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How many levels of organization are there? |
12 |
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What is a cladogram? |
A branching, tree like diagram that shows a relationship between two organisms based on specific characteristics |
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Dichotomous means |
Two Greek words that were put together that mean “divided in two parts” |
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