Wadesworld Evolution Vocab/Terms Quiz #1

NAME

English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882). Formed this theory in the Galapagos Islands. By 1840 he worked out his theory of natural selection. Published the "origin of species" in 1859.

• Charles Robert Darwin
• Sidney Fox
• Miller & Urey
• Lynn Marulis
• Carolus Linnaeus

Scientists who formed amino acids and other simple organic compounds in a laboratory experiment by reacting ammonia, methane, and hydrogen gases mixed with water vapor

• Oparin & Haldane
• Sidney Fox
• Miller & Urey
• Lynn Marulis
• Carolus Linnaeus

English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913). Created a theory very similar to Darwin's.

• Wallace
• Sidney Fox
• Miller & Urey
• Lynn Marulis
• Carolus Linnaeus

Scientist who was trying to determine how organic molecules arose on ancient Earth. Carried out experiments with organic molecules and was able to form membrane-bound cell like structures called proteinoid microspheres.

• Sidney Fox
• Miller & Urey
• Lynn Marulis
• Carolus Linnaeus
• Charles Darwin

Scientists who proposed in the 1920s that the primitive atmosphere contained the following gases: methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water. They believed that these gases collided, producing chemical reactions that eventually led to organic molecules.

• Oparin & Haldane
• Sidney Fox
• Miller & Urey
• Lynn Marulis
• Carolus Linnaeus

Founder of taxonomy, the branch of biology concerned with naming and classifying organisms. Developed two-part system of naming organisms.

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Sidney Fox
• Miller & Urey
• Lynn Marulis
• Charles Darwin

Remnant of a structure that may have had an important function in a species' ancestors but has no clear function in the modern species. The appendix.

• Vestigial Structure
• Analogous Structure
• Homologous Structure
• Cytochrome c
• Cladogenesis

Involved in energy transfer, it is a protein released from mitochondria when cell is stressed. A heme protein that is present in and can easily be isolated from mitochondria of all eukaryotic organisms. The amino acid sequence of the protein moiety was among the first sequences that could be elucidated.

• Cytochrome c
• Vestigial Structure
• Analogous Structure
• Homologous Structure
• Cladogenesis

Branching evolution occurs when a new species branches out from a parent species.

• Cladogenesis
• Vestigial Structure
• Analogous Structure
• Homologous Structure
• Cytochrome c