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SB 4 and 6 Vocabulary Quiz

Authored by Dana Rodney

Science

9th - 12th Grade

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SB 4 and 6 Vocabulary Quiz
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

This kingdom is made up of organisms that are animal-like, plant-like and fungus-like

Plant

This is the kingdom of unicellular prokaryotes that are found in extreme environments

Protists

This is the kingdom of unicellular prokaryotes that are found in most environments.

Archaebacteria

This is the kingdom of heterotrophs that obtain energy and nutrients from dead oranisms

Eubacteria

This is any multicellular living thing that obtains energy from sunlight or makes its own food

Fungi

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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This is a change in the genetic makeup of a population or species over time

evolution

This is the origin of a new species in evolution.

speciation

used to show similarities and differences between organisms in early development

fossil record

This is the chronicle of evolution over millions of years of geologic time found in soil

embryology

This is the evolutionary history of a species or group of related species

phylogeny

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

This is the study of similar and different structures in organisms

comparative anatomy

These are groups of reproducing populations that are isolated from other groups.

common ancestor

Theory that one prokaryote engulfed another to become a eukaryote

endosymbiosis

This is a diagram which shows the evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms.

cladogram

This is the descent of different species from a common species over many generations

species

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

a structure that has no known function in an organism

analogous structures

This is the process of organisms adapting to their environments over time

homologous structures

physical features shared by organisms with common ancestry

vestigial structure

structures which are similar in different organisms because they evolved in a similar environment

geographic isolation

This can occur when part of a population of a species becomes separated from the remainder

natural selection

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

This is any movement of individuals, and/or the genetic material they carry, from one population to

mutation

This is a random error/change in the DNA sequence. These may be inherited

gene flow

evolutionary event in which population size is radically reduced usually because of a catastrophe

population

In a population, the changes in allelic frequencies of a gene that are due to chance.

genetic drift

All the individuals of a species that live together in one place at the same time

bottleneck effect

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

species adapt and change by natural selection and the changes aid in the survival of the organism

disruptive selection

This is an inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival.

directional selection

This is a type of natural selection that favors one extreme phenotype over the other extreme

biodiversity

Number and variety of living organisms; includes genetic, species, and ecological types

fitness

This is a type of natural selection that selects against the average individual in a population.

adaptation

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