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UNIT 6 Vocabulary

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What being Described here?: A chart that divides earth's history into different time units based on changes in the rocks and fossils (ex: the first appearance of plant life on Earth)

a)

Earth History

b)

Fossil Record

c)

Geologic Time

d)

Taxonomy

2.

What is being Described here?: Special body parts that help a plant or animal survive in an environment. (Ex: The shape of a bird's beak, the color of a mammal's fur.)

a)

Behavioral Adaptations

b)

Gene

c)

Physical Adaptations

d)

Genetic Variation

3.

What is being described here?: An Action animals take to survive in their environments.( Ex: hibernation, migration)

a)

Behavioral Adaptations

b)

Physical Adaptations

c)

Classification

d)

Genetic Equilibrium

4.

What is being described here?: A remain or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock. (Ex: amber, hair, petrified wood, oil, coal, and DNA remnants.)

a)

Index Fossil

b)

Fossil Record

c)

Classification

d)

Fossil

5.

What is being described here ?: A development of planet earth from its formation to the present day. (Ex: 4600 mya (million years ago) – Planet Earth formed.)

a)

Fossil Record

b)

Geological time

c)

Classification

d)

Earth History

6.

What is being described here?: the genetic properties or features of an organism, characteristic, etc. ( Ex: both of your parents have green eyes, you might inherit the trait for green eyes from them.)

a)

Genetics

b)

Genetic Equilibrium

c)

Earth History

d)

Reproductive Success

7.

What is being described here?: A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. (Ex: X-chomasome loci.)

a)

DNA

b)

Genotype

c)

Gene

d)

Phenotype

8.

What is being described here?: a self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information. (Ex: forensic scientists working in the field of genetics are blood, semen, hair, saliva, and skin, all of which contain DNA that can be analyzed.)

a)

DNA

b)

Genetics

c)

Gene

d)

Phenotype

9.

What is being described here?: The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. (Ex: height, wing length, and hair color)

a)

Gene

b)

Phenotype

c)

DNA

d)

Behavioral Adaptations

10.

True Or False?: Genetic Variation is the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations. (Ex: eye color, blood type, camouflage in animals, and leaf modification in plants.)

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of the following is being described here?: The difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations. (Ex: grooming each other, playing and wrestling, chasing each other or bumping and hip pushing each other.)

a)

Courting Behavior

b)

Behavioral adaptations

c)

None of the above

12.

Which of the following describes Plate Tectonics? (Ex: Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

a)

A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.

b)

The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.

c)

A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

d)

None of the above

13.

Fill in the blank: A______ ______ is a record of all the fossils ever discovered on earth. (Ex: helps paleontologists, archaeologists, and geologists)

a)

Genetic, Equilibrium

b)

Earth, History

c)

Fossil, Record

d)

None of the Above

14.

Which Of the Following Is being Described: An axiom that forms one of the bases of the sciences of geology, archaeology, and other fields pertaining to geological stratigraphy. (Ex: Layer upon layer of rocks on north shore of Isfjord, Svalbard, Norway.)

a)

Law of Superposition

b)

Geologic time

c)

None of the above

15.

Which of the following is being described?: The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. (Ex: The birds prefer the taste of the red bugs, so soon there are many green bugs and few red bugs. )

a)

Reproduction Success

b)

Natural Selection

c)

None of the above

16.

What is being described here?: he arrangement of animals and plants in taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities (including division in plants, and class, order, family, genus, and species). (Ex: Ursidae is the Family of a bear.)

a)

Comparative Anatomy

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Classification

d)

Biochemical features

17.

Which of the following is being described here?: is the measurement of the cycle time from the moment the last good part of the previous process is produced to the moment first good part of the subsequent process is produced. (Ex: A soft drink bottler may run 16oz glass bottles one day, perform a changeover on the line and then run 20oz plastic bottles the next day.)

a)

Geologic Time

b)

Changeover Time

c)

Reproductive Success

d)

None of the above

18.

Which of the following is being described here?: Classification comprising related organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding. (Ex: Alpaca - Vicugna pacos. )

a)

Species

b)

Kingdom

c)

Genotype

d)

Phenotype

19.

Which of the following is being described here?: a taxonomic rank composed of smaller groups called phyla (or divisions, in plants). (Ex: Dog is known as an animal and Flower is known as a plant.)

a)

Taxonomy

b)

Domain

c)

Kingdom

d)

Species

20.

What is being described here : condition of an allele or genotype in a gene pool (like population) where the frequency does not change from generation to generation. (Ex: humans would be a heterozygote for brown eye color.)

a)

Morphological features

b)

Genetic equilibrium

c)

I don't know

21.

What is being described here?: pieces, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence. ( Mammoths, Dinosaurs)

a)

Extant

b)

Classification

c)

Extinct

d)

Non of the above

22.

What is being described here?: An individual's production of offspring per breeding event or lifetime. (Ex: Aphids, slime molds, sea anemones, some species of starfish (by fragmentation), and many plants are examples.)

a)

Courting Behavior

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Reproductive Success

d)

Non of the above

23.

What is being Describe here?: The study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species. (Ex: the similar bone structures in forelimbs of cats, whales, bats, and humans)

a)

Genetic Equilibrium

b)

Law Superposition

c)

Comparative Anatomy

d)

None of the Above

24.

What is being described here?: The genetic constitution of an individual organism. (Ex: The brown allele is dominant (B), and the blue allele is recessive (b).)

a)

Genotype

b)

Gene

c)

Phenotype

d)

Genetics

25.

What is being described here?: aspects of the outward appearance, external morphology (or eidonomy), as well as the form and structure of the internal parts like bones and organs, i.e. internal morphology (or anatomy). ( Ex: Snowshoe hare is more than prepared for the winter environment with large back feet for easy travel and a white coat for camouflage.)

a)

Biochemical Features

b)

Morphological Features

c)

Behavioral Features

d)

Vestigial Structure

26.

Which of the following is being Described?: Growth on temperatures, conditions, and chemicals.

a)

Biochemical Features

b)

Morphological Features

c)

Behavioral

d)

None of the above

27.

What is being described here?: The things organisms do to survive. For example, bird calls and migration. (Also Ex: Curious: always wanting to know things.)

a)

Behavioral Features

b)

Behavioral Adaptations

c)

Vestigial structure

d)

None of the above

28.

What is being described here?: the retention during the process of evolution of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species. (Ex: tailbone, wisdom teeth, and inside corner of the eye)

a)

Morphological Features

b)

Biochemical Features

c)

Behavioral Features

d)

Vestigial Structure

29.

Which of the following is describing Camouflage. (Ex: A Mediterranean octopus camouflages on the seabed.)

a)

Hiding an animal with an object so not attacked

b)

A defense or tactic that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually to blend in with their surroundings.

30.

Which of the following describes an Index fossil? (Ex: Ammonites and Brachiopods)

a)

A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.

b)

A fossil formed more toward the surface

31.

Still in existence; surviving. Which Species an example of Being Extant?

a)

Human

b)

Dinosaur

c)

Dodo Bird

32.

Which of the following is being described?: The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics. ( Ex: species, genus,)

a)

Taxonomy

b)

DNA

c)

Genotype

d)

None of the Above