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WorksheetsUNIT 6 Vocabulary
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 34mins
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)
Earth History
Fossil Record
Geologic Time
Taxonomy
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.)
Behavioral Adaptations
Gene
Physical Adaptations
Genetic Variation
What is being described here?: An Action animals take to survive in their environments.( Ex: hibernation, migration)
Behavioral Adaptations
Physical Adaptations
Classification
Genetic Equilibrium
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.)
Index Fossil
Fossil Record
Classification
Fossil
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.)
Fossil Record
Geological time
Classification
Earth History
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.)
Genetics
Genetic Equilibrium
Earth History
Reproductive Success
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.)
DNA
Genotype
Gene
Phenotype
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.)
DNA
Genetics
Gene
Phenotype
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)
Gene
Phenotype
DNA
Behavioral Adaptations
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.)
True
False
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.)
Courting Behavior
Behavioral adaptations
None of the above
Which of the following describes Plate Tectonics? (Ex: Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
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.
The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
None of the above
Fill in the blank: A______ ______ is a record of all the fossils ever discovered on earth. (Ex: helps paleontologists, archaeologists, and geologists)
Genetic, Equilibrium
Earth, History
Fossil, Record
None of the Above
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.)
Law of Superposition
Geologic time
None of the above
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. )
Reproduction Success
Natural Selection
None of the above
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.)
Comparative Anatomy
Taxonomy
Classification
Biochemical features
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.)
Geologic Time
Changeover Time
Reproductive Success
None of the above
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. )
Species
Kingdom
Genotype
Phenotype
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.)
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Species
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.)
Morphological features
Genetic equilibrium
I don't know
What is being described here?: pieces, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence. ( Mammoths, Dinosaurs)
Extant
Classification
Extinct
Non of the above
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.)
Courting Behavior
Natural Selection
Reproductive Success
Non of the above
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)
Genetic Equilibrium
Law Superposition
Comparative Anatomy
None of the Above
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).)
Genotype
Gene
Phenotype
Genetics
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.)
Biochemical Features
Morphological Features
Behavioral Features
Vestigial Structure
Which of the following is being Described?: Growth on temperatures, conditions, and chemicals.
Biochemical Features
Morphological Features
Behavioral
None of the above
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.)
Behavioral Features
Behavioral Adaptations
Vestigial structure
None of the above
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)
Morphological Features
Biochemical Features
Behavioral Features
Vestigial Structure
Which of the following is describing Camouflage. (Ex: A Mediterranean octopus camouflages on the seabed.)
Hiding an animal with an object so not attacked
A defense or tactic that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually to blend in with their surroundings.
Which of the following describes an Index fossil? (Ex: Ammonites and Brachiopods)
A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.
A fossil formed more toward the surface
Still in existence; surviving. Which Species an example of Being Extant?
Human
Dinosaur
Dodo Bird
Which of the following is being described?: The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics. ( Ex: species, genus,)
Taxonomy
DNA
Genotype
None of the Above
