Science Review

1
Science Review
2

• Organisms that are better adapted to their
  environment survive and reproduce more
  successfully than less well adapted organisms do
  is called?

3
Answer

• Natural Selection

4

• What do we call the process by which populations
  slowly change over time?

5
Answer

• Evolution

6

• What is adaptation?

7
Answer

• When certain genes make organisms more likely to
  survive and reproduce

8

• What do we call when cat owners breed their pets
  to produce friendlier offspring?

9
Answer

• Selective breeding

10

• What do we call it when a rabbit has 3 litters of
  5 babies in litter a year?

11
Answer

• Overproduction

12

• What evidence of natural selection is available
  today that was not available to Darwin?

13
Answer

• There is great variation among organisms

14

• What is a species?

15
Answer

• A species is a distinct group of animals or
  plants that have common characteristics and can
  breed with each other. Your pet Spot, is a member
  of the dog species.

16

• What is a hybrid?

17

• In biology a hybrid, also known as cross breed,
  is the result of mixing, through sexual
  reproduction, two animals or plants of different
  breeds

18

• What are some examples of hybrids?

19

20

• What is a disadvantage to being a hybrid?

21
Answer

• They cant mate and have offspring

22

• What features did whales possibly inherit from a
  four-legged ancestor?

23
Answer

• hip bones

24

• What is the closest relative to the lizard?

25
Answer

• Snake

26
What are these?
27
Answer

• homologous structures, because they have similar
  bones

28

• A wetland is a type of _________.

29
Answer

• SWAMP

30

• Where would a bear with a thick fur coat live?

31
ANSWER

• A Tundra

32

• What animal can be found in a wetland?

33
ANSWER

• Alligator

34

• What one word can be used to describe a desert?

35

• Answer DRY

36

• This biome has largest number of animals and
  plants?

37
ANSWER

• Tropical Rain Forest

38

• A hyena stealing food from a vulture is an
  example of ______.

39
ANSWER

• COMPETITION

40

• When does competition occur?

41
ANSWER

• When 2 or more organisms need the same resources.

42

• A threadworm lives inside of an animal. It feeds
  off of an animal. The animal becomes unhealthy.
  What is the threadworm?

43
ANSWER

• A parasite

44

• There are small fish that feed from and clean
  out the mouths of larger fish. The large fish
  have clean teeth and the small fish obtain their
  food. What type of relationship is this?

45
ANSWER Mutualistic
46

• There are small birds that nest beneath large
  bird of preys nests. The small birds are not in
  danger but they are protected from predators
  because of their closeness to the large birds.
  What kind of relationship are the two birds in?

47
ANSWER

• Commensalistic

48

• Zebras and elephants must get their water from
  the same watering hole in a certain region. What
  will happen between the two?

49
ANSWER

• They must compete for the water.

50

• Tapeworms live and feed off of the digested food
  inside an animals intestines. The animal
  becomes sick. What type of relationship is this?

51
ANSWER

• Parasitism

52

• Viruses will always have what type of
  relationship with its host?

53
ANSWER

• Parasitic

54

• Draw and label a food web.

55

• Africas ostriches, South Americas rheas,
  Australia's emus, and New Zealands moas all
  share many similar characteristics. Geological
  evidence shows that the 4 land masses were once
  connected. What statement would support
  Darwinian ideas?

56
Answer

• Organisms may have been from a common ancestor,
  but may show modifications due to the environment.

57

• What are these statements an integral part of?
• Limited resources lead to struggle where less fit
  individuals do not survive.
• Populations have varieties of traits that are
  genetically inherited.
• Some members of a population have better chances
  at surviving and reproducing than others.

58
ANSWER

• Darwins theory of evolution by natural selection

59

• Large beaks are better at opening large dry seeds
  and smaller beaks are better at picking up small
  seeds that are abundant during wet periods.
  According to natural selection, what should the
  beak size do during a drought?

60
ANSWER

• INCREASE

61
TRUE OR FALSE

• According to natural selection, individuals in a
  population evolve to become more complex, and
  thus more fit to survive.

62
Answer

• FALSE

63

• Plants in the desert need to conserve water.
  What adaptation might a desert plant have so it
  will survive?

64
Answer

• Thick leaves to store water

65

• Can the following question be answered using the
  theory of evolution?
• How has life on earth changed?

66
Answer

• YES!

67

• What do fossils of ancient organisms show?

68
Answer

• How living things have evolved since ancient
  times.

69

• Different species with similar internal
  structures and a fossil record provides evidence
  of what?

70
answer

• Evolution in organisms

71

• What are vestigial structures?

72
answer

• Structures with no function or importance to an
  organism, but were important to ancestral species.

73

• As the surrounding areas change, all organisms
  must do what to survive?

74
Answer

• Adapt

75

• How would a population of moths with wing
  patterns that look like tree bark affect the
  moths?

76
Answer

• They would probably not be eaten.

77
True or False

• According to natural selection, well-adapted
  animals will have trouble reproducing.

78
answer

• False

79

• What does a fossil record show?

80
answer

• Common ancestry and changes over time

81

• A change in a populations traits and extinction
  can be a possible result of ______ _____.

82
answer

• Natural selection

83

• A certain banana tree cannot make seeds to
  reproduce. What type of genetic engineering
  would be best to make more banana trees?

84
answer

• Vegetative propagation

85

• What type of genetic engineering allows
  genetically identical offspring from a single
  cell?

86
Answer

• cloning

87

• How do protists move?

88
answer

• Using flagella or cilia.

89

• How do Mitochondria get usable energy?

90
answer

• They break down nutrients

91

• What is the function of a vacuole?

92
answer

• Store food, water, and wastes

93

• Organs form body systems and body systems form
  ______.

94
answer

• organisms

95

• What is a tissue?

96
answer

• A group of similar cells that have the same role
  in an organism.

97

• The heart is an ______.

98
answer

• organ

99

• What is an example of a covering tissue?

100
answer

• skin

101

• The smallest unit of life is a ____.

102
answer

• cell

103

• Muscles contract and pull the bone to make
  ______.

104
answer

• Movement

105

• In what kingdom do organisms produce their own
  food from the sun?

106
answer

• Plant

107

• Which kingdoms have a true nucleus?

108
answer

• Protista, Plant, Animal, and Fungi

109

• What is the sixth kingdom that is recognized by
  scientists?

110
answer

• Eubacteria

111

• In what kingdoms
• do unicellular organisms not have nuclei?

112
answer

• Archaebacteria
• Eubacteria

113

• Many frogs live in the river. If factories move
  near the river and pollute it, what might happen
  to the frogs?

114
answer

• Might become extinct