Vocabulary List

Question 0

species that can live on land and in water

Answer 0

amphibians

Question 1

to change or adapt to the environment

Answer 1

adaptation

Question 2

the theory that 15 billion years ago all material in the universe was condensed into a small place and then exploded

Answer 2

Big Bang theory

Question 3

an organelle in plants that perform photosynthesis

Answer 3

chloroplasts

Question 4

the comparative study of the anatomy of different species

Answer 4

comparative anatomy

Question 5

deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that contains hereditary material in the nucleus of the cell

Answer 5

DNA

Question 6

an organism in the earliest stages of development in the uterus

Answer 6

embryo

Question 7

cells containing their genetic material inside a nucleus. all multicellular organisms are made up of eukaryotic cells

Answer 7

eukaryotic cell

Question 8

the elimination of a species

Answer 8

extinction

Question 9

hardened remains of plant or animal life

Answer 9

fossils

Question 10

hereditary information held in the DNA of cells

Answer 10

genes

Question 11

the process of small incremental genetic changes in a species

Answer 11

genetic drift

Question 12

the study of heredity

Answer 12

genetics

Question 13

the first human like characters that appeared about five million years ago

Answer 13

hominids

Question 14

the human species

Answer 14

Homo sapiens

Question 15

from 210 to 130 million years ago

Answer 15

Jurassic period

Question 16

a group of vertebrate animals whose young are sucked with milk from the mother

Answer 16

mammals

Question 17

the process of sexual reproduction

Answer 17

meiosis

Question 18

from 250 to 65 million years ago

Answer 18

Mesozoic era

Question 19

an organelle in the eukaryotic cells of animals whose primary function is to convert glucose into ATP that can be used as energy

Answer 19

mitochondria

Question 20

particles made up of two or more atoms

Answer 20

molecules

Question 21

errors in the genetic replication of cells

Answer 21

mutations

Question 22

theory proposed by Charles Darwin that species changed as the result of adaptation to their environment

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natural selection

Question 23

two hundred million years ago, all of the continents were formed together in in one super continent

Answer 23

Pangea continent

Question 24

a process carried out by green plants in which carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight are converted into ATP and glucose and releasing oxygen as a by product

Answer 24

photosynthesis

Question 25

group of animals including humans, apes, and monkeys

Answer 25

primates

Question 26

single celled organisms such as bacteria

Answer 26

prokaryotic cells

Question 27

one of the most fundamental building substances of living organisms

Answer 27

protein

Question 28

a group of animals that are cold blooded vertebrates

Answer 28

reptiles

Question 29

a distinct plant or animal that can only have offspring with other in the same species

Answer 29

species

Question 30

the theory that all life evolved from earlier forms of life by adapting to their environment

Answer 30

theory of evolution