What is a membrane-covered structure that contains all the materials necessary for life? (All living things are made of them)
Cell
How many cells are unicellular organisms made of?
One
What is the change that affects the activity of an organism called?
Stimulus
What is the maintenance of a stable internal environment called?
Homeostasis
When organisms reproduce, what do they pass copies of?
DNA
Which type of reproduction happens when a single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent?
Asexual
Which method of asexual reproduction do unicellular organisms split into two parts?
Budding
Which type of asexual reproduction does an organism grow on the parent organism until its ready to separate?
Binary fission
What do plants convert energy from the sun into?
Food
What organism breaks down decaying material to gain energy?
Decomposers
List 4 things that almost all organisms need in order to survive?
Food,water,air, and shelter
What do plants use in the air to make food?
Carbon dioxide
What are organisms called when they make their own food?
Producers
What are organisms called when they eat other organisms to get food?
Consumers
Who was the naturalist that was born in England in 1809, graduated from college at age 22 with a degree in theology and took a trip on a ship named the HMS Beagle?
Charles Darwin
What islands did Charles Darwin make some of his most important observations on?
Galapagos
What kind of bird did Charles Darwin collect from the Galapagos Islands?
Finch
What is the practice by which humans select plants or animals for breeding based on desired traits?
Artificial selection
What scientist thought that organisms could acquire and pass on traits they needed to survive?
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Who hypothesized that small changes in Earth's surface have occurred over hundreds of millions of years?
Charles Lyell
What economist wrote an essay about population that helped Charles Darwin to understand how environment could influence which organisms survive and which organisms die?
Thomas Malthus
What is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do?
Natural Selection
There are four mains parts of Natural Selection. What part is when a plant or animal reproduces and makes more offspring than the environment can support?
Overproduction
What is a change in genetic material?
Mutation
What occurs when all members of a species have died?
Extinction
Where are three places that show evidence that organisms have changed over time?
Amber,Ice, nd sedimentary rocks
What kind of rock forms when particles of sand or soil are deposited in horizontal layers?
Sedimentary
As layers of sedimentary rock form, newer layers form on top of them. Where are the oldest layers of sedimentary rock found?
Below Younger rocks
What forms when small creatures are trapped in tree sap and then hardens?
Amber
What are the remains or imprints of once-living organisms called?
Fossils
What two hard body parts of an organism form casts?
Shells and Bones
What do all the fossils that have been discovered make up?
Fossil Record