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How well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment can be described as its

A useful classification system does NOT

The Nebular hypothesis states

The purpose of assigning each species its own scientific name is

When we created the pie chart representing the Diversity of Life on Earth, which “slice of the pie” represented the group with the largest number of species?

From center to edge the layers of the Earth are

The three domains of life are

In their experiment that modeled conditions on ancient Earth, Miller and Urey used electrical sparks to simulate

Dinosaurs were the dominant land animals during which era

Which of the following best matches the correct order of the Ages of Life, going from the formation of the Earth to the present?

During his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin observed that living organism vary along which of the following:

Anything that shows evidence of ancient life is known as a

A(n) __________ is a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring

Imagine you are outside in a garden. You look down and see a large snail crawling along. That snail belongs to which animal Phylum?

The formation of a “protobiont” would be which of the four steps necessary to create life

The first forms of life appeared on earth ____ years ago. An example would be the stromatolites.

Rock samples may have their age determined in potentially two ways. The method that examines whether the rock is found above or below another rock is called _____.

Half-life is the time required for half the atoms in a radioactive sample to

The Great Oxygenizing Event (GOE) is the result of the first photosynthesizers releasing oxygen into the atmosphere. The GOE occurred during which era

The habitable zone is defined as

The quote “I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection.” is attributed to

The Permian-Triassic extinction is noteworthy because

The Era of time that is the goes from the formation of the earth to approximately 550 million years ago is called

There are over __________ different species of organisms documented. And there are estimated to be between _______________ currently living.

Which of the following is evidence for the endosymbiotic theory?

In the biology classroom we have an African Starfish flower. When the flowers bloom they have the scent described as “rotting meat”, which attracts flies. In the wild the flies are covered with pollen is then delivered to other flowers when the flies visit them. This is an example of

The emergence of major groups, or clades, such as the dinosaurs, mammals, or flowering plants, is known as

The study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter is known as

Which of the following is NOT one of the three a possible scenarios for the origin of life on Earth that we discussed in class?

From most inclusive to most specific the order of biological hierarchy goes:.

A Ring Species, such as the gulls of the Arctic Circle, is characterized by which trait

The earth is currently considered by most biologists to be experiencing the ________ recorded mass extinction.

A rock sample is found to contain Potassium and Argon. Potassium is known to decay into Argon. An examination further shows that of these two elements, 25% of the material is Potassium and 75% of the material is Argon. How many half-lives has this rock sample passed through?

Which of the following would an animal breeder use to increase the number of cows that give the most milk

Earth’s early atmosphere contained little or no

The evolution of the amniote egg was important because

Organisms such as dolphins and sharks are distantly related but show body types that are very similar as a result of living in similar environments. This is an example of

Evolution is the result of genetic changes that ________________________.