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Evolution/Ecology Unit Review - Study Guide
Study the vocabulary words, especially:
adaptation, bipedal, differentiation, ecology, eukaryote, evolution, homeostasis, hominid,
homologous structures, natural selection, prokaryote, predation, protists, strata
vestigial structures
Hereditary characteristic some organisms in a population that improves
adaptation
artifact
bipedal
competition
differentiation
ecology
eukaryote
evidence
evolution
fungi
homeostasis
hominid
homologous
structures
natural selection
prokaryote
predation
protists
strata
vestigial structures
their chance of survival and reproduction in their environment
compared with the chances of other organisms in the population
Material remains, such as pieces of pottery, tools, and textiles, that are
cultural evidence
Capable of walking erect on the hind limbs freeing the hands for other
uses
Interaction between members of the same population or of two or more
populations to obtain mutually required resources in limited supply
Specialization, as when developing cells become ordered into certain
tissues and organs.
The study of living and non living components of the environment and
of the interactions that affect biological species.
An organism whose cells have membrane-enclosed nucleus and
organelles: a protest, fungus, plant or animal
Information or facts that can be directly obtained through observation or
other empirical means, does not rely on inference or guessing.
A cumulative change in the characteristics of organisms populations
from generation to generation
Members of the kingdom Fungi including yeast, molds, smuts,
mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants. Fungi lack
chlorophyll and feed on organic matter
A fundamental characteristic of living systems; maintaining a stable
number of individuals within a population(social); the tendency of an
organism to maintain a stable, constant internal environment
A primate of the family Hominidae, which includes modern humans
(homo sapiens) as well as extinct species of manlike creatures, and
australopithecines
Anatomically having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily
the same function; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are
homologous"
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to
the environment: the cornerstone to Darwin’s theory of Evolution
organism having cells lacking membrane-bound organelles such as
nuclei, mitochondria, and chloroplasts (bacteria are the prime example
but also included are blue-green algae. actinomycetes and mycoplasma)
a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting)
feeds on its prey, the organism that is attacked
Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms of the kingdom Protista;
including protozoans, slime molds and some algae
Layers of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics that
distinguishes them from contiguous layers
Describes homologous characters of organisms that have seemingly lost
all or most of their original function in a species through evolution, like
the human tail bone.
Evolution/Ecology Unit Review - Study Guide
Key Concepts:
Testing a hypothesis
Radioactive Isotope Dating (Uranmium/Potassium) / Carbon 14 dating of fossil-bearing rocks
What are scientists who study fossil remains and identify extinct organism are called?
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how humans have changed (biologically) over time. “
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how humans have changed (biologically) over time.
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how animals grow and develop from fertilization to adult .
Plate tectonics
Inferring from fossilized organisms
Rock layers (strata) and fossils
Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace
Sequence of major biologic/geologic events on Earth.
Name levels of our classification system: Come up with a neumonic
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
The naming convention: Brassica oleracea.
Which animal is structurally most like humans?
Most important characteristic used to classify organisms is:
Natural Selection and how it works:
“Lucy
Opposable thumb?
Brain basics: corpus calossum, plasticity
Evolution of whales
What are the 6 Unifying Principles of Biology
What are the 5 kingdoms?
Prokaryote, Protista Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Human child-hood
The fossil record
Drug reisistance among bacteria as evolution
Geologic time
Modern dating technology (NOT Match.com!)
Classifying living organisms (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, etc.) why and how?
Burgess Shale
Evolution of whales
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Systems analysis
PH levels (what does high pH level mean?)
Lake microorganism
Midway Atoll
The Industrial Food Complex: how energy intensive food can be.
Ways we as individuals might help limit the unintended consequences of our consumerism.