1. Origin of the Universe – _________ ________ theory

BigBang

2. Origin of Life on Earth – a.Theory of _______________ generation of

macromolecules from __________ molecules because conditions on the early Earth were very different from present conditions

b.___________ atmosphere instead of an ___________ one (no free atmospheric oxygen)

c.Many small molecules dissolved in “__________ soup”

d.Lots of ________ activity and electrical storms to provide ___________

e._____________ experiment modeled early Earth conditions and produced macromolecules

f. Production of coacervates and microspheres with cell-like structures

spontaneous inorgani

c

Reducingoxidizing

organic

volcanic energ

yMiller-Urey

3. Theory of Evolution through _____________ of acquired traits – ____________

• Giraffes have ________ _______ because their ancestors had to stretch to reach high leaves

• Ducks have ___________ feet because their ancestors stretched their toes

• Traits acquired during an organism’s lifetime were passed to their ___________

• This theory has been proved to be wrong!

inheritanceLamarck

webbed

long necks

offspring

4. Theory of Evolution through Natural Selection - __________a. Evidence that species change over _______

• ______ evidence• genetic evidence in _________, amino acid

sequence comparisonsb. Details of Darwin’s theory of natural selection

• More offspring are ___________ than can _________—there is a struggle for survival

• Offspring are ____________ different• Those offspring with traits that give them an

advantage for __________ are more likely to survive long enough to reproduce and pass on their traits

• Over time, the “advantageous” ________ will become more common in the gene pool

• Changes in the _____________ cause changes in which genes are selected for or against

Darwintime

fossil DNA

producedsurviv

e geneticallysurvival

genes

environment

c. ___________________ is evolution on a large scale over long time periods and involves the appearance of a new species

d. ________________ is evolution on a small scale over a short time period and shows a change on the frequency of a gene within a population

e. _____________________ is the most common evolutionary pattern. It is when two related species become less alike over time.

f. _____________ evolution is when two unrelated species independently develop a characteristic that appears to be the same, such as the eye of a human and the eye of an octopus.

Macro-evolution

Micro-evolution

Adaptive radiation

Convergent

The current system of two-word names was developed by Linnaeus and is called _________ nomenclature.

a. Every species has a ____ word scientific name in _______.

b. The scientific name is composed of the organism’s ________ first and then the _______.

c. The scientific name of an organism is either ____________ or written in _______. The genus is always ____________ and the species is ________ capitalized.

binomial

twoLatin

genus

species

underlined

italicscapitalizedneve

r

2.The most current classification system uses six kingdoms: ______________, ____________,

__________, _______, _____________, and _________

3. Organisms are grouped from __________, _________, _______, ________, _________,

_________, and _________, getting more and more similar. (King Phillip Came Over For Grape Slushies)

Archaebacteria

EubacteriaProtista Fung

iPlantae

Animalia

kingdomphylu

mclass

order familygenus specie

s

4.Organisms in the same ________ are so closely related that they can produce ________ offspring.

5. **Be able to use a dichotomous key to

classify organisms.

species

fertile