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
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