Unit 1 Vocabulary

The tool that provides an enlarged image of an object for is a

eukaryote that is not an animal, plant, or fungus

Trait that differs in structure or function from that found in the ancestral line for a group 

One of the three domains of life, containing single-celled prokaryotes in the Kingdom Archea...

the larger of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms

A cell that has a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles is a...

One of the three domains of life, containing single-celled prokaryotes in the Kingdom Bacteria

The chemical process that synthesizes or break down materials wtithin an organisms is ....

All organisms and the part of the Earth where they exist...

The type of cell that does not have a nucleus is called a ...

The basic unit of life....

remnants of a organ or structure that functioned in an earlier ancestor

DNA found only in mitochondria, often used as a molecular clock

body part that is a similar in structure on different organisms but performs different function

Any individual living thing is called a...

Level within the Linnaean system of classification that is organized into a nested hierarchy

A ________ is composed of all the physical,chemical, and biological factors that organisms need

the method of organizing species by evolutionary relationships in which species are grouped ...

Science of classifying and naming organisims

Different populations collected together is a 

The process of biological change by descendants, or a change over time...

A variety of life within an area....

1st name in binomial nomenclature 2nd most specific taxon in the Linnaean classification system

An area with combined biotic and abiotic factors is a ....

Process of biological change by which descendants

evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species,resulting from adaptations to sim

Diagram that displays proposed evolutionary relationships among a group of species

time scale representing the history of earth

body part that is similar in function as a body part of another organism but is built different

One of the three domains of life, contains all eukaryotes in kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi.

Organisms that obtain its energy and nutrients by consuming other organisms

RNA that is in the ribosome and guides that translation of mRNA into a protein

A regulation and maintenance of constant internal conditions of an organism is called ...

Collection of organisms and nonliving things such as climate, soil, water, and rocks in an area

Trace of an organism from the past

The  broadest category of classifying organism

naming system in which each species is given a two-part scientific name using Latin words

infectious particle made only of a strand of either DNA or RNA, surrounded by a protein coat

Theoretical clock that uses the rate of mutation to measure evolutionary time.

An organism that obtains its energy from abiotic sources, such as sunlight is ...

members of the group of eukaryotic organisms that include unicellular microorganisms like mold

Multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that produce their own food by photosynthesis

evolution of one or more closeloy related species;resulting from adaptations to different envir

The scientific study of all forms of life is...

Evolutionary history of a group of related species