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The three domains in Carl Woese's classification system
Bacteria, archaea, eukaryota (plant and animal cells)
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What is the binomial name for humans?
Homosapeins
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3 reasons why the fossil record is incomplete
1. More fossils to be found/2. They are a hard and expensive to find/3. The conditions were not right for fossilisation
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Why can bacteria evolve rapidly?
They reproduce every 20 minutes
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What can help reduce the number of antibiotic resistant bacteria?
Vaccinate people, stop giving out antibiotics so often, complete the course of antibiotics given by doctor
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Define extinction
The elimination of all members of a species, that is a permanent lose; there have been 5 mass extinctions over geological time.
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What factors can cause the extinction of a species?
Competition/habitat destroyed/predators/new diseases/extinction of prey/change in environment.
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Why did nobody accept Darwin's theory of evolution to start with?
People were very religious at the time/no way to explain it at the time/no evidence
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How do we classify living things? (King Philip Comes Over For Good Sex)
Kingdom/Phylum/Class/Order/Family/Genus/Species
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What is a fossil?
The remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago
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How might fossils be formed?
Amber/Pressure/Artificial
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