4th Quarter Vocabulary
Week 1: March 17 (1- 11)
Types of Fossils (make a short list)
Relative Dating
Law of Superposition
Radiometric Dating
Geologic Time Scale
Cambrian Explosion
K-T Boundary
Plate Tectonics
Spontaneous Generation
Theory of Biogenesis
Endosymbiont Theory
Week 2: March 24 (12 - 22)
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Evolution
Derived Trait
Homologous Structure
Vestigial Structure
Analogous Structure
Embryo
Biogeography
Fitness
Mimicry
Week 3: March 31 (23 - 35)
Hardy Weinberg Principle
Genetic Drift
Founder Effect
Bottleneck Effect
Stabilizing Selection
Directional Selection
Disruptive Selection
Sexual Selection
Allopatric Speciation
Sympatric Speculation
Adaptive Radiation
Gradualism
Punctuated Equilibrium
Week 4: April 7 (36-47)
Classification (Know the 7 levels in order)
Taxonomy
Binomial Nomenclature
Taxon
Domain
Phylogeny
Character
Molecular Clock
Cladistics
Archea
Protists
Fungus
Week 5: Animal Behavior Vocabulary and Examples (Listen carefully to the presentations)
Innate Behavior
Fixed Action Pattern
Habituation
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Imprinting
Cognitive Behavior
Territorial
Agonistic
Dominance Hierarchies
Foraging
Communication: (Visual and Chemical)
Communication: (Sound and Language)
Courtship
Migration
Circadian Rhythms
Nurturing
Cooperative Behaviors
Types of Fossils (make a short list)
Relative Dating
Law of Superposition
Radiometric Dating
Geologic Time Scale
Cambrian Explosion
K-T Boundary
Plate Tectonics
Spontaneous Generation
Theory of Biogenesis
Endosymbiont Theory
Week 2: March 24 (12 - 22)
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Evolution
Derived Trait
Homologous Structure
Vestigial Structure
Analogous Structure
Embryo
Biogeography
Fitness
Mimicry
Week 3: March 31 (23 - 35)
Hardy Weinberg Principle
Genetic Drift
Founder Effect
Bottleneck Effect
Stabilizing Selection
Directional Selection
Disruptive Selection
Sexual Selection
Allopatric Speciation
Sympatric Speculation
Adaptive Radiation
Gradualism
Punctuated Equilibrium
Week 4: April 7 (36-47)
Classification (Know the 7 levels in order)
Taxonomy
Binomial Nomenclature
Taxon
Domain
Phylogeny
Character
Molecular Clock
Cladistics
Archea
Protists
Fungus
Week 5: Animal Behavior Vocabulary and Examples (Listen carefully to the presentations)
Innate Behavior
Fixed Action Pattern
Habituation
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Imprinting
Cognitive Behavior
Territorial
Agonistic
Dominance Hierarchies
Foraging
Communication: (Visual and Chemical)
Communication: (Sound and Language)
Courtship
Migration
Circadian Rhythms
Nurturing
Cooperative Behaviors