What is the history of the evolution of a species or group?

A squid and an octopus are both cephalopods with eight arms, but how is a squid different from an octopus?

Embryos grow into the shape of a complete organism via the differentiation of cells, tissues, and organs. What is this process called?

Which American biologist and geneticist deduced that the sex of an individual is determined by a particular chromosome?

What is another name for the so-called sea wasp, which can be extremely dangerous to humans?

The name of which life-form is derived from the Latin word for “mushroom” but also applies to yeast and mold?

What are produced in response to foreign substances called antigens?

A voyage on which ship inspired Darwin to write On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859)?

What is a sea cucumber?

What special ability sets geckos apart from other lizards?

Chlorella algae has been studied as a food source because it is rich in which nutrients?

Which lizard jumps into water to escape predators?

What is the largest geographic biotic unit?

Which continent are the only two species of venomous lizards found on?

What substance acts as a catalyst for biological reactions in living organisms?

Who proved that contamination with microorganisms, rather than mere exposure to air, is responsible for food spoilage and disease?

In which biological laboratory technique are fragments of tissue from an animal or plant transferred to an artificial environment where they can continue to survive and function?

Which group of organisms shares certain morphological and physiological characteristics with animals, plants, or both?

What term is given to the emission of light by living organisms such as a fireflies or bacteria?

What is a cowrie?

How many pairs of chromosomes are found in the human body?

Some flagellates are animal-like and some are plantlike, but all belong to which group of organisms?

What is the maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment known as?

People get sick from eating salmonella, but what is it?

What are the building blocks of proteins?

A scientist comparing the shape of a whale’s flippers to a fish’s fins is engaged in the same specialized branch of biology as the scientist comparing the wings of birds to the wings of bats. What is the name of this biological specialty?

Plankton is the name given to all the organisms in water that exist in a drifting, floating state. What type of plankton is the primary food source, either directly or indirectly, of all sea organisms?

Which of these amino acids, first isolated from gelatin, is the simplest?

Which American biologist popularized sociobiology, the study of the genetic basis of the social behaviour of all animals, including humans?

What is the name of the dormant state in which an animal’s body temperature decreases and heartbeat and breathing rate slow down?

Which of these crabs is largest?

Which do not reproduce via parthenogenesis (reproduction without fertilization)?

What is another name for harvestmen, a group of arachnids that look like spiders but are not?

Which animal is a carnivorous scavenger?

What is a state of lowered body temperature and depressed metabolic activity that hummingbirds and some insects, reptiles, and mammals enter?

Which vitamin is water-soluble as opposed to fat-soluble?