Science Fact Finder

Terms And Classification

1. What is the origin of the field of biology? [answer]
2. How are animals and plants classified into groups and who began trie practice? [answer]
3. What are the five kingdoms presently used to categorize living things? [answer]
4. How many different organisms have been identified by biologists? [answer]

Evolution

1. Which biological events occurred during the geologic time divisions? [answer]
2. What is radiocarbondating? [answer]
3. What is the significance of On the Origin of Species? [answer]
4. How did humans evolve? [answer]
5. When was the Scopes (monkey) trial? [answer]
6. What is Batesian mimicry? [answer]
7. What is a biological clock? [answer]

Genetics

1. Who is generally known as the founder of genetics? [answer]
2. What is the difference between DNA and RNA? [answer]
3. What are the stages in the type of cell division called mitosis? [answer]
4. What is genetic engineering? [answer]
5. What organism has the largest number of chromosomes? [answer]
6. Can human beings be cloned? [answer]
7. Do all cells have a nucleus? [answer]
8. What is DNA fingerprinting? [answer]
9. How much DNA is in a typical human cell? [answer]

Bacteria, Viruses, And Fungi

1. Who were the founders of modern bacteriology? [answer]
2. Are there stone-eating bacteria? [answer]
3. What is a virus and how does a vaccination work? [answer]
4. What is the scientific study of fungi called? [answer]
5. What is a lichen? [answer]