Darwin and lamarck - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Evolution - Development of life on earth - Theory of evolution by natural selection - conflicts with theory of special creation - Theory of Special Creation -proposed that species are independent and unrelated -life on earth is only 6000 years old and species do not change because life is created by supernatural being 2 types of Evolutionary Thoughts Pattern component: it summarizes the facts observed in natural world Process component: proposes a mechanism explaining the observed patt...

Aristotle, a philosopher - Answer-Pre-300 BCE -described species as fixed -Scale of nature: arranges species in order of lowest to highest complexity -linear hierarchy Hutton, a geologist - Answer-1795 -proposed gradualism -change is a slow but continuous process Thomas Robert Malthus, an economist - Answer-1798 -published "Essay on the Principle of Population'" -Human population growth is limited by resources; At some point we will reach carrying capacity, -can't grow exponentiall...

Biology 112 Questions and Answers Rated A+ Evolution - Development of life on earth - Theory of evolution by natural selection - conflicts with theory of special creation - Theory of Special Creation -proposed that species are independent and unrelated -life on earth is only 6000 years old and species do not change because life is created by supernatural being 2 types of Evolutionary Thoughts Pattern component: it summarizes the facts observed in natural world Process comp...

how many species live in planet Earth? - ANSWER-unknown-roughly 3 to 5 million why is life so incredibly diverse, yet so strangely similar? - ANSWER-organisms can contain similar features. planes have wings, birds have wings-this feature is useful for different things (different for penguins, pelicans, bats, eagles) true or false: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near future? - ANSWER- true or false: scientists believe in evolution even though they currently lack eviden...

Anthropology Final Exam Review Questions with Complete Solutions Biological (Physical) anthropologists study... - Correct Answer All choices are correct - genetics of ancient human pop's - fossil record for human evolution - behavior of monkeys and apes - genetics of living human pop's Darwin was unable to account for... - Correct Answer the origin of variation Darwin was not the only person to develop the idea of natural selection. Who was the other person? - Correct Answer Alfred ...

Aristotle, a philosopher - Answer-Pre-300 BCE -described species as fixed -Scale of nature: arranges species in order of lowest to highest complexity -linear hierarchy Hutton, a geologist - Answer-1795 -proposed gradualism -change is a slow but continuous process Thomas Robert Malthus, an economist - Answer-1798 -published "Essay on the Principle of Population'" -Human population growth is limited by resources; At some point we will reach carrying capacity, -can't grow exponentiall...

Bio 101 Final WVU- Evolution Questions and Answers Already Graded A Darwin's dangerous idea evolution by natural selection Why is evolution important? If animals could not evolve we would not be able to survive any better or grow as a species. Explain the changes that occurred in the tree populations and animal populations over time? As time passes, the population adapts and changes to better fit the evolving around them What is evolution? Result of inherited adaptations that e...

Aristotle - Scala naturae Linnaeus - Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Fossils, strata Cuvier - Strata, extinction, Opposed evolution, catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Gradualism, continuous geological growth, earth is OLD Lamarck - Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reproduction

Biogeography Analogous structures - Structures that look the same, but not because they shared a common ancestor homologous structures - Structures that look the same because they did share a common ancestor James Hutton - Geologist that believed in deep time (meaning the earth is super old). Charles Lyell - Believed earth of 4.6 billion years old Got idea from James Hutton Carl Linnaeus - Created binomial nomenclature Alfred Wallace - English contemporary to Darwin Published his resea...

Linnaeus - Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Fossils, strata Cuvier - catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Gradualism, earth is OLD Lamarck - Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reproduction Descent with Modification - Common ancestor (unity in life) aka evolution