13.1 Darwin's Theory of Evolution Flashcards

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How many people/ideas influenced Charles Darwin

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5

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What were the 5 people/ideas that influenced Charles Darwin?

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1) James Hutton
2) Charles Lyell
3) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
4) Thomas Malthus
5) Artificial Selection

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How did James Hutton influence Charles Darwin?

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he came up with the idea of deep time

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Deep Time

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the Earth is more than thousands of years old because there is no way that oceans, lands, etc. only developed in thousands of years

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During the time of Charles Darwin when did people believe that the Earth was made?

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thousands of years ago

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During the time of Charles Darwin why did people believe that the Earth was made thousands of years ago

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it was the idea of the church/religion and anyone who disagreed would be punished severely as a heretic

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How did Charles Lyell influence Darwin

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he came up with the idea of Uniformitairianism

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Uniformitairianism

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the idea that you need to use the science of the present to explain the science of the past (scientific changes of the Earth)

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How did Jean-Baptiste Lamarck influence Darwin

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he came up with the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics

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Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

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acquired characteristics are passed from generation to generation

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Was Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s idea fully correct

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no

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What did Jean-Baptiste Lamarck get correct in his idea of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

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traits are passed on (genetic; from gametes)

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What was Jean-Baptiste Lamarck mocked about in his idea of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

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Organisms CANNOT evolve
things that you do to your body such as getting tattoos, earrings will not be passed on

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How did Thomas Malthus influence Darwin

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came up with the idea of keeping human population in check and that there are non human factors that keep population in check such as sickness war and famine

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Artificial Selection is aka

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Selective Breeding

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Artificial Selection

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Man selecting organisms with specific traits to produce wanted offspring.

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How does aritificial selection affect evolution

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because shows how humans can directly influence evolution how they want

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Charles Darwin

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joins naturalist in 5yr voyage around South America, stops (only significant one) at Galapagos Islands

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What ship was Charles Darwin’s voyage on

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the Beagle

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What did Darwin create

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the Theory of Evolution, eventually published a paper bc of fear a different scientist would publish it first, and the book the origin of species

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Why was Darwin initially hesitant about publishing his paper on the theory of evolution

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bc the church would see him as a heretic

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What animals did darwin talk about

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big friendly turtles
weird birds with blue feet called finches

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Theory

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a widely accepted explanatory idea that is broader in scope than a hypothesis generates new hypotheses and is supported by a large body of evidence

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Evolution by Natural Selection is supported by how many ideas

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3

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What are the 3 ideas that support Natural Selection

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1) Struggle for existence
2) Variation and Adaption
3)Survival of the Fittest

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Struggle for Existence

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idea that there are only too many resources for organisms so only some will be able to reproduce

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Variation and adaption

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organisms that are better adapted to their environment will be able to reproduce

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Survival of the Fittest

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organisms that reproduce more are fit q

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Variation

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why not every organism is adapted the same

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Variation is critical to

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a species surviving

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Population

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group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific location

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Evolve

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beneficial changes to reproduction slowly leaving/coming into a population

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________ do not evolve ______ do

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individuals; populations

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How many patterns of biodiversity are there

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3

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What are the 3 patterns of biodiversity

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1) Species vary globally
2) Species vary locally
3) Species vary over time

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Species vary globally

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there are differeny species in differeny places around the world

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Species vary locally

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there are different species in different parts of the same continent, country, etc.

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Species vary over time

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there are different species in different points in time

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Natural Selection

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the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change