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4.6 evidence evolution, fossils, extinction, resistant bacteria Flashcards

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  1. What is a fossil?
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Remains of organisms from millions of years ago

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  1. Where are fossils round?
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Sedimentary rocks

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  1. What evidence is provided by fossils?
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How much or how little organisms have evolved over time

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  1. Which parts of organisms do not easily decay?
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Bones, teeth and shells

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  1. What are mineral replacement fossils?
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When hard parts of an organism are replaced by minerals as they slowly decay

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  1. What is a cast or impression fossil?
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when soft material surrounding a dead and buried organism harden around it leaving a cast

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  1. What are trace fossils?
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Burrows, footprints or root traces which have become a cast or impression fossil, rather than a fossil of the organism itself

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  1. What three factors are needed for decay to occur?
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Oxygen, water and a suitable temperature

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  1. In which conditions may decay be prevented, hence preserving a dead organism?
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In amber, tar bogs, ice or peat bogs

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  1. Why can we not be 100% sure of how life on Earth began?
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No one was there to witness the event, and evidence is lacking

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  1. There are various suggestions for how life came to be on Earth. Describe one.
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Live cells were brought on comets from elsewhere. Life began in the primordial swamp or under the sea.

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  1. Why is fossilisation a rare event?
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Early life forms were soft bodied so did not form fossils as they decayed easily, and fossils are destroyed over time by geological activity

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  1. What sort of geological activity destroys fossils?
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Movement of tectonic plates

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  1. Whose theory of evolution was Natural Selection?
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Charles Darwin

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  1. The fact that resources are limited means that all organisms have to _________ for survival.
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Compete

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  1. What are the key words needed to explain Natural Selection ?
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Mutation, Variation, Advantage, Survive, Reproduce, Genes (My Very Angry Sisters Rat Growls).
e.g. A DNA mutation leads to variation n the population of an organism. The individuals with an advantage are move likely to survive, reproduce and pass on genes to offspring.

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  1. What did Darwin’s theory not explain?
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How characteristics are passed on from parents to offspring, and how new characteristics appear.

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  1. What provides evidence for evolution?
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Fossils, DNA evidence, mechanism of inheritance, bacterial resistance to antibiotics.

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  1. What is the development of new species called?
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Speciation.

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  1. What must happen to a group of organisms for them to become different species?
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Reproductively isolated so cannot interbreed.

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  1. Define the term ‘species’.
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Member of the same species can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

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  1. What might cause a species to become extinct?
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  • When the environment changes too quickly (e.f.habitat destruction).
  • killed by a new predator.
  • Out competed by a new competitor.
  • Killed by a new disease.
  • Killed by a catastrophic event (volcanic eruption, asteroid hit)
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  1. What drug is given to cure bacterial infections?
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Antibiotics.

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  1. What are random changes in the DNA called?
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Mutations.

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  1. Populations of resistant strains of bacteria increase more than non-resistant strains. Why?
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The resistant strains have an advantage over the non-resistant strains so they survive, reproduce and pass on genes more easily. This is an example of Natural Selection.

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  1. Why do Bacteria evolve more quickly than most other organisms?
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They reproduce quickly by asexual reproduction.

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  1. What name is given to bacterial infections which are resistant to many antibiotics?
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Superbugs.

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  1. Give an example of a superbug.
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MRSA

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  1. Why is antibiotic resistance in bacteria a growing problem?
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  • Over-prescribed by GP’s
  • Inappropriately prescribed when not needed (for viruses)
  • Patients do not complete the course leaving the most resistant bacterial cells to reproduce.
  • Overuse in agriculture resulting in animal diseases which can spread to humans.
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  1. Does the antibiotic cause the bacterial cells to mutate and become resistant?
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No. Antibiotics kill off the non-resistant strains more easily leaving the resistant strains which have the advantage to survive and reproduce.

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  1. Why can we not keep up with resistant bacteria?
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Production of new antibiotics is slow and costly.

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