BIODIVERSITY&STABILITY Flashcards
proposed the idea that all species descend from an ancestor
Charles Darwin
what are the evidences of Evolution
Fossil Record
Comparative Anatomy
Embryology
Molecular Evidences
vital understanding relationships among creatures
Comparative Anatomy
remnants of an creature from the primitive times
Fossil Record
provides clues to its evolutionary past
Embryology
same structure, diff function
Homologous Structure
same function, diff structure
Analogous Structure
Theory of? (changes based on their environment)
Theory of need
Theory of ? (the organs that will not be used disappear and vice versa)
Theory of use and disuse
Theory of ?(changes over lifetime pass to offspring)
Theory of Acquired behavior
3 theories by Jean Baptiste De Lamarck
Theory of need
Theory of use and disuse
Theory of Acquired behavior
Theory of Charles Darwin
Theory of natural selection (the strongest survives)
the variety of life on earth and their interactions
Biodiversity
provides visual or artistic enjoyment.
Aesthetic Value
if there are benefits produced by the organism without using them
Indirect Economic Value
considered to have direct economic values if their products are sources of food, medicine, clothing, shelter, energy
Direct economic value