Ch. 2 Flashcards
What two artifacts from the iceman would you compare with modern day tools?
- The grass in his boots to modern day clothing instillation
- The axe he arrived to a modern day axe
What population of an organism has changed over time, and what bad changed?
Horses have changed over time, and they have developed hooves and become bigger
What effect might the use of antibacterial soaps might have on the evolution of bacteria?
The antibacterial soap allows the bacteria to adapt and become immune to the antibacteria
Inference
A conclusion we can suspect based on evidence
Strata
Layers of rock
Cultural adaptation/ evolution
Society changing over time
Artifact
An old valuable object
Homologous structure
A similar structure
Evidence
Objects or facts used to explain theories e
Species
The population of a particular type of organism
Adaptation
A natural selection to increase an organism’s chance of survival
Bipedal
Having the ability to walk upright on two legs
Vestigial
Apparently useless structure
Describe the predator prey relationship
There have to be more prey than predator, and the predator eat the prey
Charles Darwin’s five step natural selection
- Various exist among individuals if species
- Some of these variations can be inherited
- These variations may provide a survival advantage (adaptation)
- Those who are more successful reproduce more and pass the adaption to their offspring
- Eventually the adaption is founding the species and has caused the species to change