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1
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Darwin’s sea voyage lead to

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Darwin’s theory of evolution in 1840

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2
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Wallace discovered

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similar hypothesis to Darwin in 1858

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3
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Early greek philosophers suggested that

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life might change gradually over time

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4
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Lamarck in 1800 used fossils to..

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suggest organisms evolved

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Darwin’s hypothesis

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present-day species arose from a succession of ancestors by accumulating diverse modification that fit to their specific environment

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6
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Decent with modification

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evolutionary adaptation by natural selection

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7
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Darwin’s book

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on the origin of species by means of natural selection

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8
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Darwin realized that earths surface..

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has gradually changed (earthquakes and mountain formations

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9
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Environment is the ..

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selective force in the process of evolution by natural selection

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10
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Artificial selection

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humans select individuals with desired traits over generations or selective breeding that modifies species

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Natural selection

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mechanism to explain how evolution happens in nature, in a particular environment favourable traits are selected for while unfavourable traits are selected against

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12
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Darwin recognized the connection between

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natural selection and capacity of organisms to over reproduce

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13
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Thomas Malthus

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argued that human suffering was the consequence of human populations increasing faster than essential resources

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14
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2 things darwin observed that organisms

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  • vary in many traits

- produce more offspring than the environment can support

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15
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Camouflage adaptations in insects that evolved in diff environments are examples of..

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results of natural selection

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16
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Evolution of pesticide resistance is an example of

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natural selection in action

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17
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Evolution

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change in the gene pol of a population over time

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18
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Darwin’s ideas of evolution also relied on

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the fossil record

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19
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The oldest known fossils extending back to __ _____ years ago are prokaryotes

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3.9 billion

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20
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The oldest eukaryotic fossil are about _ ____ old

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2.1 billion

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21
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We found multicellular eukaryotic life __ _____ years ago

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1.5 billion

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22
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Series of fossils show transition of ..

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existing groups to new species

23
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Gradual modification example

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legs to fins in whales

24
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Biogeography

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geographical distribution of species

25
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Organisms more closely resemble..

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other organisms that are geographical close than distant organisms

26
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Comparative anatomy

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comparison of body structures in different species

27
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Comparative anatomy illustrates that

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evolution is a remodelling process

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Homology

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similarity in characteristics that results from common ancestry

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Homologous structures

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maybe have diff function but are still structurally similar because of common ancestry

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Analogous structures

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have similar functions but differ in basic structure; arose independently

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Comparative embryology

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comparing development in early stages of life

32
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Homologous vestigial stuctures

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remnants of features that served important functions in organism’s ancestors

33
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Molecular biology

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all life uses same genetic language of DNA and RNA

34
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Genetic code is ______

35
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Molecular biology provides strong evidence that

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allele forms are related

36
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Evolutionary trees

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represent patterns of descent

37
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Homologous structures are used to determine _____ ____ in evolutionary trees

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branching sequences

38
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Evolutionary trees are hypotheses for..

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evolutionary descent

39
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Universe “blew apart from one mass __ to __ ____ years ago, eventually forming planets

40
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Earth formed from swirling cloud of dust about __ _____ years ago

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4.6 billion

41
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What cooled to form oceans

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water vapour

42
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Photosynthetic cell found in..

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stromatolite

43
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Photosynthesis is a ___ ____ likely evolved __ ___

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complex process; over time

44
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Stromatolite fossils indicate

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first life

45
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Extra terrestrial experiment that show abiotic synthesis of organic molecules is possible

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meteorites as sources of amino acids and other key organic molecules

46
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Some RNA molecules called ribozymes can carry out..

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enzyme like functions

47
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Prokaryotes lived alone on Earth for __ ____ from ___ to __ _____ years ago

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1.5; 3.5 - 2

48
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Prokaryotic photosynthesis produced

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oxygen that enriched the water and atmosphere of Earth

49
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What allowed prokaryotes to flourish

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anaerobic and aerobic cellular respiration

50
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The oldest fossils of multicellular eukaryotes are about __ _____ years old

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1.2 billion

51
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First multicellular plants and fungi began to colonize land about __ _____ yrs ago

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500 million

52
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Humans diverted from other primates about _ to _ ___ years ago

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6-7 million

53
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Our species homo sapiens originated about _______ years ago

54
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If earths history were compressed into an hour humans appeared less than __ ____ ago

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