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1
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who published the Origin of Species

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Charles darwin

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what did the origin of species focus on

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attention to the great diversity of
organisms

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what did darwin note about current species

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they are descendants of ancestral species

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what did darwin use to define evolution

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descendant with modification

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what is the evolution of both of

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a pattern and a process

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what happened when the origin of species was published

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started a scientific revolution

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how did greek philosopher aristotle view species and how did he arrange them

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as fixed (unchanging) 
 arranged them on a scala naturae
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what is scala naturae

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scale that increases with complexity

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who was farolus linnaeus

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  • founder of taxonomy
  • developed binomial formal
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what is taxonomy

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the branch of biology concerned with classifying organisms

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what does descent with modification mean

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evolution is the process by which species accumulate differences from their ancestors as they adapt to their different environment

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what is the pattern of evolution

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revealed by scientific data showing that life has evolved over time

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what is the process of evolution

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consists of mechanims that cause pattern of change

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how did studing fossils help darwin

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helped lay the groundwork for darwins ideas

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what are fossils

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remains or tracs of organisms from the past

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where are fossils usually found

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sedimentary rock

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what is paleontology

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the study of fossils

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what did geologists James Hutton and Charles Lyell say about the Earth

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perceived that
changes in Earth’s
the surface can result from
slow, continuous actions

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what was Lamarck’s hypothesis of evolution

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species
evolve through use and disuse of body
parts and the inheritance of acquired
characteristics

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what is use and disuse

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body parts used extensively become larger and stronger and unused parts deteriorate

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what is the inheritance of acquired characteristics

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modifications acquired in one’s lifetime can be passed to offspring

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what was wrong with lamark’s hypothesis

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it was not supported by evidence

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where did darwin travel and what did he do

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  • south america
  • collected species of south American plants and aniamls
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what did darwin observe while in the galapagos

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fossils resembled libing species from the same speciess

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what did darwin hypothesize in south america

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species from south america had colonized the galapagos and speciated on the islands

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what are adaptations

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inherited characteristics that enhance an organism’s survival and
reproduction in specific environments

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what did darwin say about new species and adaptations

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that new species arise from ancestral forms through the gradual accumulation of adaptations

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in 1844 what did darwin write an essay on

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natural selection as the mechanism of descent with modificationq

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what is natural selection

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process in
which individuals with certain inherited
traits tend to survive and reproduce at
higher rates because of those traits

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what are the 3 observations in descent with modification?

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  • unity of life
  • diversity of life
  • ways organisms are suited to life in their environments
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what did darwin say about organisms that live in different habitats

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they gradually accumulated diverse modifications to fit them in specific ways of life

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what does a fork mean in the branch/ tree diagram

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the most recent common ancestor

33
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what explains the large morphological gaps between related groups

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branching and extinction events

34
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how do humans modify species

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artificial selection, breeding only

35
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what organisms have little resemblance to their wild ancestors

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crops, livestock animals, pets

36
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what are the 2 observations that Charles darwin observed

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  • Members of a population
    often vary in their
    inherited traits
  • All species can produce
    more offspring than the environment can
    support, and many of these offspring fail to
    survive and reproduce
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what is the inference of the observation: Members of a population often vary in their inherited traits

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Individuals whose inherited traits gave them a higher probability of
surviving and reproducing in a given environment tend to leave more offspring
than other individua

38
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what is the inference of the second observation: All species can produce more offspring than the environment can
support, and many of these offspring fail to survive and reproduce

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The unequal ability of individuals to survive and reproduce will lead to the
accumulation of favorable traits in the population over generations

39
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how many offpsring complete development and reproduce and what happens to the rest

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only a fraction of offpsring
the rest are starved, eaten, unmated, diseased or intolerant of physical conditions

40
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what are advantageous traits

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: Favorable inherited traits that promote survival and reproduction

41
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what do advantageous traits do

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  • increase the number of offspring that survive and reproduce
    which means they appear at a higher frequency in the next generation
  • increase the frequency of the populations with favorable conditions
42
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what can increase the proportion of favorable traits in the population

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natural selection by predators, lack of food, adverse conditions

43
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what does natural selection increase

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the frequency of adaptations that are favorable in an environment

44
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what is the main rule of evolution

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  • indiviudals do not evolve; populations evolve over time
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what happens to natural selection when the environment changes

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natural selection drives adaptations to new conditions and give rise to new species

46
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how can natural selection control traits

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can only increase or decrease heritable traits that are variable in a
population

47
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how do favorable traits vary

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they vary within the environment

48
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what data documents the pattern of evolution

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– Direct observations
– Homology
– The fossil record
– Biogeography

49
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what is Staphylococcus aureus

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a bacterium that is commonly found on and occurs on the skin or nasal passages of people

50
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what is methicillian-resistant S. Aureus

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one strained dangerous pathogen that can cause fatal infections

51
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what are the characteristics of the methicillin

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-works by inhibiting an enzyme used by bacteria to produce cell walls

52
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what does the MRSA bacteria use

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a different enzyme in the cell wall that is not affected by methicillin

53
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what happens when MRSA strains are exposed to methicillin

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MRSA strains are more likely to survive and reproduce than nonresistant S. Aureus strains

54
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what has happened to antiobotic resistance over the decades

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antibiotic resistance has spread faster than new antibiotics have been discovered

55
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what does natural selection not create

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new traits but edits or selects traits already present in the population

56
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how fast is evolution by natural selection

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fast in species with short generation times

57
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what determines how the straits will be selected or not selected

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the local environment

58
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what is homology

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similarity resulting from a common ancestor

59
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what are homologous structures

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anatomical resemblances that represent variations on a structural
theme present in a common ancestor

60
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what is comparative embryology

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reveals anatomical homologies not visible in adult organisms

61
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what do all vertebrate embryos have

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a post-anal tail and pharyngeal arches

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63
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what do the pharyngeal arches develop into

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structures with very different functions in adults from different vertebrate groups

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what are molecular homologies

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genes shared among organisms inherited from a common ancestor

65
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what are evolutionary trees

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diagrams that reflect hypotheses about the relationships among the different groups

66
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what is relatedness is determined by what

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the recent common ancestor, not the proximity of the groups of the tree

67
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what can well supported be used to make

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predictions about organisms

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what is convergent evolution

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evolution of similar or analogous features in distantly related groups

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what does convergent evolution not show

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information about ancestry

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when do analogous traits arise

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when groups independently adapt to similar envionments in similar ways

71
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what does the fossil record provide evidence of

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the extinction of species, the origin of new groups, and changes within group over time

72
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what can fossil document

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important transitins such as the transition from land to sea in the ancestors of cetaceans

73
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how do fossils provide evidence of cetaceans?

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living cetaceans and their close relatives, are more different from each other today than were early cetaceans and even toed ungulates

74
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what are the close relatives of cetaceans

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75
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what is biogeography

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the scientific study of the geographic distribution of species and provides evidence of evolution

76
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what influences species distributions

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the continental drift

77
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what is the continental drift

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the gradual movement of earth’s landmasses

78
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why is it important to understand the continent movement and the modern distribution of species

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allows us to predict when and where different groups evolved

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