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Chapter 4 - Evolution - Evolution Flashcards

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Evolution

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Things changing overtime

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Gya/gyr

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Billion years (ago)

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What are the two types of evolution?

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~ macro - big changes

~ micro - small changes

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Natural selection

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Mechanism for evolution - adapting by picking the best

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Extinct

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Not alive today

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Extant

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Still alive today

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Tree diagram

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~ today at top, past at bottom
~ if line reaches top - extant, if not - extinct
~ branches far away from each other - distantly related
~ branches all come to one point at bottom - LUCA

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