chapter 6 Darwin

Question 1

darwin

Answer 1

noticed many animals have traits that seem useful or functional
natural selection
survival of the fittest
descent of man

Question 2

natural selection

Answer 2

adption of species to its environment

Question 3

Uniformitarianism

Answer 3

earth was formed over very slow process

Question 4

catastrophism

Answer 4

earth shaped by floods & other influencey (most likely related to god)

Question 5

What is the mechanism of evolution by natural selection?

Answer 5

Variation
Heredity (characteristics are being passed onto offsprings)
Competition (differential reproduction, more food = more babies)
Natural selection for advantageous characteristics

Question 6

survival of the fittest

Answer 6

mechanism by which nature selected species who adapted best to their environment
determined by natural causes
for Darwin: sexual selection

Question 7

sexual selection

Answer 7

preference of partners, determines genetic code of offspring

Question 8

descent of man

Answer 8

argued that humans & apes share same ancestor

Question 9

complementarity hypothesis

Answer 9

males and female complete each other

Question 10

variation hypothesis

Answer 10

nature experimented more ith males that is why there is more variation among male species

Question 11

darwin on emotions

Answer 11

argued emotions were adaptive in their expression
function of emotion: survival & repdroduction
emotions reactions on situations or thoughts & form basis for action that will be taken after internalization of this feeling

Question 12

anthitesis

Answer 12

opposite of certain kind of expression

Question 13

social darwinism

Answer 13

Spencer

all government regulations should be dropped

Question 14

spencer

Answer 14

promoted idea of suvivival of the fittest, stated that certain people will survive
influence to integrate evolutionary thinking in scientific field