Charles Darwin Evolution

Question 0

Believed no evolution takes place. Everything stays the same. Species based off of gods creation

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Aristotle

Question 1

The great anti hero of evolution. God created all life forms

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Plato

Question 2

The founder of taxonomy (began to study evolution but religious beliefs got in the way)

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Carolus lingeus

Question 3

Proposed catastrophism

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Georges Cuvier

Question 4

What is catastrophism?

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Natural disaster takes out 99% of species and the ones that are left repopulate (dinosaurs)

Question 5

Proposed that: Change in earths surface result from slow continuos actions

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James Hutton and Charles Irell

Question 6

Said that the giraffes get longer necks from stretching them. Their long stretched necks would be passed down to their offspring

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Lamarke

Question 7

The ship that Charles sailed on

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The Beagle

Question 8

Islands that Darwin sailed to

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Galapagos

Question 9

Who pressured Darwin to publish his book

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Alfred Wallace

Question 10

Explains life’s unity and diversity (origin of species main idea)

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Decent with modification

Question 11

Intentional Breeding based off of desired traits that each parent possesses. (Dogs)

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Artificial selection

Question 12

When a trait becomes more prevalent in an environment because of it’s ability to survive/ reproduce

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Natural selection

Question 13

Homologous structures

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Structures in mammals that are similar looking and serve the same function

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Vestigial organs

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Structures that are useless to the body.

Like appendix, little bones that represent limbs in whales, tail bones in humans

Question 15

What is the most efficient way of determining relationships in evolution.

Answer 15

DNA sequencing

Question 16

Convergent evolution

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Same evolutionary animals/ but not the same species