classification and evolution Flashcards
first name and second name (classification)
genus and species
evolutionary trees
shows how organisms are related to one another, the further away they are the less related they are
factors for extinction:
competitors
new mutations
environmental changes
catastrophic events
new diseases
new predators (could evolve, or existing ones move into a new territory)
temperature change
Carl Linnaeus
created classification
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
fountain of life, use it or lose it
Do
Kinky
People
Chase
Others
For
Good
Sex
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
formation of fossils
death
soft parts decay, hard parts stay
sedimentation
buried over time
millions of years the remains are protected underground
horses over time names
Eohippus
Mesohippus
Merychippus
Equus
what is evolution?
change in inherited characteristics of a population over time through a process of natural selection
what is a fossil?
the remains of organisms from millions of years ago which are found in rocks
