Ev Lec 1&2

Question 1

Why is evolution important in ecology

Answer 1

Evolution derives and studies how the environment form that way

Question 2

Eidos ideology

-believed there were ideal types

Answer 2

Plato

Question 3

Scala nature
-great chain of being
Simple-> complex

Answer 3

Aristotle

Question 4

Systema naturae

Species can be divided into categories

Answer 4

Carl Linnaeus

Question 5

Natural theology

Evidence of species design supports idea of God

Answer 5

William Paley

Question 6

Philosophic zoologique

-all organisms change through time

Answer 6

Jean baptiste limarck

Question 7

Forces shaping the world in the present also shaped the world in the past

Answer 7

Uniformitarainism

Question 8

Fossils form are related to local living species

Answer 8

Law of succession

Question 9

Distinct from but closely related to the mainland species

Answer 9

Island species

Question 10

3 steps for evolution by natural selection

Answer 10

1) traits show variation
2) some variation is heritable
3) differential reproductive success is associated with the trait

Question 11

What is necessary for evolution?

Answer 11

Heritable variation and genetic variation

Question 12

Is a widely proven hypothesis

Answer 12

Scientific theory