Evolution 1 Flashcards
What are Taxa?
Taxa are groups of organisms that have been given scientific names by people.
What is the goal for modern Systematics?
To have taxa represent clades of related organisms
What is the main process involved with Evolution?
Inherited biological change over time.
What is macroevolution?
Evolution that takes place over long time scales to large population groups
What is Mircroevolution?
Evolution that takes place over short time frames to more specific organisms.
What was Charles Darwin?
The man who first proposed the theory pf evolution.
What Geological process first sparked the idea of evolution within Darwin?
Gradualsitic processes in geology: How landscapes change over time through slow processes over large time scales.
True of false:
Darwin developed his theory of evolution when he was in the Galapagos islands.
false, it wasn’t until several years later that he looked at his findings retrospectively to understand his observations.
Are superficial similarities a percursiour to related species?
No,
Superficially similar species are not always related.
What was Darwin’s view of Fossils and extinction?
He believed that in the place of extinction, perhaps the apparent disappearance of species was actually one species changing into an other
What is Extinction?
the state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct
Who developed the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics
Lamarck
Who was Alfred Russel Wallace?
A man who independently discovered the theory of evolution.
What was Darwins book called?
On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection.
published in 1859
Was Darwin’s work well revived?
Nope, not at all.
