EVOLUTION Flashcards
EVOLUTION
REFERS TO THE CHANGING OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A POPULATION
CHARLES DARWIN
WROTE THE BOOK ON ORIGIN OF SPECIES AND SHOWED NATURAL SELECTION
NATURAL SELECTION
PROCESS WHERE CERTAIN CONDITIONS FAVORS CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS MORE THAN OTHERS; MAY RESULT IN ERADICATION OF CHARACTERISTICS
JEAN BAPTISTE LAMARCK
PROPOSED THEORIES OF EVOLUTION WHERE HE SUGGESTED HOW SPECIES EVOLVE OVER TIME
THEORY OF USE AND DISUSE
IF AN ORGANISM USED AN ORGANISM MORE THAN THEY HAD IN THE PAST, IT WOULD INCREASE IN ITS LIFETIME
TRANSMISSION OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS
STATES THAT AN ORGANISM HAS TEH ABILITY TO PASS SOME CHARACTERISTICS THAT HAS ACQUIRED IN ITS LIFETIME TO ITS OFFSPRING
FOSSIL RECORD
ATTEST THE DIVERSITY AND CHANGES OF LIFE IN THE PAST
CHEMICAL AND ANATOMICAL SIMILARITIES
ALMOST OF ORGANISMS HERE ON EARTH ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR BASIC CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS AND ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
THE EXISTENCE OF UNIQUE SPECIES ON ISOLATED ISLANDS DEPICT THE EVOLUTION OF VARIOUS ORGANISMS
GENETIC CHANGES
INDIVIDUALS WILL ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO SURVIVE