Evolution Flashcards

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Evolution

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Generic changing of one species into another

Takes place through natural selection over a long period of time

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Theory of evolution by

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Darwin and Wallace was

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Darwin’s observations

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Overbreeding
Population numbers remain constant
Inherited varies occur in populations - not all populations are genetically identical

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Conclusion of Darwin

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Struggle for existence - competition

Natural selection

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Natural selection

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So organism with beneficial variations adapted will survive and reproduce. Passées though generation until it is the new norm - more likely to survive and reproduce

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How do we know evolution happens

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Fossils

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Study of fossils

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Palaetology

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Fossils fayes using

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Radioactive carbon

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Fossils show

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Changes compared to modern organisms

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Fossils can be linked to

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Environmental change

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