Evolution Theory

Question 1

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: all populations _____

Answer 1

all populations vary

Question 2

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: when resources increase, all populations have _______ to _______ _______ of _______

Answer 2

all populations have potential to increase rate of reproduction

Question 3

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: when _____, all populations have potential to increate rate of reproduction

Answer 3

when resources increase

Question 4

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: _______ for _______ is not just between members of different species but also between members of same species

Answer 4

competition for limited resources

Question 5

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: competition for limited resources is not just between _____ of _____ but also between members of same species

Answer 5

members of different species

Question 6

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: competition for limited resources is not just between members of different species but also between _____ of _____

Answer 6

members of same species

Question 7

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: at any moment, a _____ _____ of one individual increase chance of offspring survival and reproduction relative to another individual

Answer 7

heritable trait

Question 8

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: at any moment, a heritable trait of one individual _____ _____ of offspring survival and reproduction relative to another individual

Answer 8

increases chance

Question 9

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: at any moment, a heritable trait of one individual increases chance of _____ _____ and _____ relative to another individual

Answer 9

offspring survival and reproduction

Question 10

4 Elements of Evolution by Natural Selection: at any moment, a heritable trait of one individual increases chance of offspring survival and reproduction ____ to _____ _____

Answer 10

relative to another individual

Question 11

What are the 3 paradigm shifts that are precursors to evolutionary theory?

Answer 11

time, diversity, mutability

Question 12

Time, diversity and mutability are the ____ to ____ ?

Answer 12

paradigm shifts to evolutionary theory

Question 13

How is time a paradigm shift for evolutionary theory?

Answer 13

The earth is really old and it gives time for many species

Question 14

What does “diversity” mean as paradigm shift for evolutionary theory?

Answer 14

There are a lot of animals discovered by explorers

Question 15

Mutability: What’s Lamarck’s Law of Use and Misuse?

Answer 15

Organisms change their physical characteristics to fit the environment

Question 16

Mutability: What’s Lamarck’s Law of Acquired Character?

Answer 16

When both parents of an organism pass on their traits to their offspring

Question 17

Darwin grew up in ______, while Wallace grew up in _____

Answer 17

wealth for Darwin, poverty for Wallace

Question 18

Darwin boarded _____ to the ______ _______

Answer 18

the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos islands

Question 19

Wallace went on an ______ to _______ _______

Answer 19

expedition to South America

Question 20

Aristotle: how did he organize organisms in the History of Animals?

Answer 20

in a hierarchy: humans top, then live birth animals, then egg laying animals, then plants

Question 21

Christianity: what else is added upon Aristotle’s hierarchy?

Answer 21

apparently they put g-d on top and made humans more special than animals

Question 22

What two things did Lucretius argue in terms of “evolution”?

Answer 22

against supernatural intervention and new organisms arise and diverge over time

Question 23

Who came up with “proto-evolution” before Darwin?

Answer 23

Al-Jahiz