evolutionary biology Flashcards
________ in biology, is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations.
Evolution
Evolution can be expressed as?
Change / Time
Record of the life forms and geological event in Earth’s history
Geological Time Scale
During what era from Precambrian eon was the formation of earth?
Hadean era
During what era from Precambrian eon was the cooling of earth’s crust?
Archean era
During what era from Precambrian eon was the beginning of life in the sea and the accumulation of oxygen?
Proterozoic era
During what era from Phanerozoic eon was the longest and oldest?
Paleozoic era
During the Cambrian Period, _________________ gave rise to the earliest invertebrates and marine fish, especially trilobites.
Cambrian Explosion
During this period of the Paleozoic era was the major extinction
Permian period
Also known as the “Age of fish”
Silurian period
During the Phanerozoic eon and Mesozoic era, what period was the extinction of dinosaurs?
Cretaceous period
During the Phanerozoic eon and Cenozoic Era, from what period was Human evolution?
Quaternary period
____________ states that an organism fan pass on characteristics that are acquired during its lifetime to its offsprings.
Lamarckism (1800’s)
Who is the father of Biogeography?
Alfred Russel Wallace
This theory states that all organisms on Earth have descended from a common ancestor
Theory of evolution
