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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Fossil

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preserved evidence of life (impressions and mineralized remains)

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Evolution

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change in the properties of groups over generations

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3
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Cetaceans

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marine mammals

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4
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Natural selection

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organisms outcompete each other with survival and reproduction

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5
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Homologous

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shared trait inherited from common ancestor

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Analogous

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shared trait derived from environmental factors, not common ancestor

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7
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Synapomorphy

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shared trait among a group of related species derived from common ancestor

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Morphology

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structure/form of organisms

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9
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Phylogeny

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evolutionary branching pattern

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10
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Whales and Fish

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lineages evolved independently, but converged on analogous structures

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11
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Ambulocetus

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fossil whale with legs and traits intermediate between terrestrial and aquatic

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12
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Viral reassortment

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ability to swap genes with other viruses

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13
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When did whales evolve from land mammals

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~50 MYA

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14
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Hemagglutinin

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allows a virus to bind to the cells of its host

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15
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Is behavior a phenotype

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yes

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16
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2 early questions about nature

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  1. what were the patterns in diversity?
  2. how did they come to be?
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17
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Great Chain of Being

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hierarchal system, lower to higher forms. 300 BC

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18
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Taxa

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nestled hierarchy of groups

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19
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Linnean classification

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taxonomy

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20
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Steno

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founder of geology ( shark tooth on mountain)

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21
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Stratigraphy

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study of rock layering

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22
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Paley

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proposed that the mechanical complexity of organisms is evidence of the divine (watch on road example)

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23
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Buffon

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life has changed over time; believed varieties, but not species, could evolve. Believed life could be divided into unrelated types

24
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Cuvier

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discovered mastidons

25
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Hutton

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very slowly changing earth

26
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Smith

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first geological map of fossils and rock layers

27
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Lamarckism is used by

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epigenetics

28
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Galapagos 1977 drought

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small beaked finches died, avg beak size increased next generation

29
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1983 flood

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large beaked finches died, decrease in beak size next generation

30
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Darwin

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father of evolution, Galapagos finches, On the Origin of Species. Characteristics of lineages change over time. Common descent. Gradual change through intermediate forms. Natural selection.

31
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What set apart Darwin’s and Wallace’s concept of natural selection from other theories?

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they thought change was very gradual

32
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Why are embryos useful in studying evolution?

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some homologies are only evident when animals are embryos, and disappear when they develop

33
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Cenozoic

34
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Mesozoic

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66-252 MYA

35
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Paleozoic

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252-541 MYA

36
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Proterozoic

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541-2500 MYA

37
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Archean

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2400-4000 MYA

38
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T/F most organisms fossilize

39
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Melanosomes

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help reconstruct color from fossils

40
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Lagerstatten

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slow decay and preserve soft-bodied organisms

41
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Earliest evidence of life

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~3.7 BYA (stromatolites - mats of bacteria; microbes)

42
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Signs of life

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3.7-4.3 BYA

43
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Multicellularity

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evolved independently in different lineages

44
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Earliest evidence of Multicellular life

45
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Earliest evidence of Animals

46
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Cambrian fauna

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still existing lineages; 542-511 MYA

47
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Edicarian fauna

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eradicated 535-575 MYA

48
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Earliest evidence of Chordates

49
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Earliest evidence of Terrestrial animals

50
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Radioactive isotopes

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used to date rocks

51
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Biomarkers

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molecular evidence

52
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3 main branches of life

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Bacteria, archaea, eukarya

53
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Earliest evidence of humans

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300,000 years

54
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What evidence did Darwin use to predict the age of Earth

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observable processes, such as erosion and sedimentation. Predicted that Earth is 100s of MYA.

55
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How did the fossils of the Burgess Shale likely form

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animals fell into anoxic ocean depths and were covered by fine sediment

56
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T/F animals are more closely related to single-celled eukaryotes than fungi

57
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Why is a notochord an important adaptation for understanding the evolution of humans?

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it is a characteristic of chordates

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