february Flashcards
there were theories of evolution before who?
Darwin
Is the biological change process by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
Evolution
is a group o organisms that can reproduce and have a fertile offspring
species
who were the most important naturalists of th 18 century?
Linnaeus
Buffon
Erasnus Darwin
Lamarck
who made a CLASSIFICATION system from kingdoms to species’
Linnaeus
who proposed that all species shared a COMMON ANCESTOR rather than rising separately
Buffon
who proposed that more-complex forms developed from less-complex forms
Erasmus Darwin
who proposed that enviromental change leads to use or disuse of a structure
Lamarck
Who was Charles Darwin’s grandfather?
Erasmus Darwin
what set the stage for Darwin’s theory?
geologic change
are the three theories of geologic change:
catastrophism
gradualism
uniformitarianism
marine ecosystems are:
global
is the ocean zone with most biomess
neritic zone
what are the 2 types of plankton?
zoplankton and phytoplankton
coral reefs are found in:
warm ecosystems
are found in cold ecosystems
kelp forests
includes estuaries as well as flowing and standing water
freshwater ecosystems
is a partially enclosed body of water
an estuary
is a region of land that drains into a body of water
watershred
are the 3 lake zones
littoral zone
limnetic zone
benthic zone
is an undesirable factor added to air, water, or soil
pollution
is a type of air pollution
smog
slows the release of energy from earth’s atmosphere
greenhouse effect
refers to the tend of increasing global temperatures
global warming