History

Question 1

What is evolution?

Answer 1

Idea that all species are descendants of ancient species that are different from modern-day species

Question 2

Archbishop James usher

Answer 2

① earth created on Oct 23 4004 bc at 9 am

② used bible book of Genesis astronomy, history to determine

Question 3

Lord Kelvin

Answer 3

Determine the age of earth

- 15 to 20 million years

Question 4

Pierre curie

Answer 4

① discovered radioactive decay which disproved lord kelvin’s theory
earth is 4.6 billion

Question 5

James Hutton

Answer 5

Uniformitarianism: the landforms and geological features is an explanation of the past

Question 6

Charles Lyell

Answer 6

Rock formations are formed slowly and gradually

Question 7

2 conclusions of uniformitarianism

Answer 7

① earth is very old

② dramatic change results from long periods time

Question 8

Georges Cuvier

Answer 8

Studied fossils:
① catastrophes cause extinction
② more complex species are at shallow depths

Question 9

Jean-baptiste Lamarck

Answer 9

“Theory of acquired characteristics /environentalism”
Adaptation: evolve and change
Spontaneous generation: becoming more complexspecies

Question 10

Thomas Malthus

Answer 10

Potential for exponential growth

Food & resources can limit population

Question 11

Charles Darwin

Answer 11

Finding mates that have must desirable traits to pass on to the next generation

Question 12

Varying globally

Answer 12

Look & act similar but are in different continents

E.g. Emu in south America & ostrich in Africa

Question 13

Varying locally

Answer 13

Related species in different avers of same environment

① land and water turtles

Question 14

Varying overtime

Answer 14

Fossils show descendants

① glyptodont similar-to armadillo