Intellectual Revolution Flashcards
stated that the planets, the sun and the moon moved in a circular motion around the earth (the existence of days and nights)
Claudius Ptolemy
this model supports the belief that the earth was the center of the universe.
Geocentric Model
a superseded description of the universe with earth at the center.
Geocentric Model
this model included part of the geocentric model, it stated that the earth was the center of the universe, but the moons and planets rotate around the earth.
Ptolemaic Model
developed his model of a Sun-Centered universe.
Nicholas Copernicus
stated that the center of the universe is the Sun. All the planets rotate around the Sun.
Heliocentric Model
is an English naturalist, biologists, and geologists that state that complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors naturally over time.
Charles Darwin
started when Charles Darwin published his boon “The Origin of Species” that emphasizes that humans are the result of an evolution.
Darwinian Revolution
EVOLUTION BY NATURAL SELECTION (2)
- The Struggle for Existence
- Survival of the Fittest
states that members of each species have to compete for food, shelter, and other necessities.
The Struggle for Existence
states that some individuals better suited for the environment.
Survival of the Fittest
4 EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION
- The Fossil Record
- Geographics Distribution of Living
- Homologous Body Structures
- Similarities in Early Development
is evidence of evolution that shows each layer of rock shows various changes in organisms over time.
The Fossil Record
is evidence of evolution that shows similar environments have similar types of organisms.
Geographics Distribution of Living
is evidence of evolution that shows structures that have different mature forms in different organisms.
Homologous Body Structures