Intro to evolution

Question 1

Paleontology

Answer 1

study of fossils dev by charles cuvir

Question 2

catastrophism

Answer 2

theory that the boundary of strata represents a diff catastrophe

Question 3

Uniformitarianism

Answer 3

states that the mechs of change are constant over time

Question 4

Lamarcks hypothesis

Answer 4

stated that evolution occurs by the disuse of body parts, and the inheritance of acquired chars.
Incorrect

Question 5

Descent with modification

Answer 5

Everything is related and descendent form ancestor in remote past

Question 6

Natural Selection

Answer 6

increases that adaptation of organisms to their environment
can only edit traits, not add

Question 7

artificial selection

Answer 7

process of modifying a species and breeding indivs with desired traits

Question 8

How many obv and inf did darwin make

Answer 8

4 observations 2 inferences

Question 9

What are the 4 observations

Answer 9

• members of species vary greatly in traits
• traits are inherited from parents
• pop can grow beyond what environment can handle
• not all offspring will make it to adulthood/ reproduce

Question 10

obv 2

Answer 10

traits are inherited from parents

Question 11

obv 3

Answer 11

pop can grow beyond what environment can handle

Question 12

obv 4

Answer 12

not all offspring will make it to adulthood/ reproduce

Question 13

inf 1

Answer 13

Those that have better traits have more offspring

Question 14

inf 2

Answer 14

the inequality of survival is what leads to accumulation of good traits over gens

Question 15

What did Charles lyell come up with

Answer 15

uniformitarianism, the mechs of change are constant over time.

Question 16

Obv 1

Answer 16

members of species vary greatly in traits

Question 17

What did Thomas Malthus note

Answer 17

the potential for human population to
increase faster than food supplies and other
resources