Intro to Evolution Flashcards
Many ways of knowing
authority
belief
logic
science
science a branch of knowledge dealing with facts or ___
truths
science is systematic knowledge of the _____ world
ohsycial or natural
what is the fundamental ASSUMPTION of science
assumes there are natural explanations for natural pehenomena
4 components of scientific inquiry
facts
hypotheses
laws
theories
scientific theory explains natural world , is well substantiated and incorporates what?(4)
facts
laws
inferences
tested hypotheses
4 criteria of theories
must be testable by experiment
must be falsifiable
must be subject to revision.change
cannot be proven one confirmed or falsified
while individuals change through their lifetimes, they do not______ populations do
evolve
changes in frequencies within populations and species is _____evolution
micro
larger evolutionary change warranting placement of populations into different level taxa is ____evolution
macro
at every level, evolutionary processes give rise to
diversity
evolution is both a _ and a _
fact
theory
3 parts of evolution as fact (pattern)
the fact that life is changing
allele frequencies of populations change overtime
organisms are stratified in fossil record
genetic traits are heritable
3 parts of evolution as a theory (process) how the life is changing
4 mechanisms of evolutionary change
mechanisms incorporated as an interconnected whole
ability to make predictions about the future
