Lecture 2-Darwin Flashcards
1
Q
What is a mechanism?
A
The inherent drive to become more complex.
2
Q
Darwins Observations?
A
- Members of a population vary in heritable traits.
- Organisms produce more offspring than the environment can support, many fail to survive and reproduce.
3
Q
Darwins Inferences?
A
Individuals whose inherited traits give higher survival chance and probability of reproduction produce more offspring.
- Unique survival and reproduction leads to the accumulation of favorable traits.
4
Q
Taxonomic Order of organisms
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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
