MidTerm: People

Question 1

Robert Hooke

Answer 1

Invented microscope/ “cell”; studies fossilized & living cork. Proved continuity between past and present fossil forms

Question 2

George Cuvier

Answer 2

Invented microscope/ “cell”; studies fossilized & living cork. Proved continuity between past and present fossil forms

Question 3

Linnaeus

Answer 3

Created Linnaen taxonomy; taxonomic order which allowed grouping of similar organisms

Question 4

James Hutton

Answer 4

Studies how land surfaces changed due to forces; studies geological strata; uniformitarianism

Question 5

Thomas Malthus

Answer 5

human population is limited by food supply

Question 6

Jean-Baptist Lamark

Answer 6

believed higher level organisms could acquire positive changes in form; Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics; differential body parts; environment affects organisms traits leading to a different behavior

Question 7

Gregor Mendel

Answer 7

Discovered basic principles of heredity

Question 8

Watson & Crick (Franklin)

Answer 8

Discovered structure of inheritance/DNA

Question 9

Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Answer 9

Variation in traits
Traits heritable
Overpopulation/Competition
Reproductive success

Question 10

Modern Evolutionary Synthesis

Answer 10

Multiple mechanisms for evolution: Natural Selection, Genetic drift, Mutation, Migration
DNA is basis of heredity and variation
Micro leads to Macro