Origin of life

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Proposed that life on earth is created by a supernatural power, GOD

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Theory of Special Creations

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Theory of Special Creations (A)

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all living organisms were created on the same day [NO DIFFERENCES IN APPEARANCE]

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Theory of Special Creations (B)

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They were created in the present form [NO EVOLUTION]

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Theory of Special Creations (C)

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Their bodies and organs are fully developed to meet the requirements to run the life [NO ADAPTATION]

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OBJECTIONS to theory of special creation: [3]

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*purely based in religious belief
*no experimental evidence to support assumptions
*age of different fossils prove organisms appeared on earth at different times

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Belief that organisms were produced/generated from non-living sources

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Spontaneous Generation / Abiogenesis

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abiogenesis from:
Frog-
Mice-
Flies

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-Mud
-Dirty clothes
-decaying/rotting meat

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believer of spontaneous generation

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Jan Baptist van Helmont

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Evidence against theory of Spontaneous Generation by (3)

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*Lazzaro Spallanzani
*Francisco Redi
Louis Pasteur

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Theory assumes that life is originated by the creation and it is followed by catastrophe due to geographical disturbances

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Theory of Catastrophism

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believed that the earth is still young. earth underwent violent sudden uplifts of mountains and volcanic eruptions

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Theory of Catastrophism

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This theory assumes that life was present in the form of resistant spores from other planets

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Theory of Cosmozoic

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Theory of cosmozoic got support from fossils of microorganisms found in meteorites in year-

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1961

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reached the earth in the form of spores or germs l\por other simple particlesfrom some unknown part of the universe with cosmic dust

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protoplasm

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Theory assumes that life had no beginning or end

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Theory of Eternity of Life

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At one point all of the continents were joined together as one large mass of land, then the land spread apart and drifted into their current positions

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Continental Drift Hypothesis

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Organic compounds interacted to produce all types of macromolecules which organized to form the first living systems or cells

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Modern Theory of Life

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Continental drift hypothesis by

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Alfred Wegener in 1912

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what does pangaea mean

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“entire earth”

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Evidence 1 of continental drift?

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The apparent fit of continents

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what early aquatic relative of reptiles, found as fossils from Early Permian period in South
America and South Africa.

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Mesosaurus

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4 organisms in apparent fit

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mesosaurus, cynognathus, Glossopteris, Lystrosaurus

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evidence 2 of COntinental drift

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Fossil Correlation

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Evidence 3 of Continental Drift

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Rock and Mountain Correlation

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What are the compacted plant remains called

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Bituminous coal

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evidence of cold weatheer in now hot places. left in rock in forms of scratches

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Glacial Striations

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What are the Sources of coal after getting compressed over millions of years

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Tropical Plants

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Places not tropical but has coal [6]

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Northern America Northern Europe Northern Asia Southern tip of Africa Australia Antarctica

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Evidence 4 of Continental Drift

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Paleoclimate data

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concluded that organisms of higher complexity had evolved from pre-existing lesss complex organism

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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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Lamrack theory where organism change because they need to

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Theory of Need

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Lamarcks theory where if you dont use it, you lose it

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Theory of Use and Disuse

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Lamarcks theory where if a parent acquires a body structure during its lifetime, it could pass on that characteristic structure to its offspring

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Theory of Acquired Characteristics

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his theory of evolution became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies

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Charles Darwin

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what boat did Darwin take on Journey

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HMS Beagle

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Where did darwin observe the finches

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Galapagos islands

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How many finches and how many years to organize data by darwin

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13 finches and 20 years

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what book did Darwein Presented his theory

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The Origin of Species (1859)

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Individuals within a population with the most favorable traits for an environment survive and pass on those traits

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Natural Selection

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What is the Main Principle of Natural Selection

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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!

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Theory of NatSelection: 1

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Species Overproduction- organism tend to over reproduce

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Theory of NatSelection: 2

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Competition- living space and food are limited

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Theory of NatSelection: 3

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Variation- no two individuals are the same

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Theory of NatSelection: 4

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Adaptation- process of becoming better suited to the environment

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Theory of NatSelection: 5

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Natural Selection- Environment selecrt organisms that survived to be the parents of succeeding generations

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Theory of NatSelection: 6

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Speciation- favorable adaptations gradually accumulate in the species and unfavorable ones disappear

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Charles Darwin Quote

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"It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change."