Quiz 2 Terms Flashcards
Each level of classification is nested within a higher level
Hierarchical classification
Observed that fossil species changed within rock layers
1 of the fathers of Paleontology
Cuvier
Another name for rock layers
Stratum
Thought geological features could be explained through gradual mechanisms
A founder of Paleontology
Hutton
Believed that the same geological processes are occuring today as they were in the past
Lyell
Decent with modification
Evolution
Organisms with traits best suited for their environment survive better and produce more offspring which increases the prevelance of said traits
Natural selection
Linear scheme
Species were organized in a fixed sequence
Aristotle
Great Chain of Being
Father of taxonomy
Linnaeus
Believed in the inheritance of acquired characters
Lamarck
Species modification over generations by selective breeding for desired traits
Artificial selection
Individuals of the same species that are living in the same area at the same time
Population
A heritable trait that increases an individual biological fitness in a particular environment relative to individuals lacking that trait
Adaptation
Ability of an individual to survive and reproduce offspring
Biological fitness
A similarity that exists in species descended from a common ancestor
Homology
