early ideas for evolution

Question 1

Catastrophism:

Answer 1

earth experienced catastrophic events which caused the extinction of species that were then replaced by new species from a region nearby

Question 2

Uniformitarianism:

Answer 2

geological changes are slow and continuous and that slow subtle changes can result in substantial change

Question 3

Line of Descent:

Answer 3

old fossils lead to modern species and increase in complexity overtime

Question 4

Inheritance of Acquired Traits:

Answer 4

idea that characteristics acquired during an organism’s lifetime can be passed to offspring

Question 5

Survival of the Fittest:

Answer 5

organisms compete for limited resources. Organisms with favourable traits that help them survive will have an increased chance of reproduction.

Question 6

Descent with Modification:

Answer 6

theory that natural selection does not demonstrate progress but results in the ability to survive local environmental conditions (darwin)

Question 7

Natural Selection:

Answer 7

process that results when the characteristics of a population of organisms change over many generations