Eveloution & Plants Flashcards
(13 cards)
creation
God created heaven and earth
theory of Evolution
idea that all species are related and gradually change over time
natural selection
organisms who can better adapt to their environment will survive and reproduce
macroevolution
change of kinds - not observable
microevolution
adaptation organisms use to adjust to their environment - not change of kinds, observable
abiogenesis
idea that life originated from non-life
homologous structure
organs or skeletal elements in different animals that share a similar look
lucy
a skeleton believed to be the missing link
Darwin’s finches
a study trying to prove change of kinds with finch beak shapes
gymnosperms
seed producing plants
angiosperm
flowering plants
stomata
allow for exchange of gasses between outside air and internal spaces in leaf, tiny openings found in the epidermis of leaves and stems,
guard cell
specialized plant cells outside the stomata that help control gas exchange