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The process of biological change

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Evolution

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Much of today’s understanding of evolution is based on ___.

He’s the father of modern evolution.

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Charles Darwin

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The first scientist to explain the evolutionary process.

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John Baptiste Lamarck

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the _____ lead to their development or deterioration

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use or disuse of body parts

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___ introduced the theory of extinction and catastrophism.

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Georges Cuvier

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The view that the earth’s geological landscape is the result of violent events.

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Catastrophism

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____ wrote about the relationship between population and supply

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Thomas Malthus

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Malthus published Essay on the Principle of Population in ___

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1798

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The theory that states that the events in the past that formed the Earth are still at play today and are a gradual process.

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Uniformitarianism

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____ developed the theory of uniformitarianism

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Charles Lyell

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Darwin was 1.__ when he sailed from 2.__ on the 3.___ in 4.__

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  1. 22 years old
  2. Great Britain
  3. H.M.S. Beagle
  4. 1831
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-Darwin’s Galagapos Finches-
Ground Finch
Main Food: 1.___
Beak: 2.___

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  1. seeds

2. heavy

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-Darwin’s Galagapos Finches-
Tree Finch
Main Food: 1.___
Beak: 2.___

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  1. leaves, buds, blossoms, fruits

2. thick, short

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-Darwin’s Galagapos Finches-
Woodpecker finch
Main Food: 1.___
Beak: 2.___

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  1. insects

2. stout, straight

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-Darwin’s Galagapos Finches-
Warbler finch
Main Food: 1.___
Beak: 2.___

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  1. insects

2. harder, slender

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In the 1830s, ____ was also working on a theory of natural selection

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Alfred Wallace

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(ENUMERATION) Indirect Evidence

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  1. Fossil Records
  2. Geography
  3. Comparative Anatomy
  4. Comparative Embryology
  5. Comparative Biochemistry
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(ENUMERATION) Direct Evidence

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  1. Current Observation
    a. Fossil Evidence
    b. Geography
    c. Anatomy
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____ are similar in structure but different in function. Evidences of a common ancestors.

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Homologous Structure

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____ have a similar function. Not evidences of a common ancestor.

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Analogous Structure

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Remnants of organs/structures that had a function in an early times

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Vestigial Structures

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___ provides evidence of evolution. Similar embryos, diversed organisms

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Embryology

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All living things contain similar biochemical compounds

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Comparative Biochemistry

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(ENUMERATION): Modes of Preservation

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  1. Original Preservation

2. Altered Remains

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How do we use the fossil record? | 1. Understanding the ___ of life
History
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How do we use the fossil record? | 2. Determining relative ages of ___ that contain them and correlating ___ unify of the same age.
Rocks
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How do we use the fossil record? | 3. Interpreting _____
Past environments
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Patterns in Evolution: | Unrelated species living in similar environments
Convergent Evolution
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Patterns in Evolution: | Closely related species living in different environments
Divergent Evolution
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Patterns in Evolution: | Sometimes, several species will evolve from a single, ancestral species
Adaptive radiation
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Patterns in Evolution: | Evolution of one species affect the evolution of another species
Coevolution
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Patterns in Evolution: | Evolution may proceed with long periods of relatively little change punctuated with short periods of intense change
Punctuated equilibrium
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Individuals inhibiting the same area at the same time
Population
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Focusing on factors of changes in population
Population Dynamics
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Number of individuals
Population size
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The amount of individuals in a population per unit habitat area
Population density
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Spatial pattern in habitat
Population dispersion
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Population of individuals in each group of population
Age structure
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Number of individual added through reproduction
Natality
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Average number of children born alive per woman in her lifetime
Total Fertility Rate
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Number of individual removed through death
Mortality
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How many individuals are born vs. How many die
Birth Rate
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(ENUMERATION) Density depends upon:
1. Social/population structure 2. Mating relationship 3. Time of year
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Movement of individuals into a population
Immigration
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Movement of individuals out of a population
Emigration
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Types of Population Dispersion:
1. Dumps 2. Uniform 3. random
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Types of Population Dispersion: | Individuals are dumped into a group
Dumps
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Types of Population Dispersion: | Individuals are regularly spaced in the environment
Uniform
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Types of Population Dispersion: | Individuals are dispersed in the environment
Random
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___ is a measure of the average kinetic energy of a particle in a substance
Temperature
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The amount of space that a substance or object occupies
Volume
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Measures the number of particles in a specific substance
Mole
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Force exerted on a surface per unit area
Pressure
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Gas Properties: | 1. Gases are _________ and 2. _____
1. easily compressed | 2. flow
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Gas Properties: | 3. Gases have ____ compared to liquid and solids
low densities
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Gas Properties: | 4. Gas exerts a.____ in b.__ direction
a. pressure | b. all
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Gas Properties | 5. Gases ____ through one another
diffuse
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Kinematic Molecular Theory of Gas: | It shows how a.______ b.____ with one another.
a. individual gas particles | b. interact
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Kinematic Molecular Theory of Gas: | If a gas follows all the postulates of the KMT, it is said to be an _______
ideal gas
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Kinematic Molecular Theory of Gas: | 1st: Gases are consist of ____
very small particles
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Kinematic Molecular Theory of Gas: | 1st: and the distances are relatively a.____, each has a b.___
a. large | b. mass
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Kinematic Molecular Theory of Gas: | 2nd: Gas particles are in a._____, b.____, and c.____ motion
a. constant b. rapid c. random
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Kinematic Molecular Theory of Gas: | 3rd: When gas particles collide, the KE is not lose but ___ only; gas paricles experience elastic collision
transferred
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Kinematic Molecular Theory of Gas: | 4th: Gas particles exert ____ on one another
no force
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Kinematic Molecular Theory of Gas: | 5th: The average KE of gas particles is dependent upon the ___ of a gas
temperature

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