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evolutionary adaptation
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inherited characteristics
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taxonomy
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the study of naming and classifying organisms.
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sedimentary rocks
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layered rocks that are made by the compacting of the dirt and mud at the bottom of lakes. layered into strata.
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catastrophism
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a false view of evolutionary development that said that each change in the fossils represented a natural disaster.
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gradualism
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slow continuous change proposed by James Hutton
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uniformaitarianism
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proposed by Charles Lyell in which the same process that has always occured is still occuring today at the same rate.
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Lamracks proposals
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use and disuse = used parts grow stronger and vice versa (sort of right)
inheritance of aquired characterisitcs - wrong! |
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HMS beagle
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captained by Robert FitzRoy and was the voyage around the world which Darwin was on.
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"Descent with modification"
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term for evolution coined by Darwin.
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artificial selection
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picking good traits.
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homology
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similarities between related species.
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homologus structures
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variations on constant theme in unrelated species (common stuff)
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vestigal organs
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sturcutres of marginal or no importance.
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biogeography
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geographic distribution of species
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endemic
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found nowhere else in the world.
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Lyell and Hutton
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geologists who determined that the Earth is older than people thought, giving enough time for change. (gradualism)
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Artificial selection
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breeding
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Thomas Malthus
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limitted resources = limitted reproduction.
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adaptation
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good mutation/trait
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detrmental
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bad mutation/trait
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subduction zone
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when one crustal plate sinks down beneath another one.
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cuvier
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catestrophism thinker and palentologist who discovered the plates.
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continental plats
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granite that buckles up when they collide.
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oceanic plates
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basalt that buckles down when they collide.
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fault
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where the plates are slipping up agaisnt one another.
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fitness
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the ability of an organism to pass on its traits to the subsequent generation.
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seafloor spreading
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when the techtonic plates are spreading apart, leaving a gap where lava comes out, dries, and forms layers of rock.
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