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14 Cards in this Set
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What is biophilia?
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innate curiosity for living things in divers forms
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What are the steps to the scientific method?
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observation/experiment/collect data/analyze/conclusion
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What is microevolution?
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process through which organisms make small changes over short period of time
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What is macroevolution?
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process through which organisms make changes over long period of time
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What is the theory proposed by Count LeClerc de Buffon?
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mammalian limbs are similiar and may be inherited from a common ancestor
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What is the theory proposed by LaMark?
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offsping inherit traits based on use by parents (theory of inheritance of acquired traits)
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What is the theory proposed by Malthus?
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human population is growing faster than supplies= competition for resources
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What theory gave rise to macroevolution?
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Steno and Strata Smith= oldest rock layers are the deepest
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What is natural selection?
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individual posessing certain characteristics that enable survival in a specific environment, will increase in further generations
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What is evolution?
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groups of organisms change over time so that descendants differ in morphology and physiology from ancestors
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What is Darwins theory?
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decent with modification occurs between generations, driving for is natural selection, all organisms have common ancestor
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What is mutation?
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mistakes in genetic replication
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What is gene flow?
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migration, change to a new environment
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What is genetic drift
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random occurance i.e. founder effect and bottleneck
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