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What is speciation?
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The creation of new species.
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Who proposed the first theory of evolution?
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Jean Baptiste Lamark.
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Who proposed the theory of Natural Selection?
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Charles Darwin.
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Who proposed one of the first organism classification charts?
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Carl Linneaus.
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What is taxonomy?
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The classification of living things.
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What are the six kingdoms?
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Archea, Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia.
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What are the seven steps of the classification system?
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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
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What is the Theory of Recapitalation?
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The theory that states the embryonic growth of the fetus in the womb.
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More the same if they have common ____________________?
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Differences.
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Who proposed the first Theory of biogeography?
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Georges-Lours Leclerc.
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Who thought of the principle of population?
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Thomas Melthus.
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What does DNA stand for
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Deoxyribonucleic acid.
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What are analagous structurs?
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Similar functions but differ in anatomy.
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How mmany mass extinctions are there on record?
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Five.
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How do they know this?
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Because the different layers of fossils make it evident to geologists.
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What causes speciation.
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Seperation of species by land movement and land seperation resulting in new species.
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What is extinction?
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Death of all members of an species in the wild.
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What can be used to date organic matter?
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Carbon dating.
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When is carbom dating less precise.
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Anything dated to being more than 50 000 years old.
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What boat did Charles Darwin become a naturalist on?
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HMS Beagle.
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