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20 Cards in this Set
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What are the levels of classification in order?
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Domain, Kingdom , Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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Who recorded the first theory of evolution?
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Carl Lamark
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Who developed the classification system?
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Carl Linneaus
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What is speciation?
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The creation of a new species
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Who proposed the theory of natural selection?
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Charles Darwin
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What is a mass extinction?
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Extinctions of many species in a short time
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What is microevolution?
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Small-scale changes in gene frequencies at or below the species level
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What is the occurence of large-scale changes in gene frequencies of a population over a geological time period?
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Macroevolution
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What is selective pressures?
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Environmental forces that result in the survival in only certain organisms with characteristics that provide resistance
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What is a physical barrier?
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Separates a single interbreeding population into two or more groups that are isolated from each other.
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What was Buffon's Law?
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Each region has specific plants and animals
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Who thought of the principle of population?
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Thomas Malthus
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What is the principle of population?
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All species produce far more offspring than are able to survive.
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What are the six kingdoms?
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Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
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What is taxonomy?
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The classification of living things
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How many mass extinctions are there on record?
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5
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What is evolution into many species?
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Divergent evolution
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What is the origin of species?
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Introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through natural selection
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State the Law of Tolerance
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An organism can survive within a particular range of an abiotic factor
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Bonus Question!!!!
What is the Gaia Hypothesis? |
Imagining the Earth as an organism
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