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25 Cards in this Set
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Science |
derived from a latin term 'scientia' meaning knowledge |
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Taxonomy |
Science of organising organisms into groups (also known as systematics) |
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Classification order: (King prawn curry, or fat greasy sausage?) |
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
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Chordata characteristics |
stiff rod/ notochord running along the body |
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Vertebrata characteristics |
Notochord is replaced by a true backbone |
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Notochord |
Cartilaginous skeletal rod |
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Mammalia characteristics |
Possesses fur/hair, female produces milk |
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Carnivora characteristics |
Predators with teeth developed with a meat diet (Mainly canines) |
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Canidae characteristics |
(Dogs) Non-retractile claws and 'long' skulls |
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Canis |
Wolves and dogs |
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Canis familiaris |
all domestic dogs |
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Darwin vs Creationism (3 lines of evidence) |
1. The Earth is ancient and has experienced long-term climate change. 2. ‘Life’ is ancient and also shows evidence of long-term change. 3. These changes to ‘Life’ are coincident with those to climate and very slow. |
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Darwin & evolutionary changes |
1. are inherited via sexual reproduction 2. have an immediate (‘adaptive’) advantage 3. are random as opposed to ‘driven’ or ‘directed’. |
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adaptive |
an organism with a natural advantage |
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character |
single structural/ behavioural feature of an organism |
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Creationism |
belief that the universe is a product of Divine purpose |
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Deleterious |
a natural disadvantage of an organism |
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(Bio) diversity |
Range of species present in a location or globally |
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Extant |
Alive today (but may also be represented in a fossil record) |
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Extinct |
No longer alive but evidence present in a fossil record |
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Immutable |
unchanged throughout the passage of time |
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Modern synthesis |
development of Darwinian evolution |
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Speciation |
Evolution of a new species |
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Transitional fossil |
Fossil possessing characters typical of two major modern taxa
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Taxa (sing. taxon) |
Group of organisms sharing a set of diagnostic characteristics |
