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Creationism
a theory that matter and various forms of life were created by god out of nothing
Intelligent Design
the assertion that certain features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not by an undirected process (such as natural selection)
Bacterial Flagellum
a tail-like projection that protrueds from a cell body and functions in locomotion
Charles Darwin
English Naturalist
who
presented that alll species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through natural selection.
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
who
also proposed a theory of natural selection, prompting Darwin to publish his own theories
Creationism
a theory that matter and various forms of life were created by god out of nothing
Intelligent Design
the assertion that certain features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not by an undirected process (such as natural selection)
Bacterial Flagellum
a tail-like projection that protrueds from a cell body and functions in locomotion
Charles Darwin
English Naturalist
who
presented that alll species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through natural selection.
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
who
also proposed a theory of natural selection, prompting Darwin to publish his own theories
Henry Walter Bates
English Naturalist
who
gave first scientific account of mimicry in animals
Roy Chapman Andrew
American Explorer who found the first ever fossil dinosaur eggs. Later became director of the Museum of Natural History
Thomas Malthus
British scholar
who
said that population growth will always get checked by famine, disease, or widespread morality
Charles Lyell
geologist who was a huge influence on Darwin
Hypothesis
a proposed explanation for an observed phenomena
Scientific Theory
a collection of concepts together with scientific laws that express relationships between observations of such concepts
Natural Selection
process by which heritable traits that make it more likely for an organism to survive and successfully reproduce become more common in a population over successive generations
Walter and Luis Alvarez
Father/Son geologist pair who discovered the K-T Boundary while working in Italy
K-T Boundary
a geological signature associated with the extinction of the dinosaurs
Irridium
a chemical element found in clay in the K-T Boundary, which was attributed to an asteroid or comet impact
Tektite
natural glass rocks which were formed by the impact of meteorites on earths surface
Chicxlub
area near the Yucatan Peninsula where the ancient impact crater is located
Marjorie Latimer
scientist who found the coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct
Coelacanth
fish thought to have been extinct for 65 million years
Living Fossil
term for any living species of organism which appears to be the same as another species otherwise only known from fossils
sickle cell disease
genetic life-long blood disorder characterized by red blood cells
Antibiotic Resistance
when a microorganism has the ability of withstanding the effects of antibiotics via natural selection and random mutation
Sexual Selection
theory proposed by Darwin that states that certain evolutionary traits can be explained by competition.
Neandrathal
subspecies of humans
Meme
a unit of cultural ideas transmitted from one mind to another