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09/23/2014

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Uniformitarianism
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the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe
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Catastrophism
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the theory that the Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, violent events
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George Curver
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The man who claimed that earth was 6000 YO.
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Name the correct level of taxonomy from highest to smallest.
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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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Phylogeny
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Evolutionary history of relationships among organisms
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Clade
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Group including all species derived from one common ancestor
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Homology
Definition
Traits, genes or anatomy, with shared ancestry between different species.
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Synamorphy
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Shared derived trait from most recent common ancestor
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Taxon
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A group of one or more populations of an organism.
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What does the Clade for Monophyletic look like?
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Bottleneck
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What does a Paraphyletic vs Polyphyletic clade look like?
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Homology
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Traits, genes or anatomy, with shared ancestry between different species.
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Which is the correct level of taxonomy from highest to largest?
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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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Evolutionary history of relationships among organisms.
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Phylogeny
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Group including all species derived from one common ancestor.
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Clade
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Traits, genes or anatomy, with shared ancestry between different species.
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Homology
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Shared derived trait from most recent common ancestor.
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Synamorphy
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A group of one or more populations of an organism.
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Taxon
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Groups of species with different common ancestors
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best describes polyphyletic

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Teeth being regained in lower jaw that was not present in most recent ancestor.
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is an example of evolutionary reversal
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The independent evolution of similar features in different lineages is known as
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convergent evolution.
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What are the layers of rock called?
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Strata
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Alfred Wegener
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Wrote The Origins of Continents and Oceans 1915
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Charles Darwin
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Wrote On Origin of Species 1859
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Nicholas Steno
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Proposed and coined the Law of Superposition
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John Ray
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First proposed idea of classification of organisms
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Carolus Linnaeus
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Classified organisms by use of innovations.
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What is relative dating?
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Use of layers of rock to determine when past events occurred or derived species
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Alfred Wegener’s theory of Continental Drift was widely accepted in
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1950-60's. because of Sea Floor mapping
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When did the 5 mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon occur in order?
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Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic, Cretaceous
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Name a few of the ways mass extinction can occur.
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Meteor Volcanism Global Warming Glaciation
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What evidence is there of a meteor impact on the K-T boundary?
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Iridium layer Impact crater in Yucatan
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In what period did the amniotic egg arise?
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Carboniferous
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The largest mass extinction occurred in what period?
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Permian
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The Age of Fishes best describes which period?
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Devonian
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In which period is the evidence of earliest vascular plants?
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Silurian
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Name the 3 subgroups in the Mesozoic Era.
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Triassic Cretaceous Jurassic
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Name a subgroup of the Paleozoic Era.
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Permian
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Brown beetles are more likely to survive than green beetles and produce more offspring, is an example of.
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Natrual Selection
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Random gene variations that offer different beak sizes in finches.
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Mutation
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2/3 of green beetle species are wiped out by random event of being stepped on making brown dominant is an example of
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Genetic Drift
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One species of deer passes a geographic barrier to mate with another species of deer is an example of
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Gene Flow
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Female peacock chooses mate due to amount of color in males feathers.
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Non Random Mating
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Finches in Galapagos having small or large beaks depending on environment, is an example of?
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Disruptive Selection

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Longhorn cattle having longer horns to protect young, is an example of
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Directional Selection
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# of offspring that are easy to protect as well as will have reproductive success.
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Stabilizing Selection

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Individuals with sickle cell anemia are protected from malaria.
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is an example of Balancing Selection

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Temporal Isolation
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One species of cricket mates in spring, while another in fall.
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One birds mating song will not attract that of another species.
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Behavioral Isolation
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European trees will never be able to mate with American trees.
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Geographical Isolation
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A large stream will not allow to snail species to mate.
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Habitat Isolation
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Mechanical Isolation
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The genitalia are different with each species of dragonfly.
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Pollen from one plant is unable to fertilize another plant, is an example of
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Gametic Isolation
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Two male bulls fighting to be able to mate with female.
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is an example of intrasexual selection
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Which is an example of intersexual selection?
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Female bird choosing mate based on color of nest. or Female peacock choosing mate based on feather display.
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What is hybrid sterility a form of?
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Post-zygotic Barrier
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