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| all animals were specifically created by God and could never change; this was widely accepted before Darwin came around |
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| microevolution with examples |
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| the theory that over time, natural selection can transform an organism into a more specialized species of that same organism (often adapting to changes in the environment); examples are physical differences in animal species |
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| macroevolution with examples |
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| the hypothesis that over time, microevolution can transform an organism into a completely different kind of organism examples are a bacteria turning into a virus or a fish turning into a frog |
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| preserved remains of once-living organisms (most are clam fossils) |
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| study of similar structures in different species (studying skulls from different species); this is strongly against macroevolution now that we know about Mendelian Genetics |
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| Ship Darwin traveled on while doing research |
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| Two people whose works influenced Darwin and what ideas they had |
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| Malthus said there was a constant struggle for survival; Lyell said the present is the key to the past |
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| hypothetical contruct of what some geologists think all the fossil-bearing strata in the world would look like if it formed over time; it is inclusive evidence for macroevolution because it shows what you want it to show (you could say it occured over eons of time just as easily as you could say it formed during a world-side flood - depending on which side you take) |
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| strong evidence against macroevolution because no intermediate links have been found |
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| the study of the properties and structures of the molecules of life; this data is strong evidence against macroevolution because there are no evolutionary patterns in the sequences of amino acids of common proteins |
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| Short name of Darwin's book that attempted to explain the diversity of life on earth; list ideas presented in the book that are correct and also those that are incorrect |
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| The Origin of the Species; correct - microevolution (natural selection), incorrect macroevolution |
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| revision in Darwin's theory saying that mutation is the way that new information is added to the genetic code for one species to change into another species; they forget that all known mutations make an organism less fit to survive (genetic defects) |
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| attempts to explain why there aren't intermediate links in the fossil record by saying that evolution occurs over very short time intervals followed by long time periods when no evolution takes place |
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| What are the four data sets of evidence discussed in this chapter? |
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| Geological column, the fossil record, structural homology, and moleecular biology |
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