Evolution
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Vocabulary
History
Evidence
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Examples of living Things that evolved
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Theories of Evolution
Darwin
MUTATION: A change in the DNA if a gene that may lead to a different trait
Natural Selection: the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
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Lamarck
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First to recognize species change over time
Body parts disappear if not used
Giraffes stretched their necks
Acquired traits
Adaptations
Natural selection
Inherited traits
Common ancestors
Survival of the fittest
Most convincing traits
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Adaption: A heritable trait favored by natural selection for its current function.
Extinction
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Every embryo is the same until it starts to evolve to change
into the specific species with their different traits
DNA-deoxyribonucleic acid; a long molecule made of
repeating subunits, the contains the genes
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Bacteria-We used a graph and a simulation to show what would happen if you took an antibiotic for your bacterial infection
Giraffes-Darwin and Lamarck battled the study of giraffes but scientists find Darwin's theory to be more convincing
Whales-the whales evolved because of the land mammals many million years ago. They eventually evolved into seamammals
Galapagos Finch-there are many different types of finches,and scientists use them to study their beak shape
Beetles-have many variations that evolved into species-
diverse
Mosquitoes-become resistant to DDT and are still resistant
Habitat loss-destruction of Earth's natural habitats due to human actions such as agriculture, forestry, mining, and urbanization
The Sixth Extinction-current mass extinction; caused
primarily by human actions
Exotic Species-species that is introduced usually by human action into a new habitat where it may lack local predators and out-compete native species
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Extinction-an event in which the last members of a species or
group die.
Humans being sickle cell carriers-become immune to malaria
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House Mice-develop resistance to Warfarin
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Ancestral Species-common ancestor of organisms that
evolved into separate species
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Fossil-any trace of a living organism preserved over time