evolution

Believed that evolution was the acquired traits
He also believed that when body parts are not being used such as humans appendix
He believed that evolutions happens according to prearranged plan that the results already showed
The structure used would become physically modified over time to make things easier


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pattern: Something that happens in a repeated and predictable way.

trait: A specific version of a gene.

characteristic that varies from one individual to another :

variation: A difference in genes, traits, or behaviors among members of a population, which may result in differences in reproductive success.

lamarck theories

darwin theories

vocabulary :

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adaptation: A heritable trait favored by natural selection for its current function.

evolve: To change heritable traits from one generation to the next.

natural selection: the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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Wanted to study plants and animals.

He beliefs that the desires of animals have nothing to do with how they evolve

He came to a conclusion that there was variation of physical

He knew that organisms evolved and changed from generation to generation

Did not live to breed or pass his genes

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ancestor: An earlier type of animal or plant from which others have evolved.

ancestral species: Common ancestor of organisms that evolved into separate species.

extinction: An event in which the last members of a species or group die.

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species: A group of individuals that

potentially interbreed in nature.

species form.

ring species: series of neighboring populations which can breed with closely related populations, but the two "end" populations are too distantly related to breed.

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paleontologist: A scientist who studies fossils.







stratigraphic column: A diagram representing a series of rock layers.


DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid; a long molecule made of repeating subunits, that contains the genes.







embryo: Organism in the early stages of development before it is born or hatched.

embryo: Organism in the early stages of development before it is born or hatched.


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They both have legs

They both can walk on land. This has a smaller skeleton

The tail of land is 1 m

The land animals have no eye sockets

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They both have legs

They both can walk on land. This has a smaller skeleton

The tail of land is 1 m

The land animals have no eye sockets

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Bony Freshwater Fish I see a fish that's dried up its 4 cm orange

It looks like a fish

Prehistoric Plant It looks like a leaf thats dried up Its 5 cm black it's like a plant

Marine Arthropod it looks like a bug and its black 2cm

It looks like a bug

Marine Mollusks its orange it round looks like a snail shell 2 cm

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The stages are identified as early, middle, and late based on the total length of embryonic development for the animal.

Whole embryo matching- match the cards with the correct animal with its early, middle, and late stage of embryonic development

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Habitat destruction and degradation

• Over-exploitation (extraction, hunting, fishing etc.)

• Pollution

• Disease

• Invasive species

• Global climate change (changes in migratory species, coral bleaching)

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all the extinctions happens at the same time.

fossil: Any trace of a living organism (body, part of body, burrow, footprint, etc.) preserved over time.


law of superposition: A basic law stating that in any undisturbed sequence of rocks deposited in layers, the youngest layer is on top and the oldest on bottom.

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