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Test #2
Darwin, Wallace, and THE IDEA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did people in the 1600s believe organisms could be generated by? | Mud |
| What was Plato/Artistole's view of species? | That they are fixed entities |
| Three ideas noteworthy in the Bible | God created each species individually / Noah's flood was an historical occurrence / The Earth is 4-6,000 years old |
| What new evidence reconciled the view of the Bible? | --- |
| One | Many new species were discovered as Europeans explored the Earth |
| Two | How could all fit on the Ark |
| Three | How could survivors get to the new world |
| Assumption about Noah's Ark | It was very difficult to imagine the Ark holding all species, so not all areas were affected |
| What other aspect made the Ark worse? | New species were beginning to be discovered |
| What other evidence reconciled the view of the Bible? | Many new species discovered |
| Second | Fossils began to be understood and Age of the Earth |
| Rock layers and fossils was not explained | In the Bible. Had no observations |
| Who is Darwin? | Son of a wealthy doctor. Studied to be a doctor and hated the gore and pain. Moved to Cambridge and learned a lot of natural history |
| What is Darwin's mechanisms? | 2 observations and consequences |
| Observation 1 | Individuals vary |
| Observation 2 | More offspring are produced than can survive |
| Consequence 1 | Those individuals who are best suited to the environment will survive and reproduce |
| Consequence 2 | The next generation will have more of the "good" genetic variation |
| If bees visit blue flowers more often than white ones, which type will produce more seeds? | The frequency of the white flowers will decrease and blue flowers increase |