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Darwin's father susspected Darwin to be a... Doctor.
Darwin was born in... 1809
Darwin watched farmes breed the best cattle, which was called... Artificial Selection
Darwin went to college to study... For the ministry
He was selected to go on a voyage around the coast of... South America
His ship was called Beagle
Voyage lasted__years and darwin was___years old. 1. 5 2. 27
Majority of his research took place on the... Galapogos Islands
In Galapogos Islands he studied____. Turtles, birds, beatles, underwater iguanas.
Darwin married his_____cousin they had __ kids 1. 1st 2. 10
Lyel - Theory of uuniformatarisim I.E. earth was a few million insead of a few thousand.
Malthus - Published principal of population
Pincipal of Population Population rates effected by food supply and disease
Darwin left for the galopogos in... 1831
Darwin returned from his voyage in... 1836
Adaptation Trait that has become common because it provides an advantage.
Speciation - Formation of a new species
4 major parts of evoloution 1.Varation exists in genes in every species.2.Due to some vatations some individuals some will survive better.3.Over time those traits will increase.4.Fossil evidence helps prove evoloution(lies)
Earths age - 4.5 billion
Founding father of evoloution: Darwin
Most of Darwins evidence was founded on Galapogos Islands in South America
Hutton & Lyell helped form the theory of evoloution by stating: Surface of earth is always changing. And Earth is millions of years old.
Mechanisim for evoloution that darwin proposed Natural Selection
List all 4 factors of natural selection All populations have genetic varation. Overproduction of offspring; others will fight. Survival of the Fittist. Enviornment presents challenge to successfull production
3 main types of evidence for evoloution Fins, Wings, Arms.
Oldest rock formations: Pegmatite and Basalt
Youngest rock formations: Shale & Siltstone
If a child is born with a genetic disease that is not found anywhere in the family tree, what is the reason? Mutation.
Smallest lvl of organization that can evolve? a population
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