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Theory of Evolutionn
Theory of Evolution
Question | Answer |
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ability to walk upright | bipedal |
characteristic that allows primates to grasp things easily | opposable thumb |
Two main groups of primates | prosimians and anthropoids |
Example of a prosimian | lemur |
Example of an anthropoid | ape |
Man and African apes are categorized as | hominids |
Supposedly australopithecine gave rise to what group of transitional form? | homoerectus |
Hemoerectus supposedly evolved into what group? | homo sapiens |
Example of a homosapiens that closely resembles Eskimos or American Indians | neanderthal |
Claimed to used language and work with clay | cromagnon |
Mechanism scientist claim to caused evolutionary changes | mutations |
theory that states life is best explained by an intelligent cause not by random mutations | intelligent design |
Result of smaller populations having limited gene pool | genetic drift |
physical clues of the past that help determine what happened long ago | fossils |
Type of fossil that is a marking left by an animal. example is a footprint | trace |
When minerals and rocks fill a space left by a decayed organism, they make a replica of the organism. | cast |
Minerals replace wood making a copy of them | petrified |
Thin object falls into sediment can leave an imprint when sediment hardens. Example is a leaf | imprint |
Organism is buried in sediment and then decays , leaving an empty space. Leaving a negative image of organism | molds |
Entire organisms trapped in ice or tree sap and hardens into amber. | amber and frozen |
Assuming the oldest layers of rock are at the bottom and the youngest layers are towards the top. | Relative Dating |
Half of carbon-14 breaks down into carbon-12 in about | 5730 years |
Supposedly, potassium decays into argon with a half life of | 1.3 billion years |
These cells supposedly evolved by endosymbiosis. | eukaryotes |