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Tuzzo-Bio-Evolution #1

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evolution the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms
scientific theory a well-supported testable explanation of phenomena that have occurred in the natural world
Charles Darwin made numerous observations and collected evidence that led him to propose a hypothesis about the way life changes over time
Charles Darwin's hypothesisi about the way life changes over time Theory of Evolution
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck he recognized the EVOLUTION HYPOTHESIS
Evolution hypothesis recognizes that living things do what over time? change
evolution hypothesis recognizes that all species were descended from other species
evolution hypothesis recpognizes that organisms were what to their environments? adapted
consists of all genes, including allthe different alleles that are present in a population gene pool
this affects which individuals survive and reproduce and which do not natural selection
if an individual dies without reproducing it does not contribute its what to the gene pool. alleles
the alleles stay in the gene pool and may increase in frequency when an individual produces many offspring
speciation the formation of new species
The fossil record includes information about the structure of organisms
fossil record includes information about what the organism ate and what ate them
fossil record includes information about what environment an organism lived in and the order in which they lived
What percentage of all speciecie on earth have become extinct? 99%
extinct the species hads died out
adaptive radiation process by which single or small group of species evolves into different forms and live different ways
convergent evolution process by which unrelated organisms come to resemble one another
cladogram shows how organisms branch off from "like" organisms
the first organism photosynthetic bacteria called cymobacteria
spontaneous generation life came from non-living matter
Fransesco Redi discovered spontaneous generation
Louis Pasteur proved idea of bio
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