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Chapter 9 & 10

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Evolution   Change over time; modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms  
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Fixed species   Species stay the same and can't change for all time  
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Transmutation   Where species can change  
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Who is Charles Darwin?   A naturalist and biologist known for his theory of evolution and the process of natural selection  
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What is a fossil?   A preserved remains of organisms and is petrified into rock  
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What is taxonomy?   The science of classifying organisms  
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What does survival of the fittest mean?   -competition meant that only the fittest would survive -An explanation of natural selection  
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Who was William Smith and what did he do?   William was a geologist who studies rocks and fossils  
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Taxon   The range from kingdom to the species  
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How do fossils form?   Hard parts, such as bone, remain long enough to mineralize and form fossils  
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Mutation   -Occurs when there is a copying error -Are rare -Have damaging effects  
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What is at the very beginning of the tree of life?   The common ancestor of all living things  
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Can mutations be passed onto offspring?   Mutations can only be passed on if the mutation is in a sex cell  
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What causes variation within the population?   Mutations and sexual reproduction  
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Microevolution   Evolutionary change within a species or small group of organisms over a short period of time and no speciation  
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Macroevolution   Major evolutionary change over a long period of time and includes speciation  
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Speciation   The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution  
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Embryological   -Similar embryology also suggests similar genes -Embryonic cells develop in similar patterns  
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Homologous Structures   Similar anatomical structures, that may have different functions  
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Analogous Structures   Different anatomical structures, that have the same function. Ex) fin, wing, and arm  
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Vestigial Structures   Structures that are no longer needed, so they are just set aside  
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Transitional Fossils   Show a clear transition from one species to another  
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Geography   Shows the group evolved before the continents drifted apart and the spread of organisms  
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Antibiotic Resistance   When bacteria change in a way that reduces the effectiveness of drugs  
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What causes evolution?   Natural selection  
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Double-helix   Shows how genetic information is transferred  
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Variants   Known as alleles  
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What is the theory of evolution?   Deals with how evolution happens. Our understanding is always changing.  
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Do you have to change in order to survive?   Yes  
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