The different eras and scientists
Which scientists attempted to "steal" Darwins theory?
Who is Wallace?
What did Darwin discover?
What is Natural Selection?
What Microevolution is characterized by alleles traveling from one population to another?
What is Gene flow?
What type of fossil dating is based on soil horizon or index fossils?
What is Relative Dating?
Which scientist proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
Who is Wegner?
Which scientist discovered extinction and what did he originally call it?
Who is Cuvier?
What is catastrophism?
What is the Beagle and "Companion of the captain"?
What are the two types of non-random mating?
What is male competition and female mate choice?
What is Radio metric dating based off of and used on?
What is radioactive isotopes and layers of volcanic ash?
What type of plate tectonic movements make mountainous ridges?
What is Spread?
Which scientist had the flaw of thinking their theory only happened within one lifetime of the organism?
Who is Lamarck?
What are the 3 things that Darwin saw on his adventure on the Beagle?
What is PAF hes never seen before?
What is PAF more similar to each other than any other organism occupying a similar niche in Europe?
What is volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and landslides?
A change in eye color, which is a neutral allele, is an example of what type of Microevolution?
What is Mutation?
What step of fossilization makes fossilization so uncommon?
What is Step 1, the organism must die in a way that is protected from scavengers?
Homologous structures pair with ___________ uses, while Analogous structures pair with ____________ uses.
Homologous structures pair with Divergence uses, while Analogous structures pair with Convergence uses.
Which scientist altered Hutton's theory and fixed his flaw? What was the new theory called?
Who is Lyell?
What is Uniformitarianism?
What is the second Inference of Darwins Mechanisms?
What is differential reproductive success?
Which type of Microevolution is connected directly with DDLF and DILF? (hint its a type of genetic drift)
What is Bottleneck?
We date fossils __________ to _________ ________ in the soil which have ____________ dates. (hint: we combine the two ways to date fossils)
We date fossils relative to volcanic ash in the soil which have radiometric dates.
When species that are more closely related have similar developmental patterns it is called what?
What is Embryology?
Which scientist updated the scale of nature to reflect "Gods divine order"?
Who is Linné?
What were the 2 reasons the Galapagos islands were perfect to study finches?
What is they were the right size?
What is they were just the right distance from the Mainland?
What is the Hox gene?
Trace fossils give us clues to what about past life on the planet? (hint: im looking for a specific word)
What is paleoecology?
Which anatomical change is the most difficult to do?