History of Life/Eras
This was the earliest era
precambrian
Studied flies and meat to disprove spontaneous generation
Redi
"Those turtles laid too many eggs!"
overproduction of offspring
Disney character who freezes things with her hands
Elsa
What was the early earth like?
hot
no breathable oxygen
Used the swan neck flask to show that bacteria could not come from nonliving matter
Pasteur
"There are brown mice and white mice."
variation
Disney character who falls in love with the Beast
Belle
Which era included flowering plants for the first time?
mesozoic
Miller and Urey used this to mimic lightning in their experiment
electricity
"There is not enough food for all of those giraffes."
Competition/limited resources
Disney character who sings the song "You're Welcome" in Moana.
Maui
How can you determine a fossil's age?
look at layer
OR
half life
The theory that life comes from LIFE.
biogenesis
Long neck giraffes will survive and pass their traits on too offspring
survival of fittest/ favorable traits passed on
This is the next unit we will be covering.
Ecology
What method determines the age of a fossil by its position in the earth?
relative dating
The theory that life can come from nonliving matter
spontaneous generation
Pop up trivia: This scientist thought that organisms could change their traits during their lifetime.
Lamarck
Capital of NH
Concord