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Geological Time
100
This person is associated with natural selection
Who is Charles Darwin
100
the ancestors of eukaryotic cells lived in association wih prokaryote cells
What is endosymbiont theory
100
a human appendix is an example of a what
What is a vestigial structure
100
longest unit of time
What is an eon
200
This person disapproved spontaneous generation.
Who is Francesco Redi
200
the measure of the relative contribution that an individual trait makes to the next generation.
What is fitness
200
anatomically similar structures inherited from a common ancestor
What is a homologous structure
200
"The Age of Reptiles" era
What is the Mesozoic Era
300
Which two scientists suggested the hypothesis of primordial soup
Who are Alexander Oparin and John Haldane
300
adaptions that allow an organism to blend in with an environment
What is camouflage
300
Primitive features that appear in ancestral forms. Ex: teeth and tails
What is an ancestral trait
300
List the four eras in order, starting from the earliest
What is Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic
400
Who is associated with biogenesis
Who is Louis Pasteur
400
where on species evolves to resemble another species
What is mimicry
400
Newly evolved features. Ex: feathers
What is a derived trait
500
Who were the first to show that simple organic molecules could be made from inorganic compounds
Who are Stanley Miller and Harold Urey
500
any change in the allelic frequencies in a population that results from chance is
What is genetic drift
500
Used for the same purpose and can be superficially similar in construction but are not inherited from a common ancestor
What is an analogous structure