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Vocabulary
People in Evolution
Adaptations
Evidence for Evolution
Types of Fossils
100
The process of change over time
What is evolution
100
Created the theory that Miller and Urey experimented on
Who is Oparin
100
When an organism copies another organism to deter predators
What is mimicry
100
Type of comparitive anatomy when body parts have similar functions but different structures such as human hands and whale flippers
What is analogous structures
100
Indirect evidence such as a footprint, trail, or burrow
What is trace fossils
200
The two word naming system that uses the genus and species to identify an organism
What is binomial nomenclature
200
The father of evolution, created theory of "Natural Selection"
Who is Charles Darwin
200
When a species evolves into many different species for different habitats such as Darwin's finches
What is Adaptive Radiation
200
Comparing embryonic structures
What is embryology
200
Minerals fill a space created by a decayed organism
What is casts
300
The idea that nonliving material can produce life
What is Abiogenesis or Spontaneous generation
300
Disproved spontaneous generation by experimenting with S-shaped flasks so bacteria could not get in and spoil broth
Who is Louis Pasteur
300
When a natural disaster such as a volcano cuts a population off from the rest of the population
What is Geographic Evolution
300
Finding records of early life
What is fossils
300
Empty space created by a decayed organism in sediment
What is mold
400
A body structure in a present-day organism that no longer serves it's original purpose
What is vestigial structure
400
The men who stated original life on Earth developed in the ocean from simple organic molecules
Who are Stanley Miller and Harold Urey
400
Adaptation when an organism blends with their surroundings to escape predation
What is camoflauge
400
Comparing chemical make up of organisms such as DNA, RNA, and amino acid sequences
What is biochemistry
400
Minerals fill an organism to make it hard like a rock
What is petrified or premineralized
500
Theory of complex eukaryotic cells probably evolved from prokaryotic cells
What is endosymbiont theory
500
First disproved spontaneous generartion in 1668 by experimenting with jars of meat
Who is Francesco Redi
500
Mechanism of evolution when a species of animals can no longer reproduce
What is reproductive isolation
500
Comparing structures of organisms; such as homologous, vestigial and analogous structures
What is comparative anatomy
500
Ice or sap traps an organism into it's amber
What is amber preserved