Darwin & The Theory of Evolution
Organisms that adapt over time in response to their changing environment.
What is the theory of evolution?
Provides a record of how animals evolve, and shows that all species are related to each other.
What is fossil evidence?
A cone-bearing plant
What is a Gymnosperm?
Naming, describing, and classifying organisms; Domain, Kingdom, Pyhlum, etc...
What is Taxonomy?
Made up of the bones that give structure to the human body.
What is the Skeletal System
French naturalist who believed in the inheritance of acquired characteristics. (Darwins Influence)
Who is Jean Baptiste Lamarck?
Similar structures are inherited from a common ancestor but serve different functions. (Comparative Anatomy)
What is Homologous Structure?
A flowering plant.
What is an angiosperm?
Embryonic Development, Sexual Reproduction, Motie, Heterotroph, Multicellular, Eukaryotic, and Sensory Organs.
A complex network of glands and organs. (Makes you grow)
What is the Endocrine System?
English economist who believed that if the human population grows too fast for resources the weakest will die. (Darwin's Influence)
Who is Thomas Malthus?
Structures that are similar in function but come from unrelated organisms. (Comparative Anatomy)
What is an Analogous Structure?
Contain both male and female reproductive structures.
What is a Flower?
When an animal does not have a backbone.
What is an Invertebrate?
What is the Lymphatic system?
A book written by Charles Darwin.
Study of the similarities and differences in embryos of different species.
What is Comparative Embyology?
Plants evolved most directly from.
What is Aquatic Green Algae?
The phylum of animals with a flexible rod supporting their dorsal or back sides.
What is a Chordata?
Includes the skin, hair, and nails.
What is the Integument system?
1. Species change over time
2. Earth was very old
3. Struggle for existence with population growth
4.Fitness = Ability to survive
5. Artificial selection
6. Natural selection
What is Darwin's Theory?
Structures that have no apparent function but were once used by past ancestors.
What are Vegtigial Strucures?
Bryophytes; liverworts, hornworts, and moses.
What is a Nonvascular Plant?
Phylum that includes tapeworms.
What is Platyhelminthes?
Is responsible for breathing.