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| WHO IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF EVOLUTION? |
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| WHERE DID DARWIN CREATE HIS THEORY OF EVOLUTION? |
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| A SHIP THAT SAILED FOR 5 YRS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IN AN EFFORT TO EXPAND THE ENGLISH NAVY'S KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN FOREIGN LANDS |
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| HOW OLD WAS DARWIN WHEN HE CREATED THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION? |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
DARWIN'S THEORY OF EVOLUTION JUST BUILT UPON WHAT PEOPLE ALREADY KNEW AND BELIEVED ABOUT HUMANS AND ANIMALS. |
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| FALSE- BEFORE THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION, PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT SPECIES HAD AND WILL ALWAYS REMAIN UNCHANGED |
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| THE BELIEF THAT SPECIES HAVE REMAINED AND WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED SINCE CREATION |
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| LAYERS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK WHERE FOSSILS ARE FOUND |
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| WHO WAS THE FATHER OF PALEONTOLOGY? |
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| WHILE GEORGES CUVIER FOUNDED PALEONTOLOGY, HE BELIEVED IN THE F__________ OF SPECIES. |
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| FIXITY (AKA IMMUTABILITY OF SPECIES) |
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| F_____________ IN THE STRATA WOULD DISPROVE GEORGES CUVIER'S THEORY AND SHOW A SUCCESSION OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF THE SAME SPECIES OVER TIME. |
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| EXPLAINS THE APPEARANCE OF NEW FORMS AS REPLACING OLD FORMS DUE TO A LOCAL CATASTROPHE |
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| THE BELIEF THAT PARTS OF THE EARTH WERE FORMED AND CHANGED DUE TO A BIBLICAL FLOOD (I.E. NOAH'S ARK STORY) |
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| WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THEORY OF INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS? |
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| WHAT DID LAMARCK'S THEORY PROPOSE? |
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1. EVOLUTION OCCURED AND THAT ADAPTION CAUSES DIVERSITY
2. MORE COMPLEX FORMS DESCENDED FROM LESS COMPLEX FORMS |
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| EXPLAIN THE INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS THEORY. |
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| USE AND DISUSE OF A STRUCTURE CAN BRING ABOUT INHERITED CHANGE |
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| FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS? |
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| LONG NECKS OF GIRAFFES DEVELOPED FROM GIRAFFES STRETCHING THEIR NECKS TO REACH FOOD WHEN TREES BEGAN TO GROW TALLER |
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| WHAT DOES MODERN GENETICS SAY ABOUT THE THEORY OF INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS? |
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| NOT SUPPORTED B/C PHENOTYPIC CHANGES (PHYSICAL TRAITS) ACQUIRED DURING THE LIFETIME DO NO RESULT IN GENETIC CHANGES THAT CAN BE PASSED TO OFFSPRING |
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WHAT ARE THE 2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DARWIN'S THEORY AND
LAMARCK'S THEORY? |
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1. DARWIN'S THEORY- SPECIES ARE SUITED TO AN ENVIRONMENT THROUGH NO WILL OF THEIR OWN
2. DARWIN'S THEORY- NATURAL SELECTION IS THE MEANS FOR SPECIATION |
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| WHO WROTE THE BOOK PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY? |
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| WHAT DID LYELL'S BOOK TELL US? |
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| THE EARTH WAS SUBJECT TO SLOW BUT CONTINUOUS CYCLES OF EROSION AND UPLIFT |
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| IDEA THAT EMERGED FROM LYELL'S BOOK; SLOW GEOLOGICAL CHANGES OCCUR AT A UNIFORM RATE |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
DARWIN'S STUDIES OF FOSSILS LED HIM TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE EARTH IS VERY YOUNG. |
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| FALSE- DARWIN CONCLUDED THAT THE EARTH WAS VERY OLD |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
BIOGEOGRAPHY IS THE STUDY OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSILS ON EARTH. |
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| FALSE- BIOGEOGRAPHY IS THE STUDY OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE-FORMS ON EARTH |
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| WHERE DID DARWIN STUDY EVOLUTION? |
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| THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA) |
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| DARWIN OBSERVED THAT SPECIES ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS WERE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE SPECIES ON THE MAINLAND. WHY? |
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| DIFFERENT TERRAIN/ENVIRONMENT CALLS FOR A DIFFERENT ADAPTATIONS |
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| WHERE DID DARWIN SUPPOSE THE SPECIES ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS CAME FROM? |
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| DARWIN SUGGESTED THAT THE SPECIES ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS HAD BEEN BROUGHT THERE BY PEOPLE AND OVER TIME, THEY HAD ADAPTED TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT |
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| WHAT TYPE OF ANIMAL DID DARWIN STUDY EXTENSIVELY ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS? |
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| HOW DID DARWIN EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT BEAK SIZES OF THE FINCHES ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS? |
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| THE BEAK SIZES DEPENDED ON HOW THE FINCH GOT ITS FOOD (SEEDS) AND HOW LARGE THE SEEDS WERE |
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| WHAT OTHER ANIMAL DID DARWIN STUDY ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS? |
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| WHAT DID DARWIN FIND WHEN STUDYING TORTOISES ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS? |
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| EACH ISLAND HAD ITS OWN TYPE OF TORTOISE, DEPENDING UPON THE TERRAIN; LONG-NECKED ONES IN AREAS WHERE GROUND FOOD WAS SCARCE AND SHORT-NECKED ONES IN MOIST REGIONS WITH ABUNDANT GROUND FOOD |
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| ANY CHARACTERISTIC THAT MAKES AN ORGANISM MORE SUITED TO ITS ENVIRONMENT |
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| WHAT IS THE CHOICE MECHANISM OF EVOLUTION CALLED? |
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REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURAL SELECTION:
MEMBERS OF A POPULATION MUST HAVE A H________________ VARIATION. |
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REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURAL SELECTION:
MORE OFFSPRING MUST BE PRODUCED THAN CAN BE S_____________. |
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REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURAL SELECTION:
INDIVIDUALS WITH FAVORABLE TRAITS S________________ AND R______________ MORE THAN THOSE INDIVIDUALS LACKING THE DESIRED TRAITS. |
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REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURAL SELECTION:
OVER TIME, A LARGER PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION WILL POSSESS THE F_______________ TRAITS AND BECOME MORE A______________ TO THE ENVIRONMENT. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
ADAPTATIONS CAN OCCUR WITHIN JUST ONE GENERATION. |
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| FALSE- ADAPTATIONS TAKE MANY, MANY GENERATIONS TO APPEAR |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
NATURAL SELECTION INCLUDES VARIATIONS RESULTING FROM BOTH GENETIC AND PHENOTYPIC CHANGES. |
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| FALSE- NATURAL SELECTION USES ONLY VARIATIONS RESULTING FROM GENETIC CHANGES; PHENOTYPIC (PHYSICAL TRAITS) ARE NOT INCLUDED |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
NATURAL SELECTION IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
PRIOR TO DARWIN, VARIATIONS OF SPECIES WERE CONSIDERED IMPERFECTIONS. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
ADAPTIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH VARIATIONS WITHIN SPECIES OCCUR. |
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| FALSE- VARIATIONS CAN ALSO BE CAUSED BY MUTATIONS, CHROMOSOMAL REARRANGEMENTS, AND ASSORTMENT OF CHROMOSOMES DURING MEIOSIS AND FERTILIZATION |
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| WHO SAID THAT DEATH AND FAMINE WERE INEVITABLE B/C HUMANS REPRODUCE FASTER THAN THE FOOD SUPPLY? |
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| DID DARWIN AGREE WITH THOMAS MALTHUS' IDEA REGARDING HUMANITY'S STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE? |
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| YES, DARWIN APPLIED THIS IDEA TO ALL ORGANISMS, NOT JUST HUMANS |
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| REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION |
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| HOW IS FITNESS DETERMINED? |
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| BY COMPARING THE # OF SURVIVING FERTILE OFFSPRING PRODUCED BY EACH MEMBER OF A POPULATION |
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| WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF BEING "FIT?" |
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| MOST-FIT INDIVIDUALS CAPTURE THE MOST RESOURCES AND CONVERT INTO A LARGER # OF VIABLE OFFSRPING |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
WHAT DETERMINES FITNESS IS THE SAME FOR ALL POPULATIONS. |
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| FALSE- WHAT DETERMINES FITNESS VARIES FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
ARTIFICIAL SELECTION IS WHEN HUMANS CHOSE PARTICULAR TRAITS. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
IN NATURE, INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT DETERMINES FITNESS. |
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| WHAT IS CONVERGENT EVOLUTION? |
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| WHEN DIFFERENT SPECIES DEVELOP THE SAME ADAPTATIONS TO THE SAME TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT |
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| EXAMPLE OF CONVERGENT EVOLUTION? |
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| MANATEES, PENGUINS, AND SEA TURTLES HAVE ALL DEVELOPED FLIPPERS TO MOVE THROUGH THE WATER |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
BOTH NATURAL SELECTION AND ARTIFICIAL SELECTION RESULT IN ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT. |
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| FALSE- ONLY NATURAL SELECTION RESULTS IN ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
ONCE THE HMS BEAGLE RETURNED TO ENGLAND, DARWIN PUBLISHED HIS BOOK ON EVOLUTION IMMEDIATELY. |
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| FALSE- DARWIN WAITED 20 YEARS AFTER RETURING TO ENGLAND TO PUBLISH HIS BOOK |
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| WHAT WAS THE NAME OF DARWIN'S BOOK ON EVOLUTION? |
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| WHY DID DARWIN WAIT 20 YEARS AFTER RETURNING TO ENGLAND TO PUBLISH HIS BOOK ON EVOLUTION? |
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| HE WANTED TO GATHER FURTHER EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIS HYPOTHESIS |
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| WHAT FINALLY PUSHED DARWIN TO PUBLISH HIS BOOK ON EVOLUTION? |
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| THE PUBLISHING OF A SIMILAR HYPOTHESIS BY ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE |
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| WHO CONCEIVED THE IDEA OF THE "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST?" |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
WALLACE SENT HIS ESSAY ON EVOLUTION TO DARWIN FOR CRITIQUE. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
DARWIN PUBLISHED HIS BOOK ON EVOLUTION BEFORE WALLACE. |
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| FALSE- WALLACE PUBLISHED HIS EVOLUTION ESSAY FIRST BEFORE DARWIN PUBLISHED HIS BOOK ON EVOLUTION |
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| THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION STATES THAT ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE A C______________ A_________________. |
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| WHY IS THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION SO WIDELY ACCEPTED IN BIOLOGY? |
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| B/C IT CAN EXPLAIN SO MANY DIFFERENT OBSERVATIONS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT FIELDS OF BIOLOGY |
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| WHEN DOES A HYPOTHESIS BECOME A SCIENTIFIC THEORY? |
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| HYPOTHESES BECOME SCIENTIFIC THEORY ONLY WHEN A VARIETY OF EVIDENCE FROM INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS SUPPORTS THE ORIGINAL HYPOTHESIS |
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| FOSSILS ARE IMPORTANT B/C THEY DISPLAY THE S_____________ OF LIFE-FORMS. |
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| FOSSILS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT B/C THEY CAN HELP US TO FIND T____________________ LINKS BETWEEN GROUPS. |
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| WHAT FOSSIL OF AN ANIMAL IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TRANSITIONAL LINK BETWEEN GROUPS? |
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ARCHAEOPTERYX IS A TRANSITIONAL LINK BETWEEN WHAT TWO SPECIES OF ANIMALS? |
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| FOSSILS HAVE ALSO PROVIDED INSIGHT INTO THE EVOLUTION OF W___________. |
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| 60 MILLION YEARS AGO, THE ANCESTORS OF WHALES W______________ AND HAD 4 L______________. |
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| OVER TIME, THE ANCESTORS OF WHALES SPENT MORE TIME IN THE W____________ AND DEVELOPED L__________ BODIES AND F_______________. |
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| THE SUPERCONTINENT THAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CONSISTED OF 7 CONTINENTS THAT BROKE APART ABOUT 200 MILLION YEARS AGO |
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| WHAT DOES PANGAEA HAVE TO DO WITH BIOGEOGRAPHY? |
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| THE EXISTENCE OF PANGAEA SUPPORTS THE IDEA IN BIOGEOGRAPHY THAT ORGANISMS THAT ARE RELATED CAN EXIST IN MANY LOCALES AND IN MANY FORMS (I.E. ALL CAME FROM 1 FORM IN 1 LOCATION, THEN SPREAD APART AND BECAME ISOLATED FROM ONE ANOTHER WHEN PANGAEA BROKE APART) |
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| EXAMPLE OF PANGAEA INFLUENCING BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION? |
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| SOUTH AMERICA, ANTARCTICA, AND AUSTRALIA WERE ONCE CONNECTED -> MARSUPIALS AND MAMMALS AROSE -> SPECIES SPREAD OUT -> MARSUPIALS MIGRATED TOWARDS AUSTRALIA -> PANGAEA SPLIT, LEAVING MARSUPIALS ISOLATED IN AUSTRALIA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES IN THE WORLD NOW TO FIND MARSUPIALS |
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| WHAT IS ANATOMICAL EVIDENCE OF ADAPTIONS CALLED? |
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| ANATOMICAL FEATURES THAT ARE FULLY DEVELOPED IN ONE GROUP OF ORGANISMS BUT ARE REDUCED AND NONFUNCTIONAL IN OTHER SIMILAR GROUPS |
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| WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES IN HUMANS? |
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| THE APPENDIX AND THE TAIL BONE |
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| WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES IN WHALES AND SNAKES? |
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| THEY HAVE REMNANTS OF HIP BONES AND LEGS IN THEIR SKELETONS |
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| WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE IN AN OSTRICH? |
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| THEIR WINGS SINCE THEY CANNOT FLY, BUT THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERED BIRDS |
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| HOW IS THE PRESENCE OF VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES EXPLAINED BY SOME BIOLOGISTS? |
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| COMMON DESCENT HYPOTHESIS- WE ALL CAME FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR AND HAVE ADAPTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS |
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| WHAT ARE ANATOMICALLY SIMILAR STRUCTURES EXPLAINABLE BY INHERITANCE FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR CALLED? |
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| EXAMPLE OF HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES IN ALL VERTERATE FORELIMBS? |
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| THEY ALL CONTAIN THE SAME SET OF BONES ORGANIZED IN SIMILAR WAYS DESPITE DISSIMILAR FUNCTIONS |
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| WHAT ARE STRUCTURES THAT SERVE THE SAME FUNCTION BUT ARE NOT CONSTRUCTED SIMILARLY CALLED? |
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| EXAMPLE OF ANALOGOUS STRUCTURES? |
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| BIRD AND INSECT WINGS- THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED DIFFERENTLY BUT ACHEIVE THE SAME PURPOSE (FLYING) |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
BIRDS AND BATS HAVE ALLTHE SAME BONES IN THEIR WINGS. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
WHALES AND CATS HAVE ALL THE SAME BONES IN THEIR FORELIMBS. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
HORSES AND HUMANS HAVE ALL THE SAME BONES IN THEIR FORELIMBS. |
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| HOMOLOGY SHARED BY VERTEBRATES EXTENDS TO THEIR E_______________ DEVELOPMENT. |
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| DURING DEVELOPMENT, ALL VETEBRATES HAVE A POSTANAL T_____________ AND PAIRED P_______________ POUCHES. |
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| IN FISH AND AMPHIBIAN LARVAE, THE PAIRED PHARYNGEAL POUCHES DEVELOP INTO FUNCTIONING G_______. |
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| IN HUMANS, THE 1ST PHARYNGEAL POUCH BECOMES THE E___________, THE 2ND BECOMES THE T__________, AND THE 3RD AND 4TH BECOME THE T_____________ AND THE P_______________ GLANDS. |
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| EARS, TONSILS, THYMUS, PARATHYROID |
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| HOW DO NEW STRUCTURES ORIGINATE? |
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| BY MODIFYING PREEXISTING STRUCTURES OF ONE'S ANCESTORS |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
ALL LIVING ORGANISMS USE DIFFERENT BIOCHEMICAL MOLECULES AND DIFFERENT ENZYMES.
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| FALSE- ALL LIVING ORGANISMS USE THE SAME BIOCHEMICAL MOLECULES, INCLUDING DNA, ATP, AND MANY NEARLY IDENTICAL ENZYMES |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
MANY DEVELOPMENTAL GENES ARE SHARED IN ANIMALS RANGING FROM WORMS TO HUMANS. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
LIFE'S DIVERSITY HAS COME ABOUT FROM THE DIFFERENCES IN MANY GENES. |
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| FALSE- LIFE'S DIVERSITY HAS COME ABOUT FROM ONLY SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE SAME GENES |
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| C________________ c IS A MOLECULE THAT IS USED IN THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN OF ALL O____________. |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
AS SPECIES BECOME MORE COMPLEX, THE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR BIOCHEMICAL MAKE-UP INCREASE. |
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| FALSE- AS SPECIES BECOME MORE COMPLEX, THE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR BIOCHEMICAL MAKE-UP DECREASES, SEPARATING THEM EACH BY ONLY A FEW GENES |
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