1st Semester World Civ
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- Projection
- Putting 3-D objects in 2-D
- Distortion
- 2-D version of 3-D object
- Equinox
- September 21 and March 21, when sun is at equator
- Solstice
- June 21 and December 21, when days are shortest and longest
- How many degrees are we tilting?
- 23 degrees and 30' 30"
- Tropic of Capricorn
- 23 degrees and 30' S
- Tropic of Cancer
- 23 degrees 30' N
- Arctic Circle
- 66 degrees 30' N
- Antarctic Circle
- 66 degrees 30' S
- Latitude
- Imaginary lines around the earth that signify how North or South a place on Earth is
- Longitude
- Imaginary lines around the earth that signify how East or West a place on Earth is
- Bushman Tribe
- Thought to be the first humans to walk the earth; found in South Africa
- Ice Age
- A time on Earth when the temperature dropped to a very low degree and stayed that way for many years
- Charles Darwin
- A naturalist (environmntalist) that went on a voyage in 1829 to draw specimens around South America; discovered Evolution
- Mutation
- A change in the genetis structure of an individual that may or may not benefit them
- Natural Selection
- When nature "picks" who adapts to a change in the environment
- Theory of Evolution
- Natural Selection
- Humans are a successful series of what?
- Mutations
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Creationism vs. Theory of Evolution:
When did it appear and what are they? -
Going on since Darwin introduces Theory of Evolution
Creationism: the idea that a God created all the living beings on Earth
Theory of Evolution: that certain individuals are chosen by nature to adapt to a change in the environment - Inherited/Acquired Traits
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Inherited: traits passed down from parrent to child
Acquired: traits that evolve as a result of a person's experiences - Astrolopithecines
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A group of extinct homonids that are sometimes thought to be direct ascestors of humans
Have bipedalism, stereoscopic vision, opposable thumbs, Communication/vocalization, and similar brain size