Science- evolution
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- Family = ______
- Hominidae
- Species= ____
- Sapien
- define= fossil evidence
- traces of once living organisms perserved in rock layers usually sedimentary rock.
- What is evidence of common ancestry?
- that several organisms can be traced to a common ancestor
- What kept Charles Darwin off the boat during most of the trip?
- seasickness
- Class= ______
- mammalia
- The formation of Earth was about how many years ago?
-
4.6 billion yrs. ago
- Order= _____
- primates
- Genus=____
- Homo
- Charles Darwin was known for publishing what book?
- Origin of species
- How long was Charles Darwin's exploration?
- 5 years
- When was his book published?
- 1859
- What was the name of the boat on which Charles Darwin went on exploration?
- beagle
- Scientist beleive life on Earth to be a ___ step process.
- 4
- What did Darwin initially go to college to become?
- doctor
- Before Darwin, who proposed that environmentally aquired traits were passed along to offspring?
- Lamarck
- The oldest Hominid fossil is how old?
- 4 million yrs.
- Define- evolution
- theory that species changed over time
- Charles darwin enrolled in Cambridge to become a ____.
- preacher
- vestigal organs
- organs that serve no useful functions today but may offer prrof that an ancestor had and used those organs differently
- Fossils have been used to construct a _____.
- geological time scale
- what are some of the most common found fossils?
- shells, teeth, bones, and woody stems
- Who disproved spontaneous generation through several experiments?
- Redi, Spallanzani, and Pasteur
- The earlist cro- magnon is how old?
- 35,000 yrs. old
- What is spontaneous generation?
- The belief that live organisms could arise from non-living material
- It is believed that the early atmosphere was composed of what?
-
Ammonia
Hydrogen gas
water vapor
Methane gas - How many yrs. ago did the first prokaryotes existed?
- 3.5 billion
- define structures
- organisms often have similar structures that are used for different functions but could offer proof of common ancestry
- Phylum= _____
- Chordate
- How many years ago did the first photosynthesizers formed?
- 2.8 billion yrs.
- What gases made up the early atmosphere?
- volcanic
- The oceans formed about how many yrs. ago?
- 3.8 billion
- The first primates existed how many years ago?
- 65 million
- How many years ago did the first eukarotes existed?
- 1 billion
- What is an example of common ancestry?
- Hawaiian Honeycreeper
- What island did Charles darwin do a good portion of his findings?
- Gallapoges
- Kingdon=______
- animal
- As temperatures cooled on earth, water condensed and fell in pools of water. Who did experiments on this theory?
- Miller and Urey
- Early earth lacked what key gas that is present today?
- oxygen