Zoology 101
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- What is the correct hierarchy order for the animal kingdom?
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Kingdom
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
Species - What are 3 examples of Biological unity?
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Cell Biology
Genetics
Genes - What are the five Characteristics of science?
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Grounded by "natural Laws"
Explainable
Testable
Subject to Change
Falsifiable - What are the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?
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Observation
Hypothesis
experiment
data
conclusion
support/reject data - science is only considered science if it can be ________.
- tested
- what are the 3 eras in which science is normally divided?
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Predarwin
darwin
neodarwin - The idea in which organisms arose was dominated by _______ ________.
- natural theology
- All living organisms share a __________ ___________.
- Common Ancestor
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What theory did Hutton propose?
And what did this theory mean? -
Gradualism.
Changes in the earth are slow and continuos over time. - Who proposed the theory of Uniformitarianism?
- George Lyell.
- What is the theory of uniformitarianism?
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laws of physics and chemistry are UNIFORM.
Changes occur SLOW AND WITHOUT DIRECTION. - what ship did Darwin sail while serving as a naturalist?
- the HMS Beagle
- Why was it important to know that Darwin studied animals within close range yet on different islands?
- Because though the animals may have been of the same species, there were a few subtle differences between the species on each island.
- Who was the first to suggest that species change over time?
- John Baptiste Lamark
- How is variation and inheritence of aquired traits relevent to darwin's theory of evolution?
- Darwin believed that the short neck giraffes developed long necks over time in order to reach the taller trees, thus allowing them to survive by adjusting to the new surroundings.