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lighting mixed up molecules to make amino acids
unicellular, prokaryotic, heterotrophs
unicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophs
made O2
evolution/genetic variation/mutation |
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unrelated animals have organs with similar functions, yet are very different in structure and form
ex: butterfly wing and bird wing |
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organs or structures that have lost their functions in the organism and become reduced in size (because of efficiency) are called vestigial structures
ex: cave fish and minnow |
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probable: digestive or immune system
why: wastes energy |
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probable: tail
why: no need for that protection |
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probable: better hearing
why: turning our heads is the same thing |
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| muscles that make hair stand up |
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probable: warmth
why: don't have that much hair |
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probable: balance
why: stand up straight helps balance |
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probable: eating hard or large food
why: cut food, don't eat huge pieces |
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| giraffe's evolved according to Darwin's Theory of Evolution |
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| survival of the fittest so the giraffes with short necks couldn't reach the food and only the long-necked ones could so the short necks died out while the long necks lived |
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| Lamarck's Theory of Evolution |
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| environment is what makes animals lose or develop characteristics |
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| common ancestry for different organisms |
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1: dogs and wolves
2: humans and apes |
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| Darwin's Principles for bacteria vs. penicillin |
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natural selection: bacteria resistant animals will live longer than non-resistant ones
adaptations: so many diseases that the animals just adapt to them so they aren't affected at all |
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| dangerous side effects of anti-biotics |
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| bacteria can grow stronger, bacteria becomes immune, and no sickness can be cured without stronger medicines |
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| smooth, not sudden evolution |
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| quick, unexpected evolution |
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one organism evolves into 2 different ones
ex: humans and monkeys |
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2 organisms that evolve into 1
ex: birds |
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2 organism evolve with eachother
ex: hummingbird and plant, predator and prey |
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| Darwin's Theory of Evolution |
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| Lamarck's Theory of Evolution |
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| certain characteristics that help organisms survive and they become common through generations |
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| organism's population exceeds capacity of habitat |
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| variation in genes, helps with natural selection |
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| survival of the fittest, stronger survive and weaker die out |
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| selective breeding, breeding so certain chosen traits are shown |
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