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| Fossils follow superposition |
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Geologic processes operated throughout time
Rates/Intensity may vary |
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| Ordering events in relation (from oldest to youngest), names on the geologic time-scale |
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| Scaling events by placing dates and numbers on events (radiometric dating) |
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sea level rises
limestone is on top |
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sea level drops
sandstone on top |
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inheritance of acquired traits
traits created because of need and then passed down
ex: Giraffe's necks |
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idea of natural selection
observations of species in various locations |
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| published ideas of natural selection |
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father of genetics
answers to variation
no blending in alleles
garden pea experiments |
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| in a population, some have more favorable traits that make it more likely that they will survive and reproduce and pass on those traits |
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| selecting traits that are desirable and breeding plants and animals to have those traits |
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demonstrated that several plants and animals had gone extinct
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