Bio 101 Final WVU- Evolution Questions and Answers Already Graded A

Bio 101 Final WVU- Evolution Questions and Answers Already Graded A Darwin's dangerous idea evolution by natural selection Why is evolution important? If animals could not evolve we would not be able to survive any better or grow as a species. Explain the changes that occurred in the tree populations and animal populations over time? As time passes, the population adapts and changes to better fit the evolving around them What is evolution? Result of inherited adaptations that enhance survival and reproduction of the organism in a particular environment Charles Darwin sailed around the world on what and when? HMS Beatle (naturalist) from Darwin was a radical thinker that studied at... Cambridge University in England What is the name of the book that Darwin published? On the Origin of Species (1859) Pre Darwinism views include (Aristotle & others) -Species are created separately and at the same time -Earth and Organisms are fixed & would not change and could not become extinct -Earth is only about 6000 years old Georges Buffon () Suggested that the earth was much older than previously believed "Earth is about 75,000 years old" Georges Culver () By documenting fossil discoveries he was able to show that extinction had occurred Jean-Baptiste Lamarck () suggested that living species might change over time (inheritance of acquired characteristics) ex. giraffes w long necks to reach tall trees Charles Lyell () Argues that geology forces had gradually shaped the earth and continue to do so (Principles of Geology) Malthus "survival of the fittest" epigenetic acquired characteristics can be passed on to offspring What did Darwin's travels reveal? - the diversity of living species was far greater than anyone had previously known! -Island species closely resembled the mainland species -similarity of fossils and living species in the same area What is the term that Darwin used instead of evolution in his famous book 'On the Origin of Species' Descent with modification