Origins and diversity of life_ Science

Charles Darwin

In 1859, Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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As a young boy he loved nature

As a young man he was studying to be in medical school (which didn't work), got bored, and became a clergy

later- he ended up on the HMS beagle in 1851-1836 as a nature naturalist

​Personal life

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What school was Darwin studying at, at first?

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What ship did he end up on?

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What did Darwin become?

​HMS Beagle

Darwin spent 5 years on the Beagle sailing around.
He made observations that lead to the theory of evolution.

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"Lyell & Hutton's geology works." Who was Hutton and what did he believe in?

• Hutton is the father of geology and believed that earth is very old

• Hutton is the son of geology and believed that earth is very old

• Hutton is the father of geology and believed that earth is very young

• Hutton is the son of geology and believed that the earth is very young

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What is Uniformitarianism?

• nature is the acting the same way today as it never has

• nature is the acting a different way today as it never has

• nature is the acting the same way today as it always has

• nature is the acting a different way today as it always has

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What is Catastrophism

• Earth was never shaped by live events

• Earth has been shaped by sudden short lived events

• Earth has not been shaped by sudden short lived events

• Earth was shaped by live events

Galapagos Observations

Charles

• turtles look different on different islands

• plants are different too

• organisms have different adaptions to match their food source

• time 100-1000 years

Wallace:
- everything on one side of the island has pouches
- other side is monkey like

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what looked different

Darwin Hypothesized that new species could appear gradually through small changes in ancestral species

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what did he hypothesize?

• He hypothesized that the results would be inconclusive
• He hypothesized that the species would fail

• He hypthesized that the species would appear gradually smaller

• He hypothesized that the species would succeed

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What is natural selection? ​

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Spontaneous Generation:

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Another name for spontaneous Generation:

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Biogenesis:

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Who used flasks and broth to prove it was true for microorganisms as well

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To get nothing to modern-day life the following must form:

• Simple organic molecules

• Proteins

• Genetic code (DNA)

• molecules must become cells

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Is RNA or DNA less complex?

• RNA is less complex than DNA

• DNA is less complex than RNA

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What needed to form around chemicals in order to make uniform cells?

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