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December 2, 2016 - Mr. Scott`s Cyberdesk
... 7) What is the name given to the supercontinent that existed in the time of the dinosaurs? ______________________ 8) What event caused the dinosaurs to become extinct? _________________________ 9) What is the name of the mountain range that had a significant impact on Africa’s climate? _____________ ...
... 7) What is the name given to the supercontinent that existed in the time of the dinosaurs? ______________________ 8) What event caused the dinosaurs to become extinct? _________________________ 9) What is the name of the mountain range that had a significant impact on Africa’s climate? _____________ ...
A Brief Look at Earth`s History
... Basins were larger so water drained into them. Ural and Appalachian Mountains formed. Continents moved together, forming Pangaea. Coal formed in swampy regions. Shallow seas covered most of land. ...
... Basins were larger so water drained into them. Ural and Appalachian Mountains formed. Continents moved together, forming Pangaea. Coal formed in swampy regions. Shallow seas covered most of land. ...
ROCKS, FOSSILS AND SOILS GLOSSARY
... A segmented worm that aerates the soil, adding space and air pockets as it eats the organic materials, breaking them down to basic minerals that are returned to the soil for plants to use. They are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both sperm and egg. Earthworms have 4 hearts and 150 segments. Earth ...
... A segmented worm that aerates the soil, adding space and air pockets as it eats the organic materials, breaking them down to basic minerals that are returned to the soil for plants to use. They are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both sperm and egg. Earthworms have 4 hearts and 150 segments. Earth ...
Darwin - Integrative Biology
... • geology gradualism: James Hutton developed the theory of gradualism, which holds that profound changes in Earth’s geologic features is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes. This is in contrast to catastrophism where it was assumed that each boundary between strata represents a c ...
... • geology gradualism: James Hutton developed the theory of gradualism, which holds that profound changes in Earth’s geologic features is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes. This is in contrast to catastrophism where it was assumed that each boundary between strata represents a c ...
Earth Science EOG Review
... • Earth’s history is revealed in rock layers as well. • Sedimentary rock layers contain fossils, intrusions (?), cracks (?), unconformities (?) and folds that tell us what was happening on earth’s surface at different points in time • Comparing fossils (index) and rock layers tell us what happened f ...
... • Earth’s history is revealed in rock layers as well. • Sedimentary rock layers contain fossils, intrusions (?), cracks (?), unconformities (?) and folds that tell us what was happening on earth’s surface at different points in time • Comparing fossils (index) and rock layers tell us what happened f ...
Observations - Glenelg High School
... would increase exponentially if all individuals that are born reproduced successfully Observation #2: Nonetheless, populations tend to be stable in size except for seasonal fluctuations Observation #3: Resources are limited Inference #1: Production of more individuals than the environment can ...
... would increase exponentially if all individuals that are born reproduced successfully Observation #2: Nonetheless, populations tend to be stable in size except for seasonal fluctuations Observation #3: Resources are limited Inference #1: Production of more individuals than the environment can ...
Lesson 4-3 Sedimentary Rocks Outline
... 2. As young layers of sediment are deposited on top of older layers, the weight from the layers of sediment forces out fluids and decreases space between grains during a process called ...
... 2. As young layers of sediment are deposited on top of older layers, the weight from the layers of sediment forces out fluids and decreases space between grains during a process called ...
CH 15 Evolution PP
... Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Organisms have inhabited Earth for most of its history. All organisms living today evolved from earlier, simpler life-forms. ...
... Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Organisms have inhabited Earth for most of its history. All organisms living today evolved from earlier, simpler life-forms. ...
Vertebrate Zoology
... • HOMOLOGY is a characteristic shared by two species (or other taxa) that is similar because of common ancestry. • Artificial Selection Farmers had been conducting this controlled breeding of livestock and crops for years in order to obtain the most milk from cows or the best cobs from corn plants. ...
... • HOMOLOGY is a characteristic shared by two species (or other taxa) that is similar because of common ancestry. • Artificial Selection Farmers had been conducting this controlled breeding of livestock and crops for years in order to obtain the most milk from cows or the best cobs from corn plants. ...
Darwin - Integrative Biology
... • geology gradualism: James Hutton developed the theory of gradualism, which holds that profound changes in Earth’s geologic features is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes. This is in contrast to catastrophism where it was assumed that each boundary between strata represents a c ...
... • geology gradualism: James Hutton developed the theory of gradualism, which holds that profound changes in Earth’s geologic features is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes. This is in contrast to catastrophism where it was assumed that each boundary between strata represents a c ...
Overproduction
... • You will have 1 minute to search the room for an organism that “lives” in the classroom. • Your are this organism’s predator. • The organism is shaped like this: • When you find it/them, TELL NO ONE! • Return to your seat and describe this activity and the adaptation of this species on 17 of your ...
... • You will have 1 minute to search the room for an organism that “lives” in the classroom. • Your are this organism’s predator. • The organism is shaped like this: • When you find it/them, TELL NO ONE! • Return to your seat and describe this activity and the adaptation of this species on 17 of your ...
Teacher Answer Key - California Academy of Sciences
... Answers will vary. Since mesosaurs are reptiles that couldn’t swim across an entire ocean, they must have lived when the two continents were one. South America and Africa then split due to plate movement, so we find different, related fossils on each. ...
... Answers will vary. Since mesosaurs are reptiles that couldn’t swim across an entire ocean, they must have lived when the two continents were one. South America and Africa then split due to plate movement, so we find different, related fossils on each. ...
Lectures 1-7 (word format)
... ▼ Lecture 1 - Biodiversity, evolution and natural selection ▼ Introduction, Biodiversity, Taxonomy • We will be covering a broad range of organisms • we need some understanding of structure, which requires learning some morphology and terminology. ...
... ▼ Lecture 1 - Biodiversity, evolution and natural selection ▼ Introduction, Biodiversity, Taxonomy • We will be covering a broad range of organisms • we need some understanding of structure, which requires learning some morphology and terminology. ...
Chapter 13 - Jamestown Public Schools
... Your group is going to create a poster on various examples of Evolution in 25 min. 1. Using pages 289 – 292 you must have the following sections in your poster ◦ Example of Natural Selection ◦ Evolution of Darwin’s Finches ◦ Formation of a New Species ...
... Your group is going to create a poster on various examples of Evolution in 25 min. 1. Using pages 289 – 292 you must have the following sections in your poster ◦ Example of Natural Selection ◦ Evolution of Darwin’s Finches ◦ Formation of a New Species ...
Evolution and Creation PPT
... of organisms over time. This genetic change may give the organism a survival and/or reproductive ________________________ in their ___________ environments. Population increases usually accompany these changes and this increased rate of survival is known as natural selection. ...
... of organisms over time. This genetic change may give the organism a survival and/or reproductive ________________________ in their ___________ environments. Population increases usually accompany these changes and this increased rate of survival is known as natural selection. ...
Evolution PowerPoint
... Example of Natural Selection – Peppered Moths The evolution of the peppered moth over the last two hundred years has been studied in detail. Originally, the vast majority of peppered moths had light coloration, which effectively camouflaged them against the lightcolored trees and lichens upon which ...
... Example of Natural Selection – Peppered Moths The evolution of the peppered moth over the last two hundred years has been studied in detail. Originally, the vast majority of peppered moths had light coloration, which effectively camouflaged them against the lightcolored trees and lichens upon which ...
Biology 11 Name: Misconceptions about Evolution Because natural
... 4. Evolution is like a climb up a ladder of progress; organisms are always getting better.” It is true that natural selection weeds out individuals that are unfit in a particular situation, but for evolution, “good enough” is good enough. No organism has to be perfect. For example, many taxa (like ...
... 4. Evolution is like a climb up a ladder of progress; organisms are always getting better.” It is true that natural selection weeds out individuals that are unfit in a particular situation, but for evolution, “good enough” is good enough. No organism has to be perfect. For example, many taxa (like ...
Evolutionary Theories
... Natural selection (survival of the fitter): Individuals with characteristics better adapted for the environment will survive and have more viable offspring than non adapted ...
... Natural selection (survival of the fitter): Individuals with characteristics better adapted for the environment will survive and have more viable offspring than non adapted ...
ANTH 1100 Evolutionary Ideas of the Enlightenment
... obvious interpretation, teach us that all men have originated from a single pair; whence it has been hastily and unnecessarily inferred, that the differences now observable in mankind are owing solely to vicissitudes of climate, locality, habits of life, and various collateral circumstances. Withou ...
... obvious interpretation, teach us that all men have originated from a single pair; whence it has been hastily and unnecessarily inferred, that the differences now observable in mankind are owing solely to vicissitudes of climate, locality, habits of life, and various collateral circumstances. Withou ...
Activity 1: Evolve or Die – Theory of Evolution
... While on his voyage, Darwin observed that many species have similarities to other species. For example, the picture below shows four different species of finches, all slightly different, but with obvious similarities. ...
... While on his voyage, Darwin observed that many species have similarities to other species. For example, the picture below shows four different species of finches, all slightly different, but with obvious similarities. ...
Early Ideas about Evolution
... peppered moth coloration due to the advantage of camouflage over the last two centuries, it is important to ...
... peppered moth coloration due to the advantage of camouflage over the last two centuries, it is important to ...
Evolution: Charles Darwin and the Fossil Record
... of Punctuated Equilibria", Simon & Schuster: New York NY, 1985, pp.27-28.) ...
... of Punctuated Equilibria", Simon & Schuster: New York NY, 1985, pp.27-28.) ...
Science Chapter 4 Study Guide Vocabulary
... landforms—land features such as mountains and canyons sun—a star of hot glowing gases planets—large bodies of rock or gas that revolve around the sun minerals--the basic building block of rocks (example-sulfur, salt) conservation—to use resources wisely (example—turn off lights) Sedimentary Rocks—ro ...
... landforms—land features such as mountains and canyons sun—a star of hot glowing gases planets—large bodies of rock or gas that revolve around the sun minerals--the basic building block of rocks (example-sulfur, salt) conservation—to use resources wisely (example—turn off lights) Sedimentary Rocks—ro ...
GEHomeworkCh8
... dinosaurs, about 80 percent of the world’s plant species, and all animals bigger than a cat. But what happened to the bugs? It’s been tough for scientists to determine how the insects fared because they rarely leave behind fossils, but a Denver paleontologist and his Smithsonian Institution colleagu ...
... dinosaurs, about 80 percent of the world’s plant species, and all animals bigger than a cat. But what happened to the bugs? It’s been tough for scientists to determine how the insects fared because they rarely leave behind fossils, but a Denver paleontologist and his Smithsonian Institution colleagu ...
Paleontology
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Paleontology or palaeontology (/ˌpeɪlɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi/, /ˌpeɪlɪənˈtɒlədʒi/ or /ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi/, /ˌpælɪənˈtɒlədʒi/) is the scientific study of life existent prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch roughly 11,700 years before present. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments (their paleoecology). Paleontological observations have been documented as far back as the 5th century BC. The science became established in the 18th century as a result of Georges Cuvier's work on comparative anatomy, and developed rapidly in the 19th century. The term itself originates from Greek παλαιός, palaios, i.e. ""old, ancient"", ὄν, on (gen. ontos), i.e. ""being, creature"" and λόγος, logos, i.e. ""speech, thought, study"".Paleontology lies on the border between biology and geology, but differs from archaeology in that it excludes the study of morphologically modern humans. It now uses techniques drawn from a wide range of sciences, including biochemistry, mathematics and engineering. Use of all these techniques has enabled paleontologists to discover much of the evolutionary history of life, almost all the way back to when Earth became capable of supporting life, about 3,800 million years ago. As knowledge has increased, paleontology has developed specialised sub-divisions, some of which focus on different types of fossil organisms while others study ecology and environmental history, such as ancient climates.Body fossils and trace fossils are the principal types of evidence about ancient life, and geochemical evidence has helped to decipher the evolution of life before there were organisms large enough to leave body fossils. Estimating the dates of these remains is essential but difficult: sometimes adjacent rock layers allow radiometric dating, which provides absolute dates that are accurate to within 0.5%, but more often paleontologists have to rely on relative dating by solving the ""jigsaw puzzles"" of biostratigraphy. Classifying ancient organisms is also difficult, as many do not fit well into the Linnean taxonomy that is commonly used for classifying living organisms, and paleontologists more often use cladistics to draw up evolutionary ""family trees"". The final quarter of the 20th century saw the development of molecular phylogenetics, which investigates how closely organisms are related by measuring how similar the DNA is in their genomes. Molecular phylogenetics has also been used to estimate the dates when species diverged, but there is controversy about the reliability of the molecular clock on which such estimates depend.