Evolution | Vocab

Changes in the genetic composition of a popoulation during successive generations “Descent with Modification”

Believed in the Scala Naturae + that non living things and living things were “fixed”, and did not change over time

Ladder like classifcation of nature from humans (top) to animals. Also included inorganic matter

Believed in the Theory of Catastrophism & was the founder of Comparative Morphology/Paleontology

The theory that Earth has been largely shaped by short lived, violent events. After each catastrophe, God created more creations

Proposed the theories of Use and Disuse + Inhertiance of Acquired Traits

Observed that plants and animals adapt to their own enviroments

A process of how organisms better adapted to their enviroment tend to survive and reproduce more offspring

Individuals within the same species has genetic variations Ex: Physical Apperance, metabolism, behavior

Traits that are passed unto offspring Ex: eye colors, hair colors, height

Many offspring do not survive due to low resources

When every generation produces more offspring than what can survive

All organisms can produce more offspring than the enviroment can support, and the offspring best suited for the enviroment survive longer

Independently described a mechanism for biological evolution that was almost the identical to Darwins

Proposed that all life of Earth is related and evolved from a common ancestor

Can trace the evolutionary ancestry of an organism + proves the extinction of a species

Deals with the geographic distribution of plants and animals

When organs or skeletons are similar enough to suggest their connection to a common ancestor

Small changes in a population over a small period of time

Large changes within a species (across many populations) over a large period of time

Group of individuals of the same species

Code for DNA that can code for a characteristic

Varieities of a gene that you get from both parents.

Genetic makeup of an individual