Vestigial organs are organs that are fully developed to perform a function in some organisms but have lost their functions (even reduced in size) or have different functions to that of their counterparts. True or False?
True
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Darwin and Wallace proposed _______ to explain the evolutionary process.
NATURAL SELECTION
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Based on Lamarck, which law describes the frequent/continued use of an organ caused it to develop whilst the lack of use weakens/deteriorates an organ until it dissapears?
LAW OF USE AND DISUSE
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Based on Lamarck, which law describes the changes produced in organs are transmitted to their descendants?
LAW OF INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED TRAITS
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This theory believes that species have been created following a predetermined pattern so have always been the same (immutability of species) Ex: Plato, Aristotle, Old Testament.
Fixism
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He established laws of inheritance and described transmission of traits found in living things
MENDEL
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It is the study of the history of life on Earth as based on fossils.
Paleontology
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He proposed that species originated from the accumulation of gradual changes from a common ancestor.
Darwin
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Father of taxonomy. Created the system of species classification and their binomial naming.
LINNAEUS
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It was believed that smaller animals came from decomposing organic matter: mice-stored wheat/ fly larvae suddenly appeared on meat. What's this process called?
spontaneous generation.
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Occurs when all individuals of a specie disappear and do not survive environmental changes
Extinction
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Hereditary variations occur spontaneously from alterations in genes is called?