Evolution (Leaving Cert Biology): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
15 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
15 cards from this deck
Evolution definition
Evolution definition
Genetic change over time producing new life forms
Darwin's research ship name
Darwin's research ship name
HMS Beagle
Where Darwin did important evolutionary work
Where Darwin did important evolutionary work
Galápagos Islands
Naturalist who independently developed ideas like Darwin
Naturalist who independently developed ideas like Darwin
Alfred Russel Wallace
Year 'On the Origin of Species' published
Year 'On the Origin of Species' published
1859
Observation 1 of natural selection
Observation 1 of natural selection
Organisms produce large numbers of offspring
Observation 2 of natural selection
Observation 2 of natural selection
Population numbers remain relatively stable over time
Observation 3 of natural selection
Observation 3 of natural selection
Inherited variations occur in populations
Natural selection mechanism
Natural selection mechanism
Organisms w/ favourable variations survive & reproduce
'Survival of the fittest' means
'Survival of the fittest' means
How well-adapted an organism is to its environment
Embryology definition
Embryology definition
Study of embryo and foetus development
Fossil definition
Fossil definition
Remains or indication of something that lived long ago
Phylogeny definition
Phylogeny definition
Classification based on evolutionary history; mainly uses DNA, RNA & protein comparisons
Example of multi-resistant bacteria
Example of multi-resistant bacteria
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Speciation definition
Speciation definition
Production of new species because of evolution