Charles Darwin (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Charles Darwin's life years
Charles Darwin's life years
1809-1882
Darwin's revolutionary theory
Darwin's revolutionary theory
Evolution
Who coined the term 'natural selection'?
Who coined the term 'natural selection'?
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
Lyell's key argument about Earth's age
Lyell's key argument about Earth's age
Earth much older than Biblical estimate of 6000 years
Malthus's key concept for Darwin
Malthus's key concept for Darwin
Struggle, competition, 'survival of the fittest'
HMS Beagle voyage years
HMS Beagle voyage years
1831-1836
What Galapagos finches showed Darwin
What Galapagos finches showed Darwin
One species can evolve into another through adaptation
3 core principles of natural selection
3 core principles of natural selection
Competition, Variation, Heredity
Darwin's term for gradual evolutionary change
Darwin's term for gradual evolutionary change
Descent with modification
'Origin of Species' publication year
'Origin of Species' publication year
1859
Theory Darwin challenged with natural selection
Theory Darwin challenged with natural selection
Paley's watchmaker theory (divine design)
Biblical story Darwin made scientifically incredible
Biblical story Darwin made scientifically incredible
Genesis Creation story
Most controversial Darwin challenge to Christianity
Most controversial Darwin challenge to Christianity
Questioned humans' unique status as made in God's image
Major gap in Darwin's original theory (evidence)
Major gap in Darwin's original theory (evidence)
Gaps in fossil record for transitional states
Scientist who filled heredity gap in Darwin's theory
Scientist who filled heredity gap in Darwin's theory
Gregor Mendel with genetic mutation discoveries