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Flashcards by Emma Lloyd, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emma Lloyd
about 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| The rules of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection | - More individuals are produced than are needed - Not all individuals survive - There is variation among individuals - Variations can be inherited |
| What values of the Great Chain of Being helped improve the understanding of evolution? | - There is direction in evolution - The more complex, the better - There is progress in life forms - Some life forms are ideal |
| At which point in time was it believed that change was dangerous which led to a stasis in the development of the theory of evolution? | The Middle Ages |
| What did Linneaus do? | He came up with classification which stated that species are fixed and there are clear descriptions of species. Some of theses species are similar in traits. His classification provides structure and it became accepted that species EXIST and are FIXED |
| Was 'intelligent design' a set back or did it help advance the theory of evolution? | it was a set back. It claims that everything in the universe is designed too intricately to have only happened by chance. It was a religious argument, that favoured the creator god theory. |
| What did Michael J Behe argue? | He is a biochemist who believes the big bang created the universe but says that if the big bang created nature then there must be something outside of nature that created the big bang. He argues both science and religion. |
| What were the beliefs about the origins of life pre 1800? | People believed the earth was created in six days. It was created in '4004 BC'. There was no time for gradual change. Humans were the pinnacle of creation. |
| What finally caused change in people's viewpoints on the emergence of life? | Scientific progress, the discovery of the true age of the earth and the fossil record. This triggered society to go into 'stasis' or 'change' with their beliefs. |
| What scientific progress played a part in stasis? | Galileo removed earth from the centre of the universe. Microscopes revealed whole new microscopic worlds. Voyages discovered new animals that weren't mentioned in the bible. |
| How did the fossil record help? | Transitional forms between species were identified through fossils. People felt as though animals that weren't mentioned in the bible shouldn't exist. However, some strictly religious people believed that fossils were a 'test of faith'. |
| What was the Lunar society? | A group of leading industrialists and scientists involved in industrial revolution change. Involved people like Erasmus Darwin, Wedgewood, Pristley, Bolton and Watt. |
| What did Charles Lyell do? | He published books on geology which suggests there were gradual changes int he environment which could lead to gradual change in between organisms |
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