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Decks in this class (23)

Lec 2: Scientific Method
0  cards
Lec 3: Plate Tectonics
The earth s evolution is divided ...,
How are absolute dates determined,
How is relative dating determined
35  cards
Lec 4: What is Life?
What are the 4 factors included i...,
How do organisms maintain interna...,
Responses to external stimuli can...
12  cards
Lec 5: Early Life on a Young Earth
Describe conditions on the early ...,
What is a biosignature,
What are chemical fossils
19  cards
Lec 6: Natural Selection and Early Life
What is biological evolution what...,
What were the 2 ideas established...,
What was lamarck s theory
19  cards
Lec 7: Early Diversification of life - in seas
What are the different ways of as...,
Name an early marine plankton,
Why did eukaryote diversity increase
11  cards
Lec 8: Diversification - Moving onto land
What is life like during the prot...,
What happens at the beginning of ...,
What was life like during the cam...
29  cards
Lec 9: Diversification - Origin of Species
The most specific unit of taxonom...,
What is biological classification,
What is speciation dependent on
16  cards
Lec 10: Diversification - Adaptive Radiation
Describe macroevolution,
Describe microevolution,
Name the trends in trait evolution
16  cards
Lec 11: Sexual Selection and Co-evolution
What is a maladapted trait give a...,
Fitness is a function of,
What are primary sexual character...
21  cards
Lec 12: Diversification - Extinction and Extirpation
What is extinction,
What is the last stage before ful...,
What does it mean to be functiona...
16  cards
Lec 13: Diversification - Mass extinction events
What are the limitations of using...,
What are chronospecies,
At which taxonomic level are exti...
27  cards
Lec 14: Case Study - Biotic/abiotic interactions in marine reefs
What are coral reefs,
What are corals,
Name the 2 types of corals
25  cards
Lec 15: Case Study - Hawaii
What do subduction zones result in,
What do we often find at subducti...,
How was hawaii formed
22  cards
Lec 16: Case Study - Human Evolution and Expansion
Who was the first to suggest apes...,
What did huxley propose,
Which was the first human species...
16  cards
Lec 17: Human Impacts - Agriculture
When did humans start producing food,
What are the two ways domesticati...,
What traits can be selected for i...
10  cards
Lec 18: Case Study – Holocene climate change
What causes glaciations,
On which scale is holocene climat...,
What happened during the younger ...
10  cards
Lec 19: Case Study - Microbes on a changing planet
What are the to subcycles of the ...,
What is the role of microbes in t...,
What is organic matter
23  cards
Lec 20: Case Study - Panama
When was the isthmus of panama cr...,
How did tectonic events at the is...,
How did the formation of the isth...
13  cards
Lec 21: Human Impact - Microbes and Mercury
What are the 2 forms of mercury,
How is mercury naturally released...,
Why is it believed that volcanic ...
9  cards
Lec 22: Human impact – Disease
What can disease be caused by,
What is a disease,
What are the types of disease causes
20  cards
Lec 23: Human impact - Invasive Species
What are the 2 pathways of invasion,
What does an invasive specie s es...,
What are the 5 steps in invasion
7  cards
Lec 24: Human impact – Biodiversity loss and its consequences
What processes cause biodiversity,
How many species are estimated to...,
Name the 5 drivers of biodiversit...
12  cards

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