PPT-Evolution

commonswikimediaorgwikiImageCharlesDarwin1881jpg commonswikimediaorgwikiImageDNAdoublehelixvertikalPNG The Tree of Life enwikipediaorgwikiImagePhylogenetictreesvg All living things share a common. Change over time…. Geology. Began to study rock layers called strata. George Cuvier. Studied fossils. Found extinct species and noticed the deeper the fossil the more unique. Catastrophism. Charles Lyell. Which one?. There are 3 great universal questions. 1) Where did I come from?. 2) Why am I here?. 3) Where am I going?. The answer to the last 2 questions are dependent upon the answer to the first question. . The Importance of Evolution in Ecology. Ecologists study proximate or “how” questions:. How nutrients flow through ecosystems. Evolutionary biologists study ultimate or “why” questions:. Why does a stickleback fish have armor in one lake but not another?. Chapter 10. Biological Evolution. Evolution the word, has several meanings. Evolution – gradual change to improve or become more complex - change. Evolution – random changes made by chance to get what we see today – goo to you (theory of evolution). Lauryn. . Langlois. Ashley Mooney. Debora Tolliver. What is Creationism?. Creationism is a theory that states that matter, life, and the world were created by God (or some other supreme being in different religions) out of nothing. . Unit 6: Seventh Grade. Theory vs. Law. An idea that has . not. been proven to be unequivocally true. Examples:. Big Bang. The extinction of the dinosaurs. An idea or truth that . has . been proven to be unequivocally true. Evidence of Evolution. Essential Questions. What is the anatomical evidence of evolution?. How are fossils used as evidence of evolution?. What evolutionary evidence do we have from the field comparative embryology?. Organism DNA. 1a. Some of the strongest evidence for evolutionary relationships comes from studying the DNA of different organisms.. 1b. The fact that all organisms use the same DNA molecule to code for genetic information suggests that these organisms share a distant ancestor.. LAMARCK (1744 – 1829) . He proposed . 3 theories. to explain how species change…. Theory of Need. Theory of Use and Disuse. The Theory that Acquired Traits Can Be Passed on to Offspring.. August Weismann (1834-1914). A mechanism for change in populations.. Any change in the . inherited . traits within a population across generations. Individuals better adapted to their environment tend to survive and . produce more offspring. Last week we talked about. …. The universe had a beginning. God must be the creator of the universe. 3 views Christians can faithfully hold: Old-Earth Creationism, Young-Earth Creationism, Theistic Evolution. What do we use in order to determine evolutionary relationships?. Fossil Record. Anatomical Evidence. Molecular Evidence. Embryological Evidence. Evidence for Evolution. Fossil Record. Evidence for Evolution. Chapter 17: Processes of Evolution. Early Beliefs. 19. th. century: discovered species shared many traits, but lived in different parts of the world. Problematic – species only looked similar on the outside, but inside were very different . . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference.