iThis is a guide. You will find it very helpful‚ but it does not contain everything that has been covered and could be asked on the exam. I can and will pull questions out of the textbook‚ so make sure you’ve been reading. Go back through the homework assignments and feel free to use the practice tests on Mastering Biology as well. Chapter 14 – Evolution of Evolutionary Thought Definitions : uniformitarianism: Earth’s present landscape was produced by past action of the same geological processes
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The World Without the Internet The Internet is a world wide network of interconnected educational‚ governmental‚ and business computers. Anyone with a personal computer and a modem can communicate across the Internet. Your computer does this by sending data‚ via an electronic Internet Protocol (IP) packet‚ to a particular destination on the Internet. Communications software "reads" the addresses and forward the packets. Since the mid-1980s‚ the Internet has grown from a thousand or so networks to
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common landmass of Pangaea. About 240 million years ago‚ continental drift pushed the landmass apart‚ allowing oceans to surround land much like our current geography. 2. Homo Sapiens—Modern humans‚ Homo sapiens‚ evolved in Africa at about 400‚000 BP; early humans‚ Homo erectus‚ appeared in Africa about two million years ago. Homo sapiens migrated to Africa‚ Europe‚ and Asia‚ but the geographic separation from North and South America prevented migration there. 3. Migration across Beringia—Two factors
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Study Guide (2012-2013) Chapter 1 1. The term prehistory refers to the period before (p. 6) An era before history 2. Which of the following was not a hominid? (p. 7) 3. The most important development of Homo erectus was (p. 10) Homo erectus was able to migrate to many areas such as all of a Asia and some of Europe. 4. Which of the following choices is in correct chronological order? (p. 29) 5. Which of the following statements is true of the inhabitants
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trade with its neighbors‚ Mesopotamia grew to become a powerful empire. Life in Mesopotamia Prehistory The settlement of humans in the Near East began with the movement of Homo erectus off the African continent roughly 2 million years ago during the Paleolithic period. Over the course of several thousand years‚ Homo erectus spread rapidly throughout the Near East and then into Europe and Southeast Asia. The first three phases of the Paleolithic period (Lower‚ Middle‚ and Upper) extend from roughly
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Unit 3 - Evolution Notes Evolution involves change over time....from a biology standpoint evolution looks at how organisms change over long periods of time over many generations and hundreds of thousands of years. Source of Genetic Change Mutations are the source of genetic change * Neutral mutations - do not seem to benefit or harm the organism * Harmful mutations - negatively affect the life of organisms * Beneficial mutations - positively affect the life of organisms Artificial
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who lived in Africa 5 to ten million years ago. The earliest known hominids to which humans belong were the australopithecines‚ which emerged about four million years ago. Recently scientists have found Homo habilis fossils in the Caucasus region of southern Europe. A more advanced human‚ Homo erectus‚ spread even farther from Africa. According to a multiregional model‚ model human evolved throughout Africa. Africa provides a comprehensive and contiguous time line of human development going back at
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LIFE ON EARTH REVISION Analysis of the oldest sedimentary rocks provides evidence for the origin of life. - Identify the relationship between the conditions on early Earth and the origin of organic molecules. - Formation of the organic molecule was the first event in the evolution of life. - The molecules provided a building block for cell formation and the food for the earliest life. - Present day life’s atmosphere contains: - Oxygen - Water - Carbon
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Prior to creation as a modern state in 1947‚ the area of modern Pakistan was both ruled by local kings and under various imperial power throughout different time periods. The ancient history of the region comprising present-day Pakistan also includes some of the oldest empires from the subcontinent[1] and some of its major civilizations.[2][3][4][5] By the 18th century the land was incorporated into British India. The political history of the nation began with the birth of the All India Muslim League in
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1. Define analogous and homologous traits and provide an example of each. Animal classifications and the field that specializes in it is called taxonomy. Traditionally‚ organisms are categorized according to their physical similarities. This was the first systematic classification constructed by Carolus Linnaeus in the eighteenth century. Currently‚ basic physical similarities are considered‚ however‚ for these similarities to be of any help‚ they must reflect evolutionary descent. Furthermore‚
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