Orgin of Life

What is Creationism?

• belief that the physical universe and life was not created, but happened by natural processes. Must be accepted by faith because it can't be observed.

• The belief that the universe and the various forms of life were created by God out of nothing.

British naturalist who studied evoultion

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Marie Curie

• Alexander Flemming

Adaptation

• one form of a trait

• a relative from the past

• offspring or children

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

The evolution of the long necked giraffes is due to

• a) the efforts of their ancestors to stretch their necks for adapting to environment

• b) draught conditions at that time

• c) random genetic variations and natural selection

• d) change in the structure of the neck proteins

Eukaryotes are thought to have evolved by a prokaryote engulfing one heterotrophic bacteria and one photosynthetic bacteria.

• false

• true

What is the total of the human population today?

• 3 Million

• 10 Billion

• 8 Billion

• 20 Million

disappearance of a species from Earth; local extinction is the disappearance of a species from a region

• extinction
• ecosystem diversity
• biodiversity hotspot
• white-nose syndrome

Which theory attempts to explain to us the origin of universe?

• Explosion theory

• Black hole theory

• Big-Bang theory

• Gamma theory

The universe is almost very old–almost 20 billion years ago.

• True

• False