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Heritable change in one or more
characteristics of a population or
species from one generation to the next
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Biological Evolution
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Viewed on a small scale relating to
changes in a single gene in a
population over time
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Microevolution
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Viewed on a larger scale rlating to fomation of new species or groups of species
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Macroevolution
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Group of related organisms that share a distinctive form
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Species
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Among species that reproduce sexually, members of the same species are capable of _______ to produce ____ and ____ offspring
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Interbreeding to produce Viable and Fertile offspring
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Members of the same species that are likely to encounter each other and thus have the opporunity to interbreed
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Population
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Relies on observation to form an idea or hypothesis, rather than trying to understand life from a non-physical or spiritual point of view
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Empirical thought
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Shift toward ______ _______ encouraged scholars to look for the basic rationale behind a given process or phenomenon
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Emperical Thought
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Mid-to-late 1600s ____ _____ was the first to carry out a thorough study of the natural world.
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John Ray
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John Ray developed an ____ _____ _____ and the ______ _____ _____
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1) an early classification system2) Modern species concept
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John Rays work was extended by ____ ______
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Carolus Linnaeus
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Neither John Ray or Carolus Linnaeus proposed that
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Evolutionary change promotes the formation of new species
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Late 1700s small number of European scientists suggest....
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Life forms are not fixed
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______ _____ says life forms change over time
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George Buffon
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_____-______ ________ realized that some animals remain the same while others change
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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