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ISB 200
1st Set
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vestigial Structures | Bones that don't have much use... Coccyx , Appendix |
| Anatomy | Structures that are built fundamentally the same way but have wide differences |
| Endemic Species | Forms only known from a restricted geographic area |
| Heresy | opinion/ doctrine at a varaiance with orthodox accepted doctrine, especially of a Church or Religious system |
| Paleontology | study of ancient animals & plants |
| Theory | Well tested hypothesis |
| Natural Philosophy | (Method) how science works... The study of nature and the physical universe before the advent of modern science. |
| Renassance | Rebirth |
| Axioms | Simple self-evident statements, that are beyond dispute |
| Philosophy | "Love of Knowledge" |
| Ancient Rome | Better medicine than greeks Maintain their army and better medical care Better roads/ engineering Catholic church is the only one who can read |
| Egyptian Mythology | (Dung)Scarab beetle pushes up the sun |
| Christopher Columbus | Idea that the world was round Helped by the Phillip&Isabella after war |
| Arabic | (Islamic People) Invent the numeric system we use today |
| Aristotle | (Eratosthenes) Sphere Earth Tilted 23.5 degrees axis with seasons |
| Mayan | Mayan calendar Dec.12.2013 Planet Nibiru will collide w/earth |
| Galileo | Venus , moon phases - Loved books and literacy Garbage in Garbage out Reiscovery of classic works Natural Philosophy!!!! hypothesis and axioms Falling bodies - water clocks and air resistance |
| Sir Francis Bacon | The rise of science theater of the mind Observer can bring things to the observations that distort the results if not careful |
| Phillip & Isabella | Helped Christopher columbus Council told them that the ship would not make it |
| Roman Inquisition | Court to stop Heresy Put Galileo under house arrest |
| Copernicus | Helped Galileo Everything rotates around the sun |
| Lazzaru Spallanzani | Work w/ microorganisms Killed Microorganism by boiling them in broth Open jar organisms Closed jar none |
| The french academy of sciences | Biogenesis(louis pasteur) vs Abiogensis(Felix Pouchet) normal vs abnormal reproduction of life |
| Francesco Redi | Shows that maggots don't arise from rotten meat open jar experiment |
| Georges de Buffon | Pioneered in Biogeography Dispersal Problem center of creation( endemic species) |
| Carolus Linnaeus | Binomial system of nomenclature (classified in the 7 layers) |
| 7 Layers of Classified Organisms | 1.Species 2.Genus 3.Family 4.Order 5.Class 6.Phylum 7.Kingdom |
| Paul Broca | Women are less intelligent, filling brain with sand to measure smarts |
| Josiah Wedgewood II | Charles Darwins Brother in law Gave Charles the money to go on voyage |
| Dr. Robert Darwin | Rich Didn't loan $ to Charles to voyage around the world |
| Jean- Baptiste Lamarch | Evolution Proposals No time to evolve No viable mechanism for evolution |
| Captain Robert Fitzroy RN (Royal Navy) | H.M.S. Beagle , sailed Charles around the world |
| Rev JS Henslow | Cambridge professor into botany Let Darwin sail w/ Fitzroy |
| George Cuvier | -Anatomy -Paleontology -extinction -Catastrophism oldest rocks at bottom, young at top |
| Adam | Hebrew : Man Named all the species in the same area |
| Charles Robert Darwin | Edwinburg, Medicine, Cambridge , theology only degree he earned Met REV JS and sailed with Fitz NS |
| Emma | Josiah Wedgwood II's daughter and Charles best friend |
| Fuegian Tribal Group | pop-3-5000 today none Met darwin and captian |
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