Organic Evolution

A deer with a neck that was longer by half
Than the rest of his neighbors - try not to laugh -
By stretching and stratching became a giraffe
Which nobody can deny

- Lord Charles Neaves (1868)
Review of third test period
note- this list is not all inclusive, but merely to remind you of some of the things that we have discussed. You need to be able to exlain and not simply define the various concepts listed here and for each lecture

History of the Solar System

Observations that need explanation
Nebula Hypothesis

Early History of the Earth

Processes that heat the planet to melting
Separation of earth materials by density

Crust
Mantle
Core

Igneous

Volcanic and plutonic environments
types of volcanoes

Metamorphic
Sedimentary

Erosion and deposition
Physical and Chemical weathering

Streams

Divides and draingage basin
gradient, velocity, discharge

Groundwater

Porosity and permeability
Use it, overuse it and abuse it.

Mountains and faults

Normal and reverse faults (extension and compression)
fault-block and fold and thrust mountains

Plate tectonics

Convergent, Divergent and Transform margins

Time

Principles
Eras

Evolution

Lamarck
Darwin
Mendel

Concepts:

Evolution
Lamarck
Darwin
Mendel

Natural Selection
Galopagos Islands
Genetics

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