BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: James Hutton, Transitional Fossil, Inorganic Chemistry

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Analogy: a similarity due to convergent evolution (common function) but not inheritance from a common ancestor (bat"s wings and bird"s wings). Bicarbonate: a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion hco3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced. Biogeography: the scientific study of the geographic distribution of organisms. Leclerc proposes that there is an essence that of each species but for each different climate or migration, there is an essence that must use the same essence that makes them look different. Carbon cycle: flow of carbon between living organisms and environment, all carbon reservoirs and exchanges of carbon from reservoir to reservoir by various chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes. Usually thought of as a series of the four main reservoirs of carbon inter: the atmosphere, terrestrial biosphere (usually includes freshwater systems), oceans, and sediments (includes fossil fuels). Carbonate: salt of carbonic acid, characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion (co3.