BIO 1130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bravais Lattice, Scientific Revolution, Endomembrane System

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

Document Summary

Binomial nomenclature, : the system of nomenclature using two terms, the first one indicating the genus and the second the species. Biogeography, : the branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals. Catastrophe theory, : a branch of mathematics concerned with systems displaying abrupt discontinuous change. Reasoning that each layer of fossils represented the remains of organisms that had died in a local catastrophe such as a flood. Cladogram, a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species. Control, a set of individuals that will not be subject to the treatment. Cuvier (georges), : he founded the science of paleontology. A french zoologist, realized that the layers of fossils represented organisms that had lived at successive times in the past. Darwin (charles), : english historian and geologist; a proponent of the theory of evolution by natural selection. His works include on the origin of species (1859) and the descent of man (1871).