BIOL 1202 : Exam 1 Study Guide
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Lyell proposed that he same geologic processes are operating today as in the past, and at the same rate: darwin agreed that if geologic change results from slow, continuous actions rather than from sudden events, then. The primary mission of the voyage was to chart poorly known stretches of the south american coastline: adaptations inherited characteristics of organisms that enhance their survival and reproduction in specific environments. The unity of life: organisms share many characteristics. Darwin attributed the unity of life to the descent of all organisms from an ancestor that lived in the remote past: 2. The match between organisms and their environments: as the descendants of that ancestral organism lived in various habitats over millions of years, they accumulated diverse modifications, or adaptations, that fit them to specific ways of life. A trait that is favorable in one place or time may be useless or even detrimental in other places or times.
