Large plants, birds, and mammals make up 1/2 of the world's species. ... - 270,000 Plants - 70,000 Fungi (More related to Animals than plan, share very little similarities with plants when put in the tree of life) - 45,000 vertebrates (Birds are Reptiles) - 40,000 Protists (Algae is a protist, not a plant), (Plasmodium is the protist that causes Malaria) True or False All species on earth have been discovered. ... Types or kinds of living things But, based on what characteristics? ...

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Lamarck's theory included inheritance of acquired characteristics, meaning that an organism's lifestyle could bring about changes that it passed on to its offspring. ... Darwin observed that wild animals and plants showed variations just as domesticated animals and plants did. He filled his notebooks with records of height, weight, color, claw size, tail length, and other characteristics among members of the same species. ... Plant stems grow tall in search of sunlight, plant roots grow deep into the soil in search of water and nutrients. ...

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Evolution is the natural process through which organism have acquired their characteristics, structure and function. The past few centuries have witnessed a thorough inventory of the million or more species of plants and animals living today, as well as the thousands of extinct species. ... How can the many similarities and differences among plants and animals be explained? ...

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I)Darwin's Dilemma A)Darwin set sail on December 27, 1831 for a cruise around the world 1)He was well educated and had a strong interest in natural history 2)He also had keen powers of observation and an analytical mind 3)Each place he went he collected animal and plant specimens to his collection (a)He examined his specimens and filled notebooks with his observations B)Throughout the voyage he witnessed countless wonders of nature 1)He demanded explanations for these wonders II)The Diversity of Life A)When Darwin visited tropical South America he saw countless species 1)In one ...

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Parents" characteristics are passed along to offspring in the form of biochemical units called genes. ... Children do not always have the same characteristics as their parents because they inherited some genes that did not show up in their parent's body, but the genes had to have showed up some time in one of the child's ancestors. All plants and animals resemble their parents in some way, shape, or form (Hussain 1). ...

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