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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr
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Chapter 27.2, Problem 1CC
What is the “Cambrian explosion”? Why is it significant?
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Ch. 27.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 27.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 27.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 27.2 - What is the Cambrian explosion? Why is it...Ch. 27.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 27.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 27.3 - WHAT IF? Would it be accurate to describe the...Ch. 27.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 27.4 - Describe two key adaptations of aquatic...Ch. 27.4 - MAKE CONNECTIONS The radiation of bilaterians in...
Ch. 27.5 - Describe two adaptations that have enabled insects...Ch. 27.5 - MAKE CONNECTIONS Compare and contrast how the...Ch. 27.6 - Describe three key amniote adaptations for life on...Ch. 27.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 27.6 - WHAT IF? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?...Ch. 27.7 - Describe how ocean communities changed in the...Ch. 27.7 - Prob. 2CCCh. 27.7 - Prob. 3CCCh. 27 - Prob. 1TYUCh. 27 - Fossil steroid and molecular clock evidence...Ch. 27 - Which of the following was probably the least...Ch. 27 - Prob. 4TYUCh. 27 - Prob. 5TYUCh. 27 - Prob. 6TYUCh. 27 - Prob. 7TYUCh. 27 - FOCUS ON EVOLUTION In Figure 27.29, circle the...Ch. 27 - FOCUS ON ORGANIZATION Early tetrapods had a...Ch. 27 - SYNTHESIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE Collectively, do these...
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- Briefly describe at least two theories that attempt to explain the cause of the Cambrian explosion.arrow_forwardDescribe the evolutionary significance of the Cambrian explosion.arrow_forwardwhat geology was occuring aroung the cambrian explosion that may have contributed to this diversification of life?arrow_forward
- Why is animal evolution during the early Cambrian referred to as an “explosion”?arrow_forwardWhat types of organisms flourished in the Cambrian?arrow_forward-How long is the time span between the appearance of free atmospheric oxygen and evidence of complex (multicellular) forms? -How much time is there between complex forms and the Cambrian Explosion?arrow_forward
- ''Cambrian Explosion'' What contributed to this explosion of life? What were Earth conditions like and in what ways were the multicellular animals becoming different to those of the Ediacaran Period? Additionally, which form(s) of life were likely to be human ancestors during the Cambrian?arrow_forwardWas there molecular oxygen in the earth's primitive atmosphere? How has that molecule become abundant?arrow_forwardHow is the layer of iridium used to tell the relative age of different rock strata and fossils?arrow_forward
- Explain what significant events happened during the Five major extinction events between the late Cambrian until the late cretaceous period.arrow_forwardIn what way was the evolution of eukaryotic cells linked to the increase in the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere that occurred during the Precambrian?arrow_forwardThe Cambrian explosion is a conundrum: how can the long prior history of the phyla, revealed by molecular divergence, be reconciled with their absence, and then sudden appearance, in the fossil record?arrow_forward
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