A large portion of this test will be true/false and multiple choice. There will be an essay question section. Review selected essays for some ideas on what the essay question may be.
Readings
Chapter 17 20. Chapter 32 (Human Evolution)
”Contrivances: A Panda’s Thumb”
”How Females Choose Their Mates”
A Big Fat Word List
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Adaptation Analogous Structures Artificial Selection Coevolution Convergent Evolution Evolution Creationism Fossil Homologous Structures Acquired Characteristics Natural Selection Population Species Vestigial Structures Common Ancestor Scala Naturae Charles Darwin Galapagos Islands Finches Gene Pool Population Genetics Mutation Equilibrium Population Genetic Drift Population Bottleneck Founder Effect Sexual Selection Directional Selection Stabilizing Selection Disruptive Selection |
Peppered Moths Competition Symbiosis Predation Kin Selection Extinction Speciation Allopatric Speciation Sympatric Speciation Geographical Isolation Premating Isolating Mechanism Postmating Isolation Mechanism Courtship rituals Phyletic Speciation Divergent Speciation Morphology Gradualism Punctuated Equilibrium Temporal Isolation Spontaneous Generation Precambrian Explosion Era/Period Prebiotic evolution Louis Pasteur Stanley Miller Apparatus Prokaryote Eukaryote Endosymbiotic Hypothesis Lobe-finned fish |
Archaeopteryx Ambulocetus “Good Genes” hypothesis Handicap Principle Primate Binocular Vision Grasping hands Hominid Australopithecus Homo habilis Homo erectus Homo sapiens Neanderthal Cro-Magnon “Out of Africa” Hypothesis Multiregional Hypothesis Lucy Panda’s Thumb Phylogeny Paleontology “The Origin of Species” |
Food for Thought
1. Describe the history of evoluationary thought, from Aristotle's "Scala Naturae" to Lamarke to Darwin & Wallace's Theory.
2. What observations did Darwin make that lead him to the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?
3. Distinguish between homologous structures, analogous structures and vestigial structures.
4. Give examples of observed evolution.
5. What evidence supports the Theory of Evolution?
6. Why is creationism not considered to be a scientific theory?
7. Why do small populations tend to evolve faster than larger populations (see genetic drift)?
8. Distinguish between directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection.
9. What criteria would need to be met in order for a population to NOT evolve?
10. What are transitional fossils? Give examples.
11. How does sexual selection and predation affect guppy coloration?
12. What is the difference between evolution and speciation?
13. How was spontaneous generation disproven?
14. Desribe several ways (types of selection) populations can be influenced to change.
15. Compare allopatric to sympatric speciation
16. Define species. How do we know when organisms are in the same species?
17. What can cause one species to evolve into two different species. (divergent speciation)
18. What can cause one species to accumulate so many changes that new populations are distinct from older populations. (phyletic speciation)
19. Create a timeline showing the hominid fossils and populations.
20. Describe each group of hominids. How do we know what we know about them.
21. What hypotheses explain why female guppies (or females of any species) to choose flashy mates.
22. What prevents interbreeding between individuals of different species?
23. Compare gradualism to punctuated equilibrium. Which is most likely the correct model?
24. How do fossils show evidence of evolution.
25. What is the "Out of Africa" hypothesis?
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
-each picture below represents some aspect or concept of evolution.
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