Evolution
Big Ideas: Information and heredity, Cellular Basis of life, Science as a way of knowing
Ch. 16- Darwin’s theory of Evolution
Ch. 18.1- Classification
Ch. 19.1- History of Life
Vocabulary:
Chapter 16
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Evolution
Species
Fossils
Artificial selection Adaptation
Fitness
Common descent
Biogeography
Homologous
structures
Binomial
Genus
Dichotomous key
nomenclature
Family
Order
Class
Clade
Domain
Cladogram
Archaea
Plate tectonics
Adaptive radiation
Index fossil
Relative dating
Radiometric
dating
Lamarck
Natural selection
Analogous
structures
Systematic
Phylum
Derived character
Paleontologists
Half-life
Thomas Malthus
Variation
Vestigial
structures
Eukarya
Kingdom
Bacteria
Extinct
Geologic time
scale
Chapter 16: Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Big Idea: Evolution
What is natural Selection?
Chapter 16.1: Darwin’s voyage of Discovery
What patterns of biodiversity did Darwin observe while traveling aboard the Beagle?
Objectives:
o State Charles Darwin’s contribution to science
Chapter 16.2: Ideas that Shaped Darwin’s Thinking
How did other scientists’ work help Darwin develop his theory of natural selection?
Objectives:
o Explain the role of inherited variation in artificial selection
Chapter 16.3: Darwin Presents his case
What is Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection?
Objectives:
o Describe the conditions under which natural selection occurs
o Explain the principle of common descent
Chapter 16.4: Evidence of Evolution
What are the main lines of scientific evidence that support Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural
selection?
Objectives:
o Explain how fossils and the fossil record document the descent of modern species from ancient
ancestors
o Describe what homologous structures and embryology suggest about the process of
evolutionary change
o Explain how molecular evidence can be used to trace the process of evolution
o Explain the results of the Grant’s investigation of adaptation in Galapagos finches
Chapter 18: Classification
Big Idea: Unity and the Diversity of Life
What is the goal of biologists who classify living things?
Chapter 18.1 Finding Order in Diversity
Why do scientists classify organisms
Objectives:
o Describe the goals of binomial nomenclature and systematic
o Identify the taxa in the classification system devised by Linnaeus
o Explain the use of DNA sequences in classification
Chapter 19: History of Life
Big Idea: Evolution
How do fossils help biologists understand the history of life on Earth?
Chapter 19.1 The Fossil Record
How
Objectives:
o Explain what information fossils can reveal about ancient life.
o Differentiate between relative dating and radiometric dating