REVIEW SHEET FOR TAXONOMY, EVOLUTION,
& ORIGIN OF LIFE
NAME _____________________________________
1. Name the taxons from the largest group to the smallest group.
2. Name 4 eukaryotic kingdoms (cells have nucleus).
3. Name 1 prokaryotic kingdom (no nucleus).
4. Define ‘species’.
5. What is “binomial nomenclature”?
Give 2 examples of binomial nomenclature. Which part gets capitalized? Which gets lower
case? What language?
6. Know how to use a dichotomous key.
7. Which two organisms are the most closely related: Amoeba proteus, Amoeba caudatum,
Paramecium proteus? Hint: think about which taxon is more specific- genus or species?
8. Why is taxonomy/classification necessary?
9. Describe or define the following terms:
Comparative anatomy
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wallace
Charles Lyell & ideas
Jean Baptiste Lamarck- his
theories
Acquired characteristics
Species
Vestigial organs
Homologous organs
& draw example
Analogous organs
& draw example
Geographical isolation
Embryology
Biochemistry
Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Adaptive radiation
Natural selection
Artificial selection
Survival of fittest
Selective breeding
Evolution & antibiotic
resistance
Embryology
Where are oldest fossils
found?
Where are newest fossils
found?
How are fossils made?
What kinds of things
usually get fossilized?
What kind of rock do you
find most fossils in?
10. List and explain the 5 points of Darwin [look at your notes outline!]
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11. Explain the Galapagos Finches- what characteristic are they known for, how did this come to
be?
12. What is the name of Darwin’s book?
13. What was the name of Darwin’s boat?
14. Where did Darwin travel?
15. Explain the giraffe’s long neck according to Lamarck’s ideas.
16. Now explain the giraffe’s long neck according to Darwin’s ideas.
17. Explain the light and dark moths. Best environment for each to survive?
BIOGENESIS & SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
18. Synonym for spontaneous generation= __________________
19. Give 3 examples of ‘spontaneous generation’.
20. Jan Baptista Van Helmont:
21. Define biogenesis:
22. Give 2 examples of biogenesis.
23. Describe and draw the experiments performed by the following scientists:
Experiment:
Francesco Redi
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Louis Pasteur
24. Who is Stanley Miller and what did he do to contribute to ideas of where life comes from?
WHEN did he do this?
25. List the 4 gases of primitive Earth’s atmosphere:
26. Which came first- Heterotrophs or Autotrophs?
27. Where the first organisms prokaryotic or eukaryotic (no nucleus or nucleus)?
28. What kind of energy was available on primitive Earth? Name 3 sources.
29. What was the ‘heterotroph massacre’?
30. In their experiment, Miller & Urey heated ______________ to simulate primitive oceans,
and took _____________, _____________, &_____________ gases as the ‘atmosphere’,
periodically jolting the mixture with ________________. They were able to form and collect
__________________.
31. When 3 oxygen atoms get together _________________ is formed.
32. What are 2 ideas of where life could have started?
33. Who is Sidney Fox and what did he do?