Report #1
MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION
NAME__________________________
Determination of homozygous recessive genotype sequence
Find in class who can roll the tongue (recessive) and who cannot (dominant)
Number of individuals who can roll the tongue _______
Total number of individuals in class _________
q2 _______
q _________
p ________
2pq _________
p2 ______
Testing Hardy-Weinberg Law
Using your partner in class as initial your mate in this excersise, write down your
partner’s genotype ________. Following the instructions on steps 5-8 find generations F2
and F5
F1 _______
F2 _______ F3 _______
F4 _______ F5 ________
Is your population in a Hardy-Weingberg equilibrium? _______ Explain your
answer____
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Genetic Drift
Use only the individuals in your table for this excersise.
F1 _______
F2 _______ F3 _______
F4 _______ F5 ________
Do your results suggest that the size of the population affects a Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium? ______ Explain ________________________________________________
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If rolling the tounge is an adaptation allowing toeat sertain foods that others would not be
able to, how would it impact your natural selection? ___________________________
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Report #2
CLASSIFICATION
NAME__________________________
Classify the next psecies. Build the branching tree showing how it evolved and fill in the
blanks.
A) Quercus sp.
Domain: _______________
Kingdom: ______________
Phylum: _______________
Class: _________________
Order: _________________
Family: ________________
Genus: _________________
B) Mus musculus
Domain: _______________
Kingdom: ______________
Phylum: _______________
Class: _________________
Order: _________________
Family: ________________
Genus: _________________
Species: ________________
Reports #3 & 4
PLANTS & FUNGI
NAME_______________________
1. What is the main differences between the life cycle of vascular and nonvascular
plants?__________________________________________________________________
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2. What is the evolutionary of adaptation seeded plants over nonseeded plants? ________
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3. What is the importance of alternation of generation in the plant life? _______________
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4. Identify if it is a monocot or eudicot
Stem_________________
Root___________________
Leaf________________
5. Explain why is it that yeasts are considered part of the phylum Ascomycota ________
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6. Describe in detail a mycorrhizae ___________________________________________
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7. Explain the names of the classes that include yeast, mushroom and bread mold
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Report #5 & 6
TISSUES, ORGANS AND SYSTEMS
NAME________________________
1) Identify the tissues and give their functions.
A.______________________________________________________________________
B.______________________________________________________________________
C.______________________________________________________________________
2) Give examples of organs that would contain the tissues just identified.
A. _____________________________________________________________________
B. _____________________________________________________________________
C. _____________________________________________________________________
3) This cut above is the human stomach, identify the tissues and give their functions.
A. ____________________________________________________________________
B. ____________________________________________________________________
C. ____________________________________________________________________
4) What do these two photos represent to you in terms of evolution?
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5) Which of the 3 sytems seen next is the most efficient and why?
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6) Name all the “parts” of each system.
7) Give an example of an organism that has each one of the systems shown above.
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