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Agenda Week of 16 March – 20 March 2009 Unit 5 Evolution Exam 3/24/09
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Review Questions New species can emerge only if there is a change
Monday 3/16/09
a) in the surrounding environment
- Finish Stebbins Geographical
b) in the reduction in variation of the population
Distribution
c) in the make-up of the gene pool
- Peppered Moth
d) in the migration of the population
- Ancestral- Derived/adaptive radiation
HW: Ch 15 Reading Guide
Tuesday 3/17/09 Substitute
(LEAP 2:30 -4:30)
- Practice Quiz
- Standards Review /Adaptations
HW: Ch 15 Reading Guide due 3/19-20
Wednesday 3/18/09 –Late Start
- Standards Review
Thursday 3/19/09 – Block Day
- Review Ch 15 Study Guide
- Check Ch 15 Reading Guide
- Review for EXAM – Grant #2
HW: Study for EXAM
Friday 3/20/09 – Block Day
- Review Ch 15 Study Guide
- Check Ch 15 Reading Guide
- Review for EXAM – Grant #2
HW: Study for EXAM
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A plant nursery only grew one type of tomato plant. All of
their tomato plants died from the same disease. What was
most likely true of the tomato plant population?
A They had a lot of resistance to disease.
B They had a few plants that were resistant to the disease.
C They had too much variation in their genes.
D They had little variation in their genes.
Which could be considered biochemical evidence of an
evolutionary relationship?
A absence of vestigial structures
B presence of embryonic gill slits
C similar anatomical structures
D presence of identical proteins
Variation within species was important to the development
of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Which statement does
individual variation help explain?
A Resources become limited over long periods of time.
B Populations often increase rapidly and without warning.
C Competition is fierce among members of different
species.
D Some organisms survive and reproduce better than
others.
Which of the following best describes the result of a
mutation in an organism’s DNA?
A. The mutation may produce a zygote.
B. The mutation may cause phenotypic change.
C. The mutation causes damage when it occurs.
D. The mutation creates entirely new organisms.
A hurricane sweeps across a small Caribbean island, killing 50
percent of the herbivore species on the island. Which of
the following is the most immediate result?
A. a reduction in biodiversity
B. an acceleration of the carbon cycle
C. an increase in predator populations
D. a decline in decomposer populations
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Bell Ringers: Week of 16 Mar – 20 Mar 2009
Monday – A paleontologist is comparing the fossilized remains of two primates. Both animals had a
prehensile tail. What can be concluded from this evidence?
A They were not related.
B They lived on the ground.
C They evolved from a common ancestor.
D They had bipedal locomotion.
Explain the meaning of prehensile tail
Tuesday –Variety within a species is most likely to result from which situation?
A severe weather conditions that might occur, such as hurricanes or blizzards
B adaptation to local environmental characteristics by isolated populations of the species
C the extinction of competing species over a broad range of habitats
D sex-specific coloring differences
Wednesday – Which is the best evidence of an evolutionary relationship between two
organisms?
A similarity in behavior
C similarity in habitat
B similarity in DNA
D similarity in niche
Thursday/Friday - Most individuals of a certain species of bird have medium-length tails, but tail
length ranges within the species from very short to very long.
If a new predator arrived that
preferred birds with mediumlength tails, which graph
describes the most likely
result?