Name:_________________________
Date: ____________Period:_____
Agenda Week of 23 Feb – 27 Feb 2009 Unit 5 Evolution Exam 3/26/09
Class website: www.marric.us/teaching
Monday 2/23/09
- Collect Ch 14 SciNotebook
- Standards Review
- Dating the Fossil Record
HW: Study for Unit 5 Quiz 1
Tuesday 2/24/09 (LEAP 2:30 -4:30)
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Unit 5 Quiz 1 : collect last week’s
agenda
Relative dating lab.
Chapter 15 Science Notebook
HW: Ch 15 Sci Notebook due 3/5/09
Wednesday 2/25/09 –Late Start
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Relative dating lab - collect
Unit 5 Evolution Overview
Thursday 2/26/09 – Block Day
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Grant Assessment #1
Chapter 15 Lecture/Notes
Adaptations Bats and Dogs
Overview Vocabulary
Evolutionary Arms Race
HW: Ch 15 Sci Notebook due 3/5/09
Friday 2/27/09 – Block Day
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Grant Assessment #1
Chapter 15 Lecture/Notes
Adaptations Bats and Dogs
Overview Vocabulary
Evolutionary Arms Race
HW: Ch 15 Sci Notebook due 3/5/09
Parents/Guardian –
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I have reviewed my child’s activities and
homework for the week of 2/23/092/27/09.
I understand that is important for me to
make sure that my child is studying to be
prepared for the Quiz on Tuesday 2/24/09
and 3/3/09, and has completed all
assignments this week.
Unit 4 EXAM_______
Current Grade______
Unit 5 Quiz 2 Questions (3/3/09)
1. Modern sea star larvae resemble some primitive
vertebrate larvae. This similarity may suggest that
primitive vertebrates
________________________________________
2. Differences between the members of a population will
most likely be passed onto future generations if they
are ________
and
____________________
3. A random change in gene frequency in a small
population is called ____________
4. Natural selection acts directly on
not ___________________________________
5. An example of a structure that would be homologous
to a bird wing would be __________________ and
analogous structure to a bird wing would be a
6. __________ genetic diversity provides a species
with a higher probability of surviving changes to its
environment.
7. The number and location of bones of many fossil
vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates.
Most biologists would probably explain this fact on the
basis of ___________________________
Vocabulary
Mimicry
Natural selection
Evolution
Artificial Selection
Analogous structures
Mutation
Phenotype
Population
Gene Pool
Homologous structures
Students not passing the Unit 4 Exam k will need to retake the EXAM. Tuesday’s LEAP will be devoted to reviewing and
reteaching of material for the Retake which will occur on Thursday in Room W34.
Parent/Guardian Printed Name
Signature
Date
Bell Ringers: Week of 23 Feb – 27 Feb 2009
Monday – New species can emerge only if there is a change in the _____________
a) surrounding environment
b) reduction of variation in a population
c) make-up of the gene pool
d) migration of the population
Explain what distinguishes one species from another
Tuesday -
The difference in the fur color of the individual rabbits is described as _____.
Explain
Wednesday –
In humans, the pelvis and femur, or thigh bone, are
involved in walking. In whales, the pelvis and femur
in the figure are _________________________
because
shown
_______________________________
Thursday/Friday
In a species of plant, the sudden appearance of one plant with a different leaf structure would most
likely be the result of ________________________________?
a. chromosomal mutations
b. slow environmental changes
c. asexual reproduction
d. stable gene frequencies
Explain why each of the wrong answers is wrong and why the right answer is right. Because it is so or
that type of explanation will result in zero points. Use complete sentences.
Name:_______________________________ Date:____________________ Period:______
Unit 5 Quiz 2 March 3, 2009
1.
Differences between the members of a population will most likely be passed onto future
generations if they are ________
and
____________________
2.
The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living
vertebrates. Most biologists would probably explain this fact on the basis of
___________________________
3.
A random change in gene frequency in a small population is called ____________
4.
Modern sea star larvae resemble some primitive vertebrate larvae. This similarity may suggest
that primitive vertebrates _____________________________________________________
5.
An example of a structure that would be homologous to a bird wing would be ______________
6.
An example of a structure that would be analogous structure to a bird wing would be a
7.
Natural selection acts directly on
8.
__________ genetic diversity provides a species with a higher probability of surviving changes
to its environment.
not
9. What cellular process is directly responsible for this regeneration?
a) meiosis
b) mitosis
c) transpiration
d) respiration
10. The ears of foxes help to regulate body heat. The fennec fox lives in the desert. It has large ears
that release body heat. The Arctic fox lives in cold
Fennec Fox
Arctic Fox
climates. It has small ears that conserve body heat.
Which of these processes led to the development
of different ear sizes in foxes?
a) selective breeding
b) natural selection
c) mutualism
d) spontaneous generation
Vocabulary words Matching:
______________
A. generally, a group of organisms living close to one another that interbreed
with one another and do not breed with other similar groups.
______________
B. similar because of convergent evolution, and not because of common
ancestry, may have a similar function but a different structure.
______________
C. physical appearance of an organism
______________
D. adaptations some animals use as protection from predators by using colors
and markings to look like another animal.
______________
E. all of the genes in a population. Any genes that could wind up in the same
individual through sexual reproduction.
______________
F. A process in which some individuals have genetically-based traits that
improve survival or reproduction and thus have more offspring surviving to
reproductive age than other individuals.
______________
G. a change in a DNA sequence, usually occurring because of errors in
replication or repair.
______________
H. inherited from a common ancestor, may have a similar structure but
different function.
______________
I. changes in gene frequency in a population from one generation to the next.
______________
J. a process in which humans consciously select for or against particular
features in organisms.
Homologous structures
Analogous structures
Mimicry
Mutation
Phenotype
Population
Natural selection
Artificial Selection
Evolution
Gene Pool
Extra Credit
In humans, the pelvis and femur, or thigh bone, are involved in walking. In whales, the pelvis and femur
shown above are _____________________________________.