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Evolution Unit Test review
1. What is the effect of evolution?
2. What is speciation?
3. What are the 5 causes of evolution?
4. What is Sexual Isolation?
5. What are the 3 types of sexual isolation and define them?
a.
b.
c.
6. What are the 3 patterns of natural selection? List and explain and give one
example of each.
a.
i. Term:
ii. Explanation:
iii. Example:
b.
i. Term:
ii. Explanation:
iii. Example:
c.
i. Term:
ii. Explanation:
iii. Examples:
7. What are the different patterns of speciation? (2types)Explain each one.
8. What is extinction?
9. What is the difference between background extinction and mass extinction?
10. What are the 6 lines of evidence of evolution?
11. What is a homologous structure and give an example?
12. What is a vestigial structure and give an example?
13. What is an analogous structure and give an example?
14. What are the different types of fossils?
15. What is the age of the Earth and how do scientists know the age of the Earth?
16. What is the evolutionary history of a group of species is called?
17. What is Cladistics?