Study Guide for an Exam Covering Evolution
The following are terms and concepts that you should understand. I recommend that
you: REVIEW YOUR NOTES, the information in the book, labwork, homework. I also
suggest using individualized study techniques such as: flash cards or making up and
answering questions that might be on the exam. Many students have experienced success
through forming study groups. The test will be worth 100 points and be comprised of a
75 point multiple choice/short answer section and 25 point essay section.
Environment of early earth
Types of fossils
Major biological events in geologic time
Spontaneous generation
Charles Darwin
Natural Selection
Galapagos Islands
Mimicry
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
Embryology
Vestigial Structures
Directional Selection
Disruptive Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Speciation
Geographic Isolation
Gradualism
Punctuated Equilibrium
Adaptive Radiation
Divergent Evolution
Convergent Evolution
Primate
Opposable thumb
Primate characteristics
Anthropoids
Prosimians
Hominoids
Hominids
Bipedal
Neanderthals
Cro-magnons
Phylogeny
Phylogenic tree
How modern man came to inhabit all regions of the earth
Evidence for natural selectio