Evolution
Review
History
of the Earth
Darwin’s
Theory of
Natural
Selection
Evidence of
Evolution
Shaping
Evolutionary
Theory
Miscellaneous
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History of the Earth 100
What type of rock do fossils
usually form in?
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History of the Earth 200
What type of dating
determines the ages of rocks
by comparing them with other
layers?
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History of the Earth 300
What type of dating provides a
more accurate age of a fossil?
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History of the Earth 400
What ages of fossils can Carbon-14
be used for? Why?
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History of the Earth 500
How has continental drift influenced
the evolution of organisms?
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 100
True or False:
Organisms that are more closely
related have more similarities
in their genes (DNA)
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 200
How did the fossil
record influence
Darwin?
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 300
How did Darwin’s observations
on the Galapagos Islands
influence his ideas of natural
selection?
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 400
What are the four principles
of natural selection?
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 500
What is the relationship
between evolution and natural
selection?
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Evidence of Evolution 100
Give an example of a
specific animal’s
adaptation
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Evidence of Evolution 200
What is geographic
isolation?
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Evidence of Evolution 300
What structures develop
from similar tissues, but
meet different needs in an
adult?
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Evidence of Evolution 400
What type of
structures
would we
consider bird
wings, bat
wings, and
insect wings?
Why?
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Evidence of Evolution 500
Explain 5 pieces of
evidence for evolution.
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Shaping Evolutionary History
100
What causes genetic drift to occur?
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Shaping Evolutionary History
200
In which type of selection do both ends have higher fitness
than the middle?
ex: Large and small male cichlid fish, but very few medium
size males
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Shaping Evolutionary History
300
The changing of beak sizes in the
finches on the Galapagos islands is
best represented by which type of
selection?
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Shaping Evolutionary History
400
What generally happens when reproductive
isolation occurs?
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Shaping Evolutionary History
500
Contrast adaptive radiation and
convergent evolution.
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MISC 100
What does fitness mean for
an organism?
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MISC 200
What is the pattern in which there
are long periods of stable, no
change, interrupted by short,
rapid evolutionary change?
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MISC 300
What type of structures are
the human appendix, human
tailbone, snake leg bones, and
whale pelvis?
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MISC 400
Homologous structures are a
sign of ___________
b) Analogous structures are a
sign of ___________
a)
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MISC 500
Which of the following would
favor giraffes with the
shortest necks? Why?
A.
B.
C.
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History of the Earth
100 - Answer
Sedimentary
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History of the Earth
200 - Answer
Relative Dating
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History of the Earth
300 - Answer
Radiometric
Dating
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History of the Earth
400 - Answer
Once living organisms (contained Carbon)
that are less than 100,000 years old.
The half-life of Carbon-14 is approximately
5,700 years, so there would be too little
Carbon-14 left to measure after 100,000
years.
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History of the Earth
500 - Answer
As continents slowly moved, populations of species
were separated. Those that adapted to new
climates probably evolved into new species
after many generations.
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 100 - Answer
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 200 - Answer
It shows that organisms
have changed over time.
Earth is old enough (4.6
billion years old) for
these changes to occur.
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 300- Answer
Maybe the different species of finches
on different islands had once been
part of the same species. They had
adapted over time to the conditions on
each island.
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 400 - Answer
1.
2.
3.
4.
Variation
Heritability
Overproduction
Reproductive Advantage
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural
Selection 500 - Answer
Natural selection is one way
of how evolution works.
Evolution is how species
change over time (generally
due to natural selection).
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Evidence of Evolution 100 Answer
Many answers could be correct – as long
as it is a characteristic that
increases the survival and
reproductive success of that animal.
Ex: stripes of a tiger to make it more
camouflage, the long legs of an ostrich to
increase speed, etc.
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Evidence of Evolution 200 Answer
When populations are separated by
barriers such as rivers or mountains.
They become isolated and will
eventually evolve into separate
species.
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Evidence of Evolution 300 Answer
Homologous structures
- From a common ancestor
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Evidence of Evolution 400Answer
Analogous structures
- They appear to be similar on the outside,
but are different on the inside structurally
(anatomically). They did NOT evolve from
a common ancestor.
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Evidence of Evolution 500 Answer
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Fossil record
Comparative anatomy (homologous structures AND
vestigial structures)
Comparative embryology
Comparative Biochemistry (DNA)
Geographic Distribution
***Why is each evidence for evolution??? Be specific (I’m
leaving this one up to you )
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Shaping Evolutionary History 100 Answer
Random chance
(NOT due to natural selection)
- Natural disaster could wipe out a large
portion of the population, or overhunting
(elephant seals), or a small group moves
away
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Shaping Evolutionary History
200 - Answer
Disruptive selection
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Shaping Evolutionary History 300 Answer
Directional Selection
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Shaping Evolutionary History
400 - Answer
Speciation
- A new species evolves because they
eventually evolve enough changes that
they no longer reproduce with the
original population.
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Shaping Evolutionary History 500 Answer
Adaptive radiation – new species evolve from
a common ancestor (branching tree),
generally rapid growth as the organisms
adapt to new conditions
Convergent evolution – unrelated species
evolve similar adaptations (analogous
structures), but they do not share a
common ancestor
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MISC 100 - Answer
The ability to survive
and reproduce
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MISC 200 - Answer
Punctuated equilibrium
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MISC 300 - Answer
Vestigial Structures
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MISC 400 - Answer
a)
Adaptive radiation
b)
Convergent evolution
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MISC 500 - Answer
C. Though disruptive selects for the shortest AND
longest necks, it is the only graph shown that does
select for short necks. Stabilizing stays stable
(middle lengths). The directional graph moves in
the direction of the longer necks.
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Final Jeopardy
• Use the following tRNA strand to
write the corresponding DNA strand,
mRNA strand, and amino acid
sequence.
tRNA: GUACGAUGCGUGAAUUAGG
Answer
Final Jeopardy
DNA:
GTACGATGCGTGAATTAGG
mRNA:
CAUGCUACGCACUUAAUCC
Amino
Acid:
meth-leuc-arg-thre-stop