Evolution
Quiz 1 – Darwin’s History
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Dates:
o Birth
o Voyage
o Publication of On the Origin of Species
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Interests
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Voyage description (locations visited / tracing on a map)
o Ship Name
o Adventure/expedition around the world with stops on
o Who went with?
o What did he do?
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Galapagos Islands
o Location
o Why so great for evolutionary study
o Examples of Animals and evolutionary adaptations
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Book
o Title
o Why the publishing delay?
o What encouraged him to finally publish?
o How/where was the theory presented even before the book?
o Publication
o Reception and criticism
Quiz 2 – History of Evolutionary Thought
Scientists / Philosophers
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Aristotle / Plato
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Linnaeus
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James Hutton
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John Baptist Lamarck
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Thomas Malthus
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Georges Cuvier
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Charles Lyell
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Charles Darwin
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Alfred Russell Wallace
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Gregory Mendel
Theories
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Arrangement of life forms by complexity and habitat
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Binomial Nomenclature
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Catastrophism
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Common Ancestry
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Ecology
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Evolution
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Fixed Creationism
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Geology
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Gradualism
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Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
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Inheritance of Traits
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Law of Use and Disuse
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Natural Selection
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Naturalist
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Paleontology
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Particle Inheritance
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Population Dynamics / Ecology
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Population Genetics
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Struggle for Existence
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Taxonomy
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Uniformitarianism
Lamarck’s Hits:
Lamarck’s Misses:
Quiz 3 – Principles Upon Which Evolution is Based on
Geology & Evolution
Ecology & Evolution
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Basics
o Ecology
o Evolution
o Generation
o Progeny/Offspring
o Progenitors/Parents
o Species
o Population Size
o Population Density
o Birth rate
o Death rate
o Migration
o Immigration
o Emigration
o Carrying capacity
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Population Growth
o Linear Growth
o Exponential Growth
o Logistic Growth
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Natural Growth Patterns
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Populations & Environment
o Nutrients
o Resources
o Habitat
o Niche
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Population and carrying capacity
o Density dependent factors
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Competition
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Predation
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Population Size: Visibility vs. Protection
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Predator-Prey Relationship
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Disease/Parasitism
o Density independent factors
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Catastrophes
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Habitat destruction
Genetics & Evolution
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Variation
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Mutations
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Neutral Mutations
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Neutral Variations
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Adaptations
o Physical Adaptation
o Behavioral Adaptation
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Inheritance
Quiz 4 – Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Darwin’s Basic Observations during voyages (3)
Examples of Physical Evidence Collected by Darwin (3)
Darwin’s Assumptions (3)
Darwin’s Conclusions (4)
General Principles (5)
Criticism (3)
Evidence (6)
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Anatomy
o Homologous Structure
o Analogous Structures
o Vestigial Structures
o Mosaic Structures
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Embryology
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Molecular Biology
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Microbiology & Field Biology
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Fossil Record
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Parsimony
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Biogeography
o Microbiology
o Virology
o Mycology
o Botany
o Zoology
Types
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Evolutionary Gradualism vs. Punctuated Equilibrium
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Convergent vs. Divergent
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Microevolution vs. Macroevolution