8. L.4.1 and 4.2
Evolution and Genetics
Study Guide
Section I: Vocabulary – Define.
1. isolation
2. evolution
3. relative age
4. vestigial organ
5. natural selection
6. speciation
7. absolute age
8. variation
9. overproduction
10. artificial selection
11. mutagen
12. fossil
13. law of superposition
14. Charles Darwin
Section 2: Review Questions - You may need to use technology to find a few of these questions answers.
15. What is the difference between a homologous structure and an analogous structure? Provide one example for each.
16. What were two things Charles Darwin theorized about? Explain each.
17. What is a vestigial structure and provide a few examples?
18. Name two things that can cause speciation to occur.
19. No two leopards have the same exact spots. What is this an example of?
20. How do scientists determine the absolute age of an object or fossil?
21. Provide an example of overproduction.
22. What were the first multi-cellular organisms on our planet and where could they be found?
23. What type of environmental change causes most species to go extinct?
24. Out of all the organisms that have ever lived on Earth, what percent are still alive today?
8. L.4.1 and 4.2
Evolution and Genetics
Study Guide
Section I: Vocabulary – Define.
1. isolation
2. evolution
3. relative age
4. vestigial organ
5. natural selection
6. speciation
7. absolute age
8. variation
9. overproduction
10. artificial selection
11. mutagen
12. fossil
13. law of superposition
14. Charles Darwin
Section 2: Review Questions - You may need to use technology to find a few of these questions answers.
15. What is the difference between a homologous structure and an analogous structure? Provide one example for each.
16. What were two things Charles Darwin theorized about? Explain each.
17. What is a vestigial structure and provide a few examples?
18. Name two things that can cause speciation to occur.
19. No two leopards have the same exact spots. What is this an example of?
20. How do scientists determine the absolute age of an object or fossil?
21. Provide an example of overproduction.
22. What were the first multi-cellular organisms on our planet and where could they be found?
23. What type of environmental change causes most species to go extinct?
24. Out of all the organisms that have ever lived on Earth, what percent are still alive today?
8. L.4.1 and 4.2
Evolution and Genetics
Study Guide
Section I: Vocabulary – Define.
1. isolation
2. evolution
3. relative age
4. vestigial organ
5. natural selection
6. speciation
7. absolute age
8. variation
9. overproduction
10. artificial selection
11. mutagen
12. fossil
13. law of superposition
14. Charles Darwin
Section 2: Review Questions - You may need to use technology to find a few of these questions answers.
15. What is the difference between a homologous structure and an analogous structure? Provide one example for each.
16. What were two things Charles Darwin theorized about? Explain each.
17. What is a vestigial structure and provide a few examples?
18. Name two things that can cause speciation to occur.
19. No two leopards have the same exact spots. What is this an example of?
20. How do scientists determine the absolute age of an object or fossil?
21. Provide an example of overproduction.
22. What were the first multi-cellular organisms on our planet and where could they be found?
23. What type of environmental change causes most species to go extinct?
24. Out of ll the organisms that have ever lived on Earth, what percent are still alive today?
8. L.4.1 and 4.2
Evolution and Genetics
Study Guide
Section I: Vocabulary – Define.
1. isolation
2. evolution
3. relative age
4. vestigial organ
5. natural selection
6. speciation
7. absolute age
8. variation
9. overproduction
10. artificial selection
11. mutagen
12. fossil
13. law of superposition
14. Charles Darwin
Section 2: Review Questions - You may need to use technology to find a few of these questions answers.
15. What is the difference between a homologous structure and an analogous structure? Provide one example for each.
16. What were two things Charles Darwin theorized about? Explain each.
17. What is a vestigial structure and provide a few examples?
18. Name two things that can cause speciation to occur.
19. No two leopards have the same exact spots. What is this an example of?
20. How do scientists determine the absolute age of an object or fossil?
21. Provide an example of overproduction.
22. What were the first multi-cellular organisms on our planet and where could they be found?
23. What type of environmental change causes most species to go extinct?
24. Out of all the organisms that have ever lived on Earth, what percent are still alive today?