Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________
Block: _________
Learning Targets and Study Guide
Evolution (Chapter 15, 16 and 17)
Learning Target 1: Important Scientists (Bio 7 a, b, c, d & e)
 I can compare and contrast Lamarck’s theory of evolution with Darwin’s theory of evolution,
including other scientists that helped contribute and refute both Lamarck and Darwin’s findings.
Learning Target 2: Evidence used to support Evolution (Bio 7 a, b, c, d & e)
 I can explain the following pieces of evidence and how they support evolution: (1) Fossil Records
(2) Comparative Anatomy (3) Embryology (4) Molecular Biology.
Learning Target 3: Natural Selection on Polygenic Traits (Bio 7 a, b, c, d & e)
 I can describe how natural selection affects single-gene and polygenic traits using distribution
curves.
Learning Target 4: The Process of Speciation (Bio 7 a, b, c, d & e)
 I can explain the factors involved in the formation of new species and describe the process of
speciation in relation to the Galapagos finches.
Chapter Covered:
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Chapter 15: Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Chapter 16: Evolution of Populations
Chapter 17: The History of Life (Sections 1 and 4)
Overview
Day One:
4/29 (A-day)
4/30 (B-day)
Day Two:
5/1 (A-day)
5/2 (B-day)
Day Three:
5/5 (A-day)
5/6 (B-day)
Day Four:
5/7 (A-day)
5/8 (B-day)
Homework
Collect: Karyotype Activity
Notes: Important Scientists
Video: Darwin’s Dangerous Idea
Notes: Evidence that Supports Natural Selection
SOL Review: Chemistry and Pathogens
HW (10 points): Cell Structure and
Function section of the SOL review
packet
Task (30 points): April News & Views
to www.turnitin.com
Collect: SOL Review on Cell Structure and Function
Notes: Types of Natural Selection
Video: Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (Bird Beak Shape)
SOL Review: Cell Structure, Function, Division,
Cellular Respiration, and Photosynthesis.
Review Test: Introduction to Genetics
Task (25 Points): Evolution Video
Worksheet
HW (10 Points): DNA, RNA, and
Protein Synthesis sections of the SOL
review packet
Collect: Evolution Video Worksheet and SOL packet
Video: Birds of Paradise
Notes: Speciation in Darwin’s Finches
Video: The Coevolution of Newts and Garter Snakes
Notes: Notes on Patterns of Evolution
SOL Review: DNA, RNA, Proteins Synthesis,
Genetics, and Meiosis
HW (10 Points): Evolution Unit
Vocabulary.
Quest (45 Points): Evolution Quest
Assessment
Collect: Unit Vocabulary on Evolution
Warm Up: Evolution questions on the SOL packet
Quest: Evolution
SOL Review: Classification, Ecology, and Important
Scientists
Research Grade (60 points):
Background paper on your Research
Question. One per group due May 9th
to www.turnitin.com.
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________
Block: _________
Quest Review: Evolution Test (Chapter 15, 16 and 17)
Answer the Following Questions
Remember this is not an extensive review. Try to answer the following without your notes. This will give you
an idea of what area’s you should be working on mastering.
1. Know the following scientists: Aristotle, Linnaeus, Hutton, Lamarck, Charles Lyell, Weismann and Darwin
2. When lions prey on a herd of antelopes, some antelopes are killed and some escape. Which part of natural
selection might be used to describe this situation? ____________________________
3. Why might Darwin have hesitated to publish his concept of evolution by natural selection?
4. The wings of butterflies and the wings of robins are examples of ________________________ structures.
5. A change in a sequence of DNA is called a ________________________________.
6. The two main sources of genetic variation in a population are:
a.
b.
7. The separation of populations by barriers such as rivers is called ___________________ isolation.
8. A pattern in which species experience long, stable periods interrupted by brief periods of rapid evolutionary
change is called ________________________________.
9. The term ____________ refers to an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment.
10. The eastern meadowlark and the western meadowlark are two closely related bird species. The two
species avoid interbreeding because they have different mating songs. This is an example of
____________________ isolation.
11. ___________________ structures are organs that no longer serve a function in an organism.
12. __________________ is the study of embryos is used as evidence to support the idea that organism
evolved from a common ancestry.
13. Animals look similar because the environments they live in are similar and favor specific body features is
an example of _______________ evolution.
14. New species may arise when organisms become reproductively isolated, scientist refer to this as
______________________.
15. ___________________ selection occurs when the finch population in an environment changes from
favoring medium beaks to favoring smaller beaks.
Possible Short Answer
Briefly explain how Darwin would explain how giraffes came to have long necks based off natural selection.
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________
Vocabulary
Evolution
Fossil Records
Fitness
Adaptation
Natural Selection
Homologous
Structure
Analogous Structure
Vestigial Structure
Embryology
Direction Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Definition
Block: _________
Word Association
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________
Block: _________
Disruptive Selection
Speciation
Reproductive
Isolation
Behavioral Isolation
Geographic
Isolation
Temporal Isolation
Convergent
Evolution
Coevolution
Punctuated
Equilibrium
It is important to note that vocabulary is an integral part of biology. You should be completing and
reviewing unit vocabulary daily. This sheet is a resource to help aid you in defining the vocabulary
used in mastering the learning targets for this unit.