Evolution: Review Guide
DUE Tuesday!!!
Exam will be in multiple choice format. One essay question. Hardy-Weinberg problem set.
Readings
Refer to Chapter guide at beginning of Text book for Chapter references
A Big Fat Word List (*all vocabulary may not be listed) You are not required to
define these words. Simply make sure you are familiar and comfortable with them.
Adaptation
Peppered Moths
Archaeopteryx
Analogous Structures
Competition
Ambulocetus
Artificial Selection
Symbiosis
Handicap Principle
Coevolution
Predation
Primate
Convergent Evolution
Kin Selection
Binocular Vision
Evolution
Extinction
Grasping hands
Creationism
Speciation
Hominid
Fossil
Allopatric Speciation
Australopithecus
Homologous Structures
Sympatric Speciation
Homo habilis
Acquired Characteristics
Geographical Isolation
Homo erectus
Natural Selection
Premating Isolating
Mechanism
Homo sapiens
Population
Neanderthal
Species
Postmating Isolation
Mechanism
Vestigial Structures
Courtship rituals
Common Ancestor
Phyletic Speciation
Cro-Magnon
�Out of Africa�
Hypothesis
Scala Naturae
Divergent Speciation
Multiregional Hypothesis
Charles Darwin
Morphology
Lucy
Galapagos Islands
Gradualism
Panda�s Thumb
Finches
Punctuated Equilibrium
Phylogeny
Gene Pool
Temporal Isolation
Paleontology
Population Genetics
Spontaneous Generation
�The Origin of Species�
Mutation
Precambrian Explosion
Equilibrium Population
Era/Period
Genetic Drift
Prebiotic evolution
Population Bottleneck
Louis Pasteur
Founder Effect
Stanley Miller Apparatus
Sexual Selection
Prokaryote
Directional Selection
Eukaryote
Stabilizing Selection
Endosymbiotic Hypothesis
Disruptive Selection
Lobe-finned fish
Food for Thought
1. Describe the history of evoluationary thought, from Aristotle's "Scala Naturae" to Lamarke to
Darwin & Wallace's Theory.
2. What observations did Darwin make that lead him to the Theory of Evolution by Natural
Selection?
3. Distinguish between homologous structures, analogous structures and vestigial structures.
4. Give examples of observed evolution.
5. What evidence supports the Theory of Evolution?
6. Why is creationism not considered to be a scientific theory?
7. Why do small populations tend to evolve faster than larger populations (see genetic drift)?
8. Distinguish between directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection.
9. What criteria would need to be met in order for a population to NOT evolve?
10. What are transitional fossils? Give examples.
11. How does sexual selection and predation affect guppy coloration?
12. What is the difference between evolution and speciation?
13. How was spontaneous generation disproven?
14. Desribe several ways (types of selection) populations can be influenced to change.
15. Compare allopatric to sympatric speciation
16. Define species. How do we know when organisms are in the same species?
17. What can cause one species to evolve into two different species. (divergent speciation)
18. What can cause one species to accumulate so many changes that new populations are distinct
from older populations. (phyletic speciation)
19. Create a timeline showing the hominid fossils and populations.
20. Describe each group of hominids. How do we know what we know about them.
21. What hypotheses explain why female guppies (or females of any species) to choose flashy mates.
22. What prevents interbreeding between individuals of different species?
23. Compare gradualism to punctuated equilibrium. Which is most likely the correct model?
24. How do fossils show evidence of evolution.
25. What is the "Out of Africa" hypothesis?
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
-each picture below represents some aspect or concept of evolution.
SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOS CAN BE FOUND AT:
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TUEDAY WE WILL COVER ORIGNS OF EARTH AND HUAMN EVOLUTION. PLEASE
READ OVER HUMAN EVOLUTION AS IT WILL ONLY BE REVIEWED IN CLASS
(TEXT BOOK OR WATCH VIDEOS FROM SITE LISTED ABOVE).