Evolution Web Quest
Please take your time and read through these sites. You need to get an overview on how we classify living things based on their evolutionary ancestors. Make sure you link this information with
Biochemical discoveries, genetics, etc… If you can’t, I will help connect the lines. Please write your answers on a separate sheet. Turn in when you finish. If you do not finish in class, it is due on
Wednesday.
Geological and Paleontological Patterns- How to Date a Rock
Please go to this site and read about how we figure out ages of our earth and rocks. Write a few sentences or show an example of how you figure Half-Life. http://sciencecourseware.com/VirtualDating/
Navigate through this site and learn the basics about Evolution by clicking Next after reading each page.
Answer the questions below it. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/index.shtml
1.
What are the three phyla?
2.
What is a phylogeny?
3.
What do they show?
4.
What is a cladogram? Sketch an example.
5.
Name a BIG misconception about humans and evolution, according to this site.
6.
Define the following: Homologous, Analogous, Convergent Evolution, and Divergent Evolution
7.
Why do we use phylogenic trees?
Please go through and try to get a general understanding of the geologic timescale, how we figured out the age, and how we chart and group creatures to look at their ancestry.
Follow Up Questions:
8. What did you find that was new or cleared up a misconception?
9. Do you know the difference in Macro and Micro Evolution?
10. How does Natural Selection drive evolution?