Evolution Test Study Guide Name: ______
1) The new, improved, curved tail on a fish that helps it swim faster is called a ______that is caused by a ______.
2) The process of change over time is called ______.
3) The fish in the AfricanLake that was featured in your book, created a new species of Cichlids. Why did this happen? ______
4) What is used to classify organisms in the laboratory? ______
5) What are the 3 main types of EVIDENCE supporting evolution?
a) b) c)
6) What type of evidence is EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT?
b) What is the purpose of embryonic development?
7) What type of evidence is VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES?
8) Please create a "T CHART" featuring HOMOLOGOUS & ANALOGOUS STRUCTURES describing the differences in the structures.
9) Please give 1 PRO & 1 CON of using "FOSSILS" as evidence to support evolution.
10) Please list Darwin's 4 PRINCIPLES to support evolution.
a) b)
c) d)
11) Biological Classification is called ______which is used to study biological ______and compare ______traits.
12) Please list the 7 levels of classification of organisms. (p 54B)
1) 2) 3) 4)
5) 6) 7)
13) Evolutionary Trees are also called ______Trees and are used to represent the ______relationships among a set of organisms or groups of organisms.
14) Please tell the difference in GENOTYPES and PHENOTYPES.
b) Please give an EXAMPLE of each of the ABOVE.
15) Bunnies are dark in color but as the climate changes to become colder and more snowy, the bunnies begin to get lighter in color. This is an example of ______.
16) When looking at the sequence within the genes of 2 species as you did on your hwk sheet, how would you predict the 2 species are RELATED?
______
17) Please go to pg 45B and do the "Reading Visuals" Compare/Contrast.
18) When a human has wisdom teeth, an appendix, these are referred to as ______. What is the explanation of these? ______
19) To find out how closely related 2 organisms are to each other, what can you compare? ______
20) Over time variations that are beneficial will accumulate and eventually become an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT organism. This is known as ______
21) What is the PURPOSE of OVERPRODUCTION? ______
22) When you compare similarities between different species during different stages of development, what type of evidence is supporting the theory of evolution? ______
23) When a herd of buffalo are being chased by predators, the buffalo that get away would relate to " ______"
24) The DNA of an organism creates a ______that is made up of 4 different ______subunits called ______. These are ____, ____, ____, & ____
25) ______are segments of DNA that relates to traits or functions of organisms (passed on through the generations)
26) ______– when 2 (or more) organisms or things affect each other’s evolution/evolve together dependent on each other