Name:______Date:______

EVOLUTION

Relationships Among Organisms

Similarities Among Organisms

All organisms on Earth are ______

Some relationships are easier to ______than others – though most organisms have some similarity in ______

Common Descent

Living things have ______changed over time

Each living species ______from other species over time

Principle of common descent –______

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Anatomists discovered that when comparing ______animals with four ______, similarities exist among the ______of the various types of arms and legs

These are called homologous structures – ______

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Means they come from common ______– share a common ______

There are also ______similarities

Discovered vestigial organs – ______

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Similarities Among Organisms

Each species has a “______” containing visible and invisible tools that perform essential ______functions

Tool kits are the result of ______of years of evolution by ______

It is easier to ______existing tool kits than to create entirely new ones

The Role of Chance

Random change in population is called ______

Can be caused by ______, random mating ______

These are ______that have nothing to do with natural selection

The Birth of New Species

Speciation is ______.

New population must ______enough that breeding cannot occur with original population

Genetic changes can be from ______or natural selection, but must lead to ______isolation

Usually, speciation in plants and animals occurs when two groups of individuals become ______

______p. 251

The Pace of Evolution

Gradualism is the view that ______

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Punctuated equilibrium is the view that ______

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Adaptive Radiation

When a new species evolves in a relatively ______period of time, or when an organism or a group of organisms ______a new area where other species ______for life’s necessities

Results in a ______tool kit

Leads to ______structures

Sometimes called ______

Convergent Evolution

Unrelated species may independently ______superficial similarities because of adaptations to similar environments.

Example: ______and ______both fly

Leads to analogous structures – ______

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Homologous vs. Analogous

Homologous structures – ______

Ex. ______

Analogous structures – ______

Ex. ______

Distant Relationships

Looking at homologous structures, fossils, embryological similarities can show ______relationships

What about ______celled organisms?

______similarities

Molecular Unity

Many ______are shared by a wide range of organisms

The same ______amino acids make all ______

All cells need ribosomes – almost ______genes

The more ______two organisms are related, the more closely their ______resemble each other

Muscle Proteins – in Yeast!

______is a protein found in muscle cells in animals – and yeast cells

______do not move, so why do they need myosin?

They use it to move products around ______the cell