Unit 10 Test Review
Evolution
1. According to the DNA gel results, which of the five species listed are most closely related? How do you know?
2. Which one is the most genetically distinct (different)? How do you know?
3. Which living species is most closely related to species H?______
Which Species became extinct?______
Which species was the most successful?______
Which species represents the common ancestor of both F and G?______
4. What does the fossil record show?
5. How can amino acid sequences be used to show evolutionary relationships?
6. What are homologous structures? What do they indicate about a species? Give an example.
7. Using the diagram below complete the following sentence. The African Elephant is more closely related to ______then to ______.
8. How can embryonic development be used to support evolution?
9. What are the 5 key parts of the concept of natural selection? Describe each.
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10. How did the rabbit population change?
11. Describe the conditions that could have lead to the changes seen in the rabbit population.
12. What is extinction? Why does it happen to some organisms? What types of organisms would most likely go extinct in a rapidly changing environment, the generalists or specialists?
13. In a given population, why are some traits seen more often than others? Why would/could these traits change in future generations?
14. What happens to traits that limit the survival and reproductive success of a species?
15. Who is the father of evolution? What theory did he propose?
16. Why do some populations of insects and bacteria become more resistant to poisons and antibiotics over time? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/11/2/real/e_s_6.html or http://kisdwebs.katyisd.org/campuses/MRHS/teacherweb/hallk/Teacher%20Documents/AP%20Biology%20Materials/Evolution/Natural%20Selection%20for%20Antibiotic%20Resistance/23_A01s.swf for more information
Explain the decrease in effectiveness of DDT on the mosquito population and how it relates to natural selection.
17. What is an adaptation?
18. What is the struggle for existence? What determines who is better at it?
19. Describe how life has evolved from the very first organism? (in terms of complexity and diversity).
20. When looking at different rock layers, where (which layer) would you expect to find the oldest organisms? The youngest organisms? The least complex? The most complex? The least diversity? The most diversity?
21. What types (changing or stable) of environments would not show rapid evolution in the populations of species living there? Which environments would show rapid evolution of the same populations?
22. What is convergent evolution? Divergent evolution? Coevolution? Give an example of each.
23. What is reproductive isolation and how does it influence speciation?
24. What are the 3 main isolating mechanisms of reproductive isolation and describe each.
Additional Resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKlKmrbLoU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3GagfbA2vo
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/evolution-action.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/evolution-action-salamanders.html
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/natural-selection
http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/evolve.htm