EVOLUTION STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
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Evolution Study Guide Questions!
• Please go to Pg 50 in your HANDY DANDY NOTEBOOK and label your paper as Evolution Study Guide Questions
• Please go through each of the questions on the #ed slides and record your answer on your paper. The next slide will tell you the ANSWER! If you ROCKED IT…put a BIG O CHECK …if not…that’s OK…but please write in the CORRECT ANSWER!!......OR……• OR…if you want to GIVE IT A GO….and NOT make corrections
initially…you can TRY AGAIN when you miss a question…until you MASTER…(AKA…ROCK OUT ) ALLLLLL the CORRECT ANSWERS!!• Give it a shot Lil Darling!! • Good Luck!!
Q 1:When organisms have genetic variations that lead to higher rates of reproduction and survival, this relates to _______ _____________
Answer:
NATURAL SELECTION
Q 2:What is the purpose of OVERPRODUCTION?
Answer:Overproduction helps ensure that some organisms survive and can reproduce to avoid extinction
Q 3:When the same type of bird has different shaped beaks to assist in eating, this is referred to as __________________
ANSWER:Genetic Variation
Q 4:Sometimes the smallest, or slowest animal in a herd is the one who doesn’t survive. What does this relate to according to Darwin?
ANSWER:“Survival of the Fittest”
Q 5:
What is favorable about a lion’s color in the jungle?
ANSWER:
The color is a form of “camouflage” to help with survival
Q 6:True OR False ~Darwin believed that if organisms have the ability to adapt to their environment, these adaptations increase their chances of survival
ANSWER:True ~ Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection
Q 7:We know that whales used to have hind limbs. A) What are
these structures called?
B) How is this possible?
ANSWER:A) Vestigial
Structures
B) The ancestors of whales had hind limbs
Q 8:
Speciation is due to ______________
ANSWER:
Isolation
Q 9:
In the video clip of the study of the cliff swallows, their shortened wing adaptations is an example of _________________________
ANSWER:Artificial Selection
Q 10:Characteristics that can be “seen”, such as hair color are referred to as _____________
ANSWER:
Phenotypes
Q 11:
What are the 4 Principles of Natural Selection?
ANSWER:
1)Adaptation2) Overproduction3) Selection4) Variation
Q 12:Different colored eyes, different shaped fins…are examples of _____________
ANSWER:
Variation
Q 13:
Geographic Isolation can lead to ___________
ANSWER:
Speciation
Q 14:
Which phenotypes give giraffes advantages to survive in their environment?
ANSWER:Long legs, long necks, long tongues
Q 15:
What is biodiversity?
ANSWER:
Biodiversity is a variety of life in a particular area , habitat, ecosystem or in the world
Q 16:
Organisms changing over time is ___________
ANSWER:
Evolution
Q 17: These are similar structures, such as forelimbs, that come from common ancestors but have different functions
ANSWER:
Homologous Structures
Q 18:These structures, such as wings, have similar functions due to the environmental demands within the habitat but do not come from a common ancestor.
ANSWER:
Analogous
Q 19:
This shows similar developmental stages amongst different species (kind of crazy how much we look like rabbits!! :0)
ANSWER:
Embryology
Q 20:
What was Darwin’s most noted evidence to support his Theory of Evolution?
ANSWER:
The different shaped beaks of the finches in the Galapagos Islands
How did you do Lil Darling??? Hopefully u ROCKED IT OUT!!! If not….please go back and TRY AGAIN! Good luck on your TEST….U will do a FABO job!
B day: Mon 2/2A day: Tues 2/3Study Session: Thurs. 1/29 @ 8:15 am & 4:30 – 5:00 pm