Who is known as the Father of Evolution? He coined the theory of Natural Selection.
What was the name the first full human fossil, which showed evolutionary progress.
Choose two biology specialists and describe how each provides evidence for evolution.
Which famous scientist created the system of classification (KPCOFGS)?
What is the scientific name for Lucy in binomial nomenclature?
In relation to Darwin's finches, how did one species on the mainland end up as 14 different species on the islands?
Most humans used to be lactose intolerant. Describe how and why lactose tolerance evolved over time.
The wing of a chicken, leg of a cat, and arm of a human all have the same bone structures. These are known as what?
Some structures are no longer needed in today's creatures, such as leg bones in a whale and the appendix in humans. These are known as what?
How does analyzing the embryos of modern day organisms provide evidence for evolution?
This process relates to animals of one sex choosing specific traits in the animals of the other sex.
What has the greatest impact on the evolution of a new trait in a population?
This process relates to humans choosing to breed animals/plants with specific traits. I.e. 'selective breeding'
Draw/describe an example representing the process of natural selection.
Describe the process of how natural selection in bacteria can lead to 'superbugs.'
This 'mistake' in the DNA can lead to helpful or hurtful new traits.
The ability to walk on two legs
A trait that better allows an organisms to survive in a particular environment
The branch of science that deals with classifying organisms
The two-name system for today's organisms, that includes their genus and species.
Where did Darwin go to study the process of evolution?
Name the seven taxonomic ranks (levels of classification), in order from least specific to most specific.
Describe the concept and evolutionary benefit behind 'sneaker males.'
The red-eyed tree frog and the tiger salamander both belong to the same class, Amphibia. This means they must also belong to which other taxons?
Human beings evolved very slowly for a long time, but in our 'recent' evolutionary history (last 3 million years) there was rapid growth of our brain. Describe why this is the case.
Charles Darwin
Lucy
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Carl Linneaus
Austrolopithecus afarensis
Each island had different food sources, birds with the correct beak adaptations survived and reproduced, creating 14 separate species
People with the lactose tolerant mutation survived during times of famine because they could drink milk, and passed the trait to their offspring.
Homologous structures
Vestigial structures
At the earliest stages of development, most species have a tail and gills, showing we came from a common ancestor
Sexual Selection
Mutation --> The environment
Artificial Selection
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Bacteria that survive a course of antibiotics due to a resistance mutation then reproduce to create a whole population of resistant bacteria, known as a super bug
Mutation
Bipedalism
Adaptation
Taxonomy/Classification
Binomial Nomenclature
Galapagoes Islands
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Males who are less appealing sneak and mate with the female while the big male isn't looking. Females appreciate their cleverness and choose to pass on that trait to their offspring.
Kingdom, Phylum
The constantly changing environments required organisms to be more intelligent to survive. Those with the increasingly bigger brains survived and past on the trait.
