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Objectives for Evolution Test (Ch. 7)
OBJECTIVE (The Student Will Be Able To…)
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1
Explain how genetic variation and environmental factors can
together lead to evolution by natural selection.
2
List and describe evidence, collected by Charles Darwin,
which led to his theory of natural selection.
3
Describe each of the independent lines of evidence supporting
evolution: homologous structures, vestigial structures,
embryological development, molecular structures
(DNA/protein sequences), and fossils.
4
Compare Gradualism and Punctuated Equilibrium.
5
Explain why species may become extinct; explain what can
cause a mass extinction event (such as the K/T extinction 65
mya)
6
Explain what a species is and how new species can form; how
can a population be split in two (what can isolate populations?)
7
Construct a simple branching diagram to classify living groups
of organisms by shared derived characteristics and expand
the diagram to include fossil organisms.
8
Relate the worm/bird simulation (“color” and “beak size”) to
natural selection.
9
Vocabulary: Identify the following terms or match to their
definitions: species, fossil, adaptation, evolution, theory, natural
STUDY
Reading, workbook
and notes, all
activities and videos
P224-231, bird beak
adaptations, Wallace
video
P234-240, Evolution
notes, Fossil Record
Activity
Great Transformations
Video
Dogs and More Dogs
P240
P245-246, Extinction
Video notes
P 243
Grant video, Bird
song activity
P255-257;
“What did T. rex
taste like?” activity
Lab notes
Chapter 7, P.221
Vocab quiz
selection, variation, comparative anatomy, homologous structures, vestigial
structures, mold, cast, petrified fossil, trace fossil, gradualism, punctuated
equilibrium, habitat, extinct, classification, prokaryote, eukaryote
STANDARDS
3.
Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many
generations. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a.
Students know both genetic variation and environmental factors are causes of evolution and diversity of
organisms.
b.
Students know the reasoning used by Charles Darwin in reaching his conclusion that natural selection is
the mechanism of evolution.
c.
Students know how independent lines of evidence from geology, fossils, and comparative anatomy
provide the bases for the theory of evolution.
d. Students know how to construct a simple branching diagram to classify living groups of organisms
by shared derived characteristics and how to expand the diagram to include fossil organisms.
e.
Students know that extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive
characteristics of a species are insufficient for its survival.