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Study Guide for Evolution Test
 Be sure to know all your vocabulary words.
 Know what Wegner proposed and the evidence he used
to support his theory.
 Know types fossil is and how they are formed
 Know what index fossils are and how they’re used.
 Be able to apply the Law of Superposition
 How are ice cores used?
 D.C. packet information and the three quizzes that
covered it.
 Read over your class notes for 1.2 and 1.3
 Know what‘s included in the process of Natural
Selection.
 Be able to explain what Darwin observed on the
Galapagos Islands that made him develop the theory of
evolution.
 Know what the evidences of evolution are- and how they
show evolution
 How do scientists learn from DNA studies?
 What is punctuated equilibrium and how does it
compare to gradualism?
 What does the “survival of the fittest” mean?
 Who is Lamarck? What did he believe?
 Know about Darwin’s travels.
 What is a common ancestor?
 What is artificial selection?
 What’s the difference between an adaptation and a
variation?
 What is a species?
 What is speciation? What is isolation? Why is isolation
needed for speciation to happen?
 Review the types of fossils, the fossil record, relative and
absolute dating.
Study Guide for Evolution Test
 Be sure to know all your vocabulary words.
 Know what Wegner proposed and the evidence he used
to support his theory.
 Know types fossil is and how they are formed
 Know what index fossils are and how they’re used.
 Be able to apply the Law of Superposition
 How are ice cores used?
 D.C. packet information and the three quizzes that
covered it.
 Read over your class notes for 1.2 and 1.3
 Know what‘s included in the process of Natural
Selection.
 Be able to explain what Darwin observed on the
Galapagos Islands that made him develop the theory of
evolution.
 Know what the evidences of evolution are- and how they
show evolution
 How do scientists learn from DNA studies?
 What is punctuated equilibrium and how does it
compare to gradualism?
 What does the “survival of the fittest” mean?
 Who is Lamarck? What did he believe?
 Know about Darwin’s travels.
 What is a common ancestor?
 What is artificial selection?
 What’s the difference between an adaptation and a
variation?
 What is a species?
 What is speciation? What is isolation? Why is isolation
needed for speciation to happen?
 Review the types of fossils, the fossil record, relative and
absolute dating.