Download Biology B – Test 3 Study Guide

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Biology B – Test 3
Study Guide
Unit Objectives
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Explain what biological evolution is and the major forces that drive it.
Describe the history of evolutionary theory, from experiments on spontaneous generation to
modern applications.
Explain how evolution has shaped the history of life on earth.
3.1: Origin of Life
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Biogenesis/Abiogenesis
Spontaneous Generation
Concepts
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Describe the experiments of Redi, Needham, Spallanzani and Pasteur.
3.2: Fossilization
Definitions
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Evolution
Fact
Theory
Fossil
Mold Fossil
Cast Fossil
Trace Fossil
Fossil Record
Law of Superposition
Extinction
Concepts
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Explain the connection between genetics and evolution.
Explain how the fossil record helps scientists study evolution.
Explain why evolution is both a fact and a theory.
Describe the process of fossilization.
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3.3 Charles Darwin
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H.M.S. Beagle
Galapagos Islands
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Uniformitarianism/Gradualism
Catastrophism
Thomas Malthus
Charles Lyell
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Alfred Russell Wallace
Concepts
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Explain the roles that Malthus, Lyell and Wallace played in the development and publication of
Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
Compare and contrast Darwin and Lamarck’s theories of evolution.
3.4 Evolution in Process
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Species
Reproductive Isolation
Disruptive Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Directional Selection
Homology
Analogy
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Describe the five influences that can cause a species to change.
Explain how speciation can occur.
3.5 The History of Life on Earth
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Prokaryote
Eukaryote
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Sexual Reproduction
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Concepts
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Describe the earliest life forms. What sort of metabolism did they have? Were they eukaryotic
or prokaryotic? How did they reproduce?
Explain the evolutionary advantage of sexual reproduction.