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SELF STUDY GUIDE EVOLUTION UNIT
UNIT objectives:
A) Be able to describe Darwin’s theory of evolution in terms of the components that make up
natural selection and explain how natural selection can modify or change species over time.
(Pg 297-301)
B) Describe evidence for evolution including: fossil evidence, biogeography, embryology,
homologous structures, DNA comparison, protein comparison, and vestigial organs,
transitional species.
(Pg 302–307)
C) B able to read and construct a cladogram.
(Pg 337-345)
Vocabulary: embryology, homologous structure, analogous structure, speciation, taxonomy,
adaptation, evolution, natural selection, fitness, cladogram
1) From pages 297-301 titled “History of Evolutionary Thought” be able to:
(a) Explain Darwin’s first theory “Descent with Modification”
(b) Explain what data led Darwin to believe this to be true.
(c) Explain the term “fitness” in terms of evolution.
2) From pages 302-307 titled “Evidence for Evolution” and be able to:
a) Explain several ways in which fossils can form (Figure 15-5)
b) Explain why transitional species in fossil record are important.
c) Understand that all living things come from one common ancestor.
i) Species that have a more recent common ancestor have more in common
than those that have a more distance common ancestor.
d) Explain how the following can be evidence for evolution:
i) Homologous structures and analogous structures. Vestigial structures. Similarities in
embryology. Similarities in macromolecules
3) From pages 336-345 Titled “ Classification of Organisms” be able to:
a) Explain the purpose of binomial nomenclature
b) Draw a cladogram using evidence of shared ancestry
c) Contrast “shared character” and “derived character”