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Chapter 15
Theory of Evolution
READING NOTES
Use the content to define the following terms. Do not use the glossary.
1. Evolution
2. Natural selection
3. Adaptation
4. Fitness
5. Fossil
6. Relative age
7. Absolute age
8. Biogeography
9. Homologous structure
10. Analogous structure
11. Vestigial structure
12. Phylogeny
13. Convergent evolution
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14. Divergent evolution
15. Adaptive radiation
16. Artificial selection
17. Coevolution
18. Georges Cuvier, Charles Lyell and Jean Baptiste LaMarck offered their own theories of evolution
before Darwin. Briefly explain their theories in the space provided.
Scientist
Cuvier
Lyell
LaMarck
Theory
Catastrophism
Uniformitarianism
Inheritance of
Acquired
Characteristics
Summary
Contribution
to science…
19. Explain Darwin’s use of the phrase descent with modification to describe the process of
evolution.
20. Name and explain the four parts to Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Use examples.
Four parts
Explained
1
2
3
4
21. Compare an adaptation to acclimatization.
22. In the sedimentary rock pictured here, can we determine
these fossils relative age or absolute age?
Compare the ages of fossils 1 and 3.
Which fossil is the oldest? ______
How do you know?
23. Identify 3 inferences about evolution that can be supported by fossil evidence.
1)
2)
3)
24. Compare the concepts of homologous structures, analogous structures, and vestigial organs
using examples.
Structure
Homologous
Examples
Is evidence of evolution because…
Analogous
Vestigial
25. How do biological molecules provide evidence of a common ancestor?
26. Explain how the anole lizard species on the Caribbean Islands demonstrate both convergent and
divergent evolution.
Convergent
Divergent
27. Use the Venn Diagram to compare and contrast natural selection and artificial selection.
28. How have humans and disease-causing bacteria demonstrated coevolution?