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Evolution Reading Questions Part II
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1. What evidence in anatomy helps support evolution?
2. What is the definition of Homologous Structures?
3. What homologous structure do people and alligators have in common?
4. See figure 10. Based upon the protein hemoglobin, are chickens or mice closer related to
humans?
5. Darwin was not the 1st scientist to come up with the idea of evolution. Why is his idea’s the
ones everyone uses?
6. Darwin showed that ____________________________ was everywhere and could serve
as the starting point for evolution.
7. Today, an understanding of ____________________________________ is essential to
understanding evolution.
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8. What modern field of biology has helps Darwin’s theory the most?
9. What three studies are used to help explain the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory?
10. Can individuals evolve?
11. Evolution does not always produce the “fittest” forms, just those that “__________” well
enough to leave offspring.
12. Is evolution predictable?
13. Explain the difference between microevolution and macroevolution.
14. What is speciation?
15. Speciation can begin with the __________________ of populations of the same species.
16. What separates the two populations of squirrels show at the bottom of the page?
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17. What are the five major processes that affect the kinds of genes that will exist in a
population from generation to generation?
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18. What pattern of macroevolution is shown when one organism is affected by another organism.
19. What is Adaptive Radiation?
20. Darwin had argued that large-scale changes, such as the formation of new species, must
require many small changes to build up gradually over a long period of time. This model is
called _____________________________________.
21. What is Punctuated Equilibrium?
Bonus see page 383
Three unique bird species are shown Below. Each of these is similar in size, shape, eating habits, and
habitat. However, each species seems to have first appeared on a separate continent.
What evolutionary pattern does this suggest?