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NAME________________________PD____
1. DEFINE ADAPTATION.
any change that allows an organism to better survive in our environment
2. TELL ME THE 2 MAIN POINTS OF LAMARCK’S THEORY.
Called acquired characteristics, offspring have traits that parents have gotten through their
lifetime
3. EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ADAPTATION AND
EVOLUTION.
Adaptation happens quickly/changes individuals, evolution takes long time/changes and
entire species
4. TELL ME THE 2 MAIN POINTS OF DARWIN’S THEORY.
Called natural selection, organism with traits best suited to their environment will survive
and reproduce
5. __________IS A CHANGE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
A. ADAPTATION B. EVOLUTION C. NATURAL SELECTION
6. DURING NATURAL SELECTION AN ORGANISM WILL ADAPT TO ITS
__________.
A. ENVIRONMENT B. BODY STRUCTURE C. NICHE
7. BOTH DARWIN AND LAMARCK USED _____ & ______ TO COME
UP WITH THEIR THEORIES OF EVOLUTION.
A. BIRDS & BEES
B. PLANTS & ANIMALS C. BOOKS & PAPERS
8. PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM IS CAUSED BY____________________.
A. MUTATIONS
B. CLIMATE CHANGES
C. PREDATORS
9. A SPECIES IS A GROUP OF ORGANISMS THAT ______ AND
REPRODUCE SUCCESSFULLY.
A. TRAVEL TOGETHER
B. HUNT FOOD
C. LOOK ALIKE
10.DARWIN RESEARCHED HIS THEORY OF EVOLUTION ON THE
________ ISLANDS.
A. CANARY
B. ALEUTIAN
C. GALAPAGOS
11.EXPLAIN THE EVOLUTION OF THE WHALE FROM THE MOVIE “WALKING
WITH PREHISTORIC BEASTS”.
See notes from movie
12.EXPLAIN AND DIAGRAM HOW DARWIN SHOWED EVOLUTION OCCURRED
ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS USING FINCHES.
Look at notes in flipchart on Darwin’s finches
13. WHAT EVIDENCE IS THERE TO SUPPORT THAT EVOLUTION DID IN FACT
OCCUR?
see notes on evidence for evolution
14. WHY DID THE GASTORNUS GO EXTINCT?
See movie notes on “walking with prehistoric beasts”
15. EXPLAIN HOW THE LEPTICTIDIUM SURVIVED THE CLIMATE CHANGE.
See movie notes on “walking with prehistoric beasts”
16. IF A NEW ORGANISM MOVES INTO A POPULATION, HOW DOES THIS
HELP BRING ABOUT EVOLUTION?New organism brings in different traits, skills,
abilities which can change other individuals in the population
17. HOW DOES THE PHRASE “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST” RELATE TO
DARWIN’S EVOLUTON THEORY?
Think about the the definition of natural selection to help with your answer
18. MAKE A LIST OF THINGS THAT OPPOSABLE THUMBS ARE
HELPFUL FOR.
Look at your thumbs and make a list
MOST