Download Guidelines for Evolution Quiz

Guidelines for Evolution Test
 Know the “Early” explanations of life and questions that arose from these
explanations
 Know the basic ideas put forth by Lamarck, Malthus, and Lyell.
 Be able to describe Darwin’s Observations from his trip to the Galapagos
Islands
 Be able to describe the mechanism of natural selection & artificial selection
 Know the difference between variations and adaptations
 Know how variations arise. They don’t arise from Natural Selection!
 Be able identify the 3 different types of adaptations
 Be able to describe the 3 major patterns of evolution and know examples
 Be able to describe the 3 major types of natural selection
 Be able to identify organism characteristics which may be determined by
fossil evidence
 Be able to describe the importance of fossils found in the Burgess Shale and
Badlands
 Be able to describe the physical evidence for evolution and examples of
comparative anatomy, biochemistry, homologous structures, vestigial
organs, and direct evidence
 Be able to describe the process of genetic drift, reproductive isolation, and
geographic isolation
 Anything from your laboratory activities, or graphs is fair game! Look them
over!