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Ch.16, 17, 19 Test Regular Biology
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Know the definition of evolution
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Know why Darwin was credited with the theory of evolution
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Know where Darwin believed the plants and animals of the Galapagos Islands came from
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Know what artificial selection is and some examples
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Know why Darwin believed the finches on the Galapagos Islands evolved different beaks
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How were Darwin and Lamarck’s ideas similar
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Know how Malthus’ ideas about human populations influenced Darwin
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Know the major idea presented by Darwin in his book The Origin of Species
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Know what natural selection is, basic ideas that make up this concept
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Know what an adaptation is , and how they influence evolution
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Know what a fossil is
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Know what a homologous structure is, an example, what they show
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Know what developmental biology is, how this supports evolution
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Know how similarities in biochemistry support evolution
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Know what biogeography is, how it supports evolution
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Know what Darwin’s ideas combined with modern ideas/studies is called
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Know the definition of speciation is
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Know difference between microevolution and macroevolution
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Know the difference between punctuated equilibrium and gradualism
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Know how microevolution/genetic change can be measured
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Know what Hardy and Weinberg predicted, and what was needed for this to be maintained
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Know the difference between directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection is, how this affects a
population
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Know what the biological species concept is, what types of organisms this doesn’t work for
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Know what adaptive radiation is
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Know how reproductive isolation can occur
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Know what extinction is
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Know why Miller and Urey’s experiment was important
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Know where energy might have come from to make the first organic molecules
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Know different theories on where/how first organic molecules were produced
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Know what microspheres are, what they are important
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Know what a ribozyme is, what the first likely genetic molecule was
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Know they different ways fossils may be preserved, how fossils are preserved in sedimentary rocks
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Know what index fossils are, why they are important
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Know what the geologic time scale is based on
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Know how mass extinctions are used in the geologic time scale, when most recent mass extinction occurred,
cause of
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Know the three eras, from oldest to most recent
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Know why cyanobacteria are important
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Know what theory of endosymbiosis is
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Know why ozone layer was important to the evolution of life
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Know where arthropods first evolved