Download AP Biology – Evolution – Unit 7 Study Guide Contrast microevolution

AP Biology – Evolution – Unit 7 Study Guide
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Contrast microevolution and macroevolution.
How did Darwin use Hutton and Lyell’s work to formulate the Theory of Natural Selection (TNS)?
How did Darwin incorporate Malthus’ work into the TNS?
Describe Lamarck’s ideas about how organisms evolve.
Why was Lamarck wrong?
How did Lamarck’s work help in the ultimate formulation of the TNS?
List and briefly describe the 5 major categories of evidence that support evolution?
What does survival of the fittest actually mean?
How does TB (tuberculosis) in Eastern Europe make evolution an important concept in today’s
society? (it’s on one of the Bozeman videos)
10.) Describe stabilizing selection and give an example.
11.) Describe directional selection and give an example.
12.) Describe disruptive selection and give an example.
13.) Define sexual selection.
14.) How can sexual selection lead to evolution?
15.) List and briefly describe 2 types of sexual selection (inter and intra).
16.) How have human’s utilized artificial selection to shape new species?
17.) List and briefly describe sources of variation in phenotypes within a population.
18.) Evolution has often been described as a change in allele frequencies with a population over
time. What are the major causes of changes in allele frequency?
19.) Describe the difference between genetic drift and gene flow.
20.) Be able to solve questions related to Hardy Weinberg (HW) Equilibrium.
21.) What 5 things must hold true for a population to be in HW equilibrium?
22.) Discuss the differences between allopatric and sympatric speciation.
23.) What mechanisms (ways) exist for sympatric speciation to occur?
24.) List and describe the prezygotic isolating mechanisms.
25.) List and describe the postzygotic isolating mechanisms.
26.) Compare and contrast: Convergent evolution, divergent evolution, and coevolution.
Free Response – understand how to make cladograms given information in tables regarding either
similarities or differences between organisms.