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Study guide for test on end of chapter 2 and beginning of chapter 3
Chapter 2 questions: You should review:
1. 2 sets of notes: Evidence for Evolution (be able to name 3 of the 5) and What can affect evolution (know
terms for matching)
2. Notes on Theory of evolution: Just know Lamarck’s (incorrect) theory and Darwin’s 5 points
3. Reading p. 111 (Darwin Proposes Descent with Modification) – questions 2, 4, 5, 7
4. Reading p. 114 (Evolution by Natural Selection) – questions 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13
5. Questions on the rabbit calculator game -- #4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Chapter 3 questions:
1. What are the 6 characteristics that all living things share? (In other words, what are 6 ways in which all
living things are alike?) Why do all living things have so many things in common?
2. Define adaptation. (#1, p. 73)
3. Mutations are a source of variation reading (p. 139-41):
#1 & 8 What 2 things explain the enormous diversity of characteristics among the organisms on
earth? (also answered by #2 & 3, p. 73)
4. What are the major adaptations that appeared in plant evolution? (lab, plus From Cell to Seed reading,
#11,13, 14)
5. What part of the branching classification structure (cladogram) represents the most recent common
ancestor? (notes)
6. P. 71 #3 b-d – Are all inherited characteristics adaptations? What would be an adaptation in one place
and not another? Why might humans have a characteristic that’s not useful?
7. Why do new species appear? (#1, p. 81)
Study guide for test on end of chapter 2 and beginning of chapter 3
Chapter 2 questions: You should review:
6. 2 sets of notes: Evidence for Evolution (be able to name 3 of the 5) and What can affect evolution (know
terms for matching)
7. Notes on Theory of evolution: Just know Lamarck’s (incorrect) theory and Darwin’s 5 points
8. Reading p. 111 (Darwin Proposes Descent with Modification) – questions 2, 4, 5, 7
9. Reading p. 114 (Evolution by Natural Selection) – questions 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13
10. Questions on the rabbit calculator game -- #4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Chapter 3 questions:
8. What are the 6 characteristics that all living things share? (In other words, what are 6 ways in which all
living things are alike?) Why do all living things have so many things in common?
9. Define adaptation. (#1, p. 73)
10. Mutations are a source of variation reading (p. 139-41):
#1 & 8 What 2 things explain the enormous diversity of characteristics among the organisms on
earth? (also answered by #2 & 3, p. 73)
11. What are the major adaptations that appeared in plant evolution? (lab, plus From Cell to Seed reading,
#11,13, 14)
12. What part of the branching classification structure (cladogram) represents the most recent common
ancestor? (notes)
13. P. 71 #3 b-d – Are all inherited characteristics adaptations? What would be an adaptation in one place
and not another? Why might humans have a characteristic that’s not useful?
14. Why do new species appear? (#1, p. 81)
Essay: Due ________
Read the story on p. 59. Then answer these questions on a notecard for the test.
1. The girl in 1925 died and the one in 1945 lived. What change that happened between 1925 and 1945 can
explain why one lived and the other did not?
2. The girl in 1965 died, even though she was given antibiotics. What changed between 1945 and 1965 that
explains this? Step by step, explain exactly how this change happened? You’ll want to use Darwin’s
points here. (Remember the chart we made?)
3. What selective factor in the bacteria’s environment helped drive this change? (Remember the calculator
rabbits? The selective factors there were hunger and wolves.)
4. Where did the bacteria’s advantageous trait come from? Did it come because the bacteria needed it?
How would the story be different if that trait had not appeared?
5. Why is the generation time (length of time between generations) important in this story?
Essay: Due ________
Read the story on p. 59. Then answer these questions, in your own words. You will not get credit if your
answer is too close to another students’ description, the book’s explanation, or anything on the internet.
1. The girl in 1925 died and the one in 1945 lived. What change that happened between 1925 and 1945 can
explain why one lived and the other did not?
2. The girl in 1965 died, even though she was given antibiotics. What changed between 1945 and 1965 that
explains this? Step by step, explain exactly how this change happened? You’ll want to use Darwin’s
points here. (Remember the chart we made?)
3. What selective factor in the bacteria’s environment helped drive this change? (Remember the calculator
rabbits? The selective factors there were hunger and wolves.)
4. Where did the bacteria’s advantageous trait come from? Did it come because the bacteria needed it?
How would the story be different if that trait had not appeared?
5. Why is the generation time (length of time between generations) important in this story?
Essay: Due ________
Read the story on p. 59. Then answer these questions, in your own words. You will not get credit if your
answer is too close to another students’ description, the book’s explanation, or anything on the internet.
1. The girl in 1925 died and the one in 1945 lived. What change that happened between 1925 and 1945 can
explain why one lived and the other did not?