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Biology 11 Unit 3 NAME: __________________________Block: ____ Evolution Worksheet #1 1) What was the name of the boat Darwin sailed on? ________________________________________________ 2) What were some of the things Darwin realized about the number and variety of living species while he was on the voyage? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) Where are the Galapagos Islands located? ______________________________________________________________________________ 4) List some of the ways tortoises and birds differ among the islands of the Galapagos? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5) What is a fossil? ______________________________________________________________________________ 6) What did Darwin wonder about kangaroos and rabbits? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7) Who was James Hutton and what did he say about geological processes? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8) What were the two ways Charles Lyell’s book Principles of Geography influenced Darwin? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9) How did Hutton’s and Lyell’s views of Earth differ from that of most people of their time? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Biology 11 Unit 3 10) What was Lamarck’s hypothesis? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 11) What part(s) of Lamarck’s hypothesis were wrong? Why were they wrong? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 12) What part of Lamarck’s hypothesis was correct? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 13) Who was Thomas Malthus and what did he say that influenced Darwin? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 14) What is artificial selection? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 15) What are two examples of organisms produced through artificial selection? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 16) Why is there a “Struggle for Existence” in nature and what makes some organisms successful, and others not? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 17) What did Darwin mean about an individual when he used the term “fitness”? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 18) What is an adaptation and why do successful ones help organisms survive? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Biology 11 Unit 3 19) What are the three kinds of adaptation? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 20) Explain what Darwin meant when he used the term “Survival of the Fittest.” ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 21) How is Natural Selection different from Artificial Selection? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 22) What is “Descent with Modification” ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 23) How can studying fossils help understand evolutionary theory? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 24) What are Homologous Structures and what are some examples? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 25) What are Analogous Structures and what are some examples? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 26) What is a Vestigial Organ? Give two examples. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 27) Sum up Darwin’s Theory in 5 main points. (hint – see P. 386) 1. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Biology 11 Unit 3 3. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 28) List and explain four examples that support the Theory of Evolution. 1. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 29) What was the name of the book Darwin published that made him famous? ______________________________________________________________________________ 30) In what year did he publish it? ______________________________________________________________________________ 31) What part of his book made people angry with Darwin? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
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