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Name Class Date,_~ _ Skills Worksheet Directed Readlnq Section: Developing a Theory In the space provided, each statement write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes or best answers each question. 1. Evolution is a. the mechanism by which individuals change over time. b. tbe process by which species change over time. c. known to occur by use and disuse of cbaracters. d. change in babitat througb time. --- 2. Charles Darwin is credited with a. providing evidence for how evolution occurs. b. developing a mechanism for how evolution occurs. c. proposing a theory known as gradualism. d. Both (a) and (b) 3. How did Darwin gather a great deal of evidence for evolution at work? a. by mere speculation b. by breeding a variety of dogs c. as a naturalist during the voyage of the Beagle d. by preparing books about population growth rates 4. Darwin learned that there were resemblances between the plants and animals of South America and a. Ecuador. c. Australia. d. the English countryside. b. the Galapagos Islands. Read the question, and write your answer in the space provided. 5. What is artificial selection? 6. Whatwere Jean Baptiste Lamarck's ideas on inheritance? Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility Holt Biology of the instructor Evolutionary Theory Nmne I Cl~s, Dme ~ __ Directed Reading continued Complete each statement by underlining the correct term or phrase in the . brackets. 7. [Descent with modification / Artificial selection j is change in traits in groups overtime. 8. Both Lamarck and Darwin proposed that organisms [go extinct in! adapt to] changing environments. In the space provided, explain how the terms differ in meaning. 9. linear population growth, exponential population growth '-, Original content Copyrillht.@by Holt Biology .' Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions an.d changes to the original content are the responsibility 2. . of the instructor. Evolutionary Theory • Name ___________ Class -'---Oate _ ~.i Skills Worksheet l.!!.'~ Directed Reading I I 1I Section: Applying Qarwin's Ideas In the space provided, write the letter ofthe termor each statement phrase that best completes or best answers each question. 1. The four steps or requirements of evolution by natural selection are a. few offspring, variation, selection, evolution. b. overproduction, no variation, selection, adaptation. c. overproduction, variation, inheritance, adaptation. d. overproduction, variation, selection, adaptation. 2. An adaptation is a(n) a. inherited trait that helps individuals reproduce and survive. b. theory. c. unit of evolution. d. biological molecule. ""-. 3. One hypothesized a. fish. b. Dronasaurus. c. Ambulocetus. d. rhea., link between modem whales and hoofed mammals is 4. Links between major classes of vertebrates have been established primarily by a. radiometric dating. b. inherited traits. c. the fossil record. d. patterns of development. S. Patterns in biogeography show a. proof of the existence of every species that has ever lived. b. that the environment can shape the evolution of organisms in the same way in different places. c. intermediate forms between groups of species. d. that species do not change over time on different continents. 6. Which of the following do scientists use as evidence to explain Darwin's ideas? a. the fossil record b. biochemical molecules c. embryological data d. All of the above Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility Holt Biology 3 of the instmctor. Evolutionary Theory I I Name I Class Date ~-- Directed Reading continued In the space provided, write the letter of the description that best matches each term. __ . 7. hemoglobin proteins 8. homologous structures 9. vertebrate embryos a all have a tail at some time in development b. are made up of very similar sequences in humans and gorillas c. structures that share a common ancestry .~.' Complete each statement by writing the correct term in the space provided. 10. Species that diverged recently have _----'-------- genetic differences than those species that are not closely related. 11. There is (are) difference(s) between the amino ..'.' acid sequences of the hemoglobin in humans and the hemoglobin in gorillas. 12. There is (are) difference(s) between the amino acid sequences of the hemoglobin in humans and the hemoglobin in frogs. 13. There is (are) ..---.... .. ". difference(s) between the amino acid sequences of the hemoglobin in humans and the hemoglobin in rhesus monkeys. Read each question, and write your answer in the space provided. 14. How do scientists estimate the number of changes that have taken place in a gene or protein since two species diverged from a common ancestor? , ! , 15. What are three major strengths of Darwin's work? f· Original content Copyright Holt Biology C by Holt, Rineh~ and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are \he responsibility 4 of the instructor. Evolutionary Theory Name __________ Class ~Date .. _ Skills Worksheet Directed Reading Section: Beyond Darwinian Theory Complete each statement by writing the correct term in the space provided. 1. Only and not _ can evolve. 2. Natural selection can act only on I I variation that exists in a population. 3. is the formation of new species as a result of i ,I evolution. I ,I 4. Changes in the genes of populations are known as _ whereas speciation is part of the process of _ 5. Members of a species are closely related and can mate to produce I :1 Ii ·1 ________ -- Ii~i offspring. Read each question, and write your answer in the space provided. 6. Identify the five processes of microevolution. 7. Compare the effects of mutation and genetic drift on the alleles in a population. 8. Give an example of coevolution. Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor Holt Biology 5 Evolutionary Theory Nmne I Dme Cl~s _ Directed Reading continued In the space provided, explain how the terms in each pair differ in meaning. 9. speciation, adaptive radiation .1 .. • j 10. gradualism, punctuated equilibrium , ",".-:- • .. J Original content Copyright 0 by Holt, Rineh<Utand Winston. Additions andcbanges to the original.content are the responSIbility of the instructor. Holt Biology 6 EvolutionaryTheory '