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Evolution Taboo
Instructions: The following page is a template for generating taboo cards. When
finished, the cards should look like the following. They can be easily cut apart and
placed in a bowl that students can draw from.
(1) Telescope
 Stars
 Observatory
 Astronomer
 Planet
 look
(2) Photosynthesis
 Light
 Leaves
 Chlorophyll
 Green
 sunlight
(1) Natural
Selection
 Inherited
 Characteristics
 Environment
 Well-suited
 More offspring
(2) Evolution
(5) Fitness
(6) Fossil Record
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Ability
Individual
Survive
Reproduce
Environment
(9) Analogous
Structures
 Distantly
related
 Species
 Structures
 Different
 Same function
Norman Herr, 2000
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Theory
Descendents
All species
Ancient species
Modern day
species
Chronological
Collection
Life’s remains
Rock layer
Passage of time
(10) Artificial
Selection
 Selective
Breeding
 Domesticated
 Plants & animals
 Genetic traits
 Human value
(3) Mitochondria
 Organelle
 Powerhouse
 Cell
 ATP
 respiration
(4) Convection
 Heat
 Rise
 Cold
 Dense
 Sink
(3)
Uniformitarianism
 Theory
 Earth
 Slow-moving
processes
 Erosion
 Shape
landscape
(4) Adaptation
(7) Homologous
Structures
 Similar
 Structure
 Common
Ancestor
 Different
 Function
(8) Vestigial
Structures
 Remnant structures
 Important functions
 Ancestral species
 No clear function
 Modern
descendents
(11) Phenotype
(12) Hardy-Weinberg
Equilibrium
 Random mating
 Large population
 No mutations
 No natural
selection
 No immigration or
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Organism
Expressed traits
Physical
Physiological
Behavourial
 Inherited
 Characteristic
 Organism’s
ability
 Survive &
reproduce
 Environment
emigration
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Microevolution
 Generation to
generation
 Change
 Frequencies
 Alleles
 Population
(14) Stabilizing
Selection
 Individuals
 Near center
 Phenotype range
 Higher Fitness
 Either end of the
range
(15) Directional
Selection
 Individuals
 One end fitness
range
 Higher fitness
 Than
individuals
 Middle or other
end of range
(16) Disruptive
Selection
 Individuals
 Upper and
lower ends
 Higher fitness
 Than
individuals
 Middle of the
range
(17) Genetic Drift
(18) Founder Effect
(19) Gene Flow
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 Type of genetic
drift
 Few individuals
 Colonize
 New habitats
 Nonrepresentative
allele frequencies
 Exchange of
genes
 One population
 Another
population
 Gametes
 Migrate
 Populations
(20) Reproductive
Isolation
 Inability
 Two
Organisms
 Reproduce
 Physical
Barrier
 Behavioral
Barrier
(21) Adaptive
Radiation
 Evolution
 Common
Ancestor
 Diverse
Species
 Adapted
 Different
environments
(22) Gradualism
(23) Convergent
evolution
 Distantlyrelated species
 Live
 Similar
environments
 Develop
 Similar
adaptations
(24) Co-evolution
(25) Mimicry
(26) Cumulative
Selection
 Evolution
 Simple structure
 Complex
structure
 Series
 Small
adaptations
(27) Stromatolites
(28) Primary
abiogenesis
 First living
things
 Earth
 Arose
 Non-living
material
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Change
Gene Pool
Population
Chance
 One species
 Resembles
another
 Gain
 Survival
advantage
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Norman Herr, 2000
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Evolution
Gradual
Accumulation
Small genetic
changes
 Long period of
time
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Layered rocks
Prokaryotes
Bind
Thin Layers
Sediment
 Process
 One species
 Evolves in
response
 Evolutionary
changes
 Another
species
(29) Organic
molecules
 Contain carbon
 Carbohydrates
 Lipids
 Proteins
 Nucleic acids
(30)
Chemoautotrophs
 Organisms
 Synthesize
 Own organic
molecules
 Simple inorganic
molecules
 Without light
energy
(31) Geologic Time
Scale
 Earth’s
Geological
history
 Blocks of time
 Paleozoic
 Mesozoic
 Cenozoic
(32) Continental
drift
 Movement
 Earth
 Landmasses
 Relative
 Each other
(33) Mass
Extinctions
 Long periods
 Relative
stability
 Broken
 Brief episodes
 Great species
loss
(34) Clade
(35) Phylogenetic
tree
 Branching
diagram
 Represents
 Evolutionary
relationship
 Species
 Groups
(36) Cladistics
(37) Cladogram
 Phylogenetic
diagram
 Specifies
 Derived
Characteristics
 Clades
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(38) Primates
 Group
 Mammals
 Grasping hands
 Grasping feet
 Opposable digits
(39) Hominoids
 Group of
primates
 Relatively large
brains
 Lack tails
 Have swinging
arms
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(40) Hominids
 Humans
 Human
ancestral
species
 Occurred after
split
 From ancestral
chimpanzees
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(41) Bipedalism
 Ability
 To walk
 On two feet
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(42) Refugia
 Local
environment
 Escaped regional
ecological
change
 In agriculture
 Large blocks of
land
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Norman Herr, 2000
 Evolutionary
branch
 Phylogenetic
tree
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 Method
 To determine
 Sequence of
Branches
 Phylogenetic
tree
 Shared
homologous
structures
 Not sprayed with
pesticides
Norman Herr, 2000