Download Evolution Study Guide = Understand and be able to answer

Evolution Study Guide = Understand and be able to
answer questions about all of the following concepts…
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Miller-Urey Experiment
o What was most likely the first chemical
pathway for using cellular energy?
Phylogeny of animals (from primitive
prokaryote all the way to reptiles and
mammals)
Antibiotic resistance
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural
selection
Four types of natural selection
Types of evolution
o Divergent
o Convergent
o Coevolution
o Adaptive radiation
o Speciation
 Definition of a species
o Gradualism
o Punctuated Equilibrium
o Allopatric and sympatric speciation
 Isolating factors that lead to
speciation
o Founder effect
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
o Genetic Drift
o Gene Flow
Adaptations including
o Cryptic coloration
o Warning coloration
o Polymorphism
o Defensive adaptation
o Mimicry
o External fertilization
o Polyploidy
o Kin selection
Evidence for evolution
o Homologous/Analogous structures
o Fossil Record
o DNA/Proteins
o Mass extinctions
 Competitive exclusion
o Endosymbiotic Theory
o Embryology
Evolution Study Guide = Understand and be able to
answer questions about all of the following concepts…
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-
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Miller-Urey Experiment
o What was most likely the first chemical
pathway for using cellular energy?
Phylogeny of animals (from primitive
prokaryote all the way to reptiles and
mammals)
Antibiotic resistance
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural
selection
Four types of natural selection
Types of evolution
o Divergent
o Convergent
o Coevolution
o Adaptive radiation
o Speciation
 Definition of a species
o Gradualism
o Punctuated Equilibrium
o Allopatric and sympatric speciation
 Isolating factors that lead to
speciation
o Founder effect
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
o Genetic Drift
o Gene Flow
Adaptations including
o Cryptic coloration
o Warning coloration
o Polymorphism
o Defensive adaptation
o Mimicry
o External fertilization
o Polyploidy
o Kin selection
Evidence for evolution
o Homologous/Analogous structures
o Fossil Record
o DNA/Proteins
o Mass extinctions
 Competitive exclusion
o Endosymbiotic Theory
o Embryology