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Chapter 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
AP Biology
1. State the two major points Darwin made in The Origin of Species.
2. Explain what Darwin meant by the principle of common descent and “descent
with modification”.
3. Explain what evidence convinced Darwin that species change over time
4. What are the three inferences that Darwin made from his observations which led
him to propose natural selection as mechanism for evolutionary change?
5. Compare and contrast artificial selection and natural selection.
6. Explain why the population is the smallest unit that can evolve.
7. Explain how natural selection results in evolutionary change.
8. Give 4 examples of natural selection.
9. Describe the lines of evidence Darwin used to support the principle of common
descent.
10. Describe how molecular biology can be used to study the evolutionary
relationships among organisms. Describe the lines of evidence Darwin used to
support the principle of common descent.