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Evolution Study Guide
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CHAPTER 15.1
VOCABULARY
Evolution
Theory
Fossil
KEY CONCEPTS
How is natural variation used in artificial selection?
How is natural selection related to a species' fitness?
What evidence of evolution did Darwin present?
CHAPTER 15.3
VOCABULARY
Artificial Selection
Struggle for Existence
Survival of the fittest
natural selection
Descent with modification homologous structures
KEY CONCEPTS
How is natural variation used in artificial selection?
How is natural selection related to a species' fitness?
What evidence of evolution did Darwin present?
Fitness
Adaptation
Common descent
vestigial organs
CHAPTER 16-3
VOCABULARY
Speciation
Reproductive Isolation
Behavioral Isolation
Geographic Isolation
Temporal Isolation
KEY CONCEPTS
What factors are involved in the formation of new species?
Describe the process of speciation in the Galápagos finches.
CHAPTER 17-1
VOCABULARY
Paleontologist
Fossil Record
Extinct
Relative Dating
MAIN CONCEPTS
What is the fossil record?
What information do relative dating and radioactive dating provide about fossils?
CHAPTER 17-4
VOCABULARY
Macroevolution
Adaptive Radiation
Coevolution
Punctuated Equilibrium
KEY CONCEPTS
What are six important patterns of macroevolution?
Convergent Evolution
CHAPTER 18-1
VOCABULARY
Taxonomy
Binomial Nomenclature
Family
Order
Class
KEY CONCEPTS
How are living things organized for study?
What is binomial nomenclature?
What is Linnaeus's system of classification?
Genus
Phylum
Taxon
Kingdom
CHAPTER 18-2
VOCABULARY
Phylogeny
Evolutionary Classification
Derived Character
Cladogram
Molecular Clock
KEY CONCEPTS
How are evolutionary relationships important in classification?
How can DNA and RNA help scientists determine evolutionary relationships?
CHAPTER 18-3
VOCABULARY
Domain
Bacteria
Eubacteria
Archaea
Archaebacteria
Eukarya
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
KEY CONCEPTS
What are the six kingdoms of life as they are now identified?
What is the three-domain system of classification?
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Evolution and Biodiversity
Central Concepts: Evolution is the result of genetic changes that occur in constantly
changing environments. Over many generations, changes in the genetic make-up of
populations may affect biodiversity through speciation and extinction.
5.1
Explain how evolution is demonstrated by evidence from the fossil record,
comparative anatomy, genetics, molecular biology, and examples of natural
selection.
5.2
Describe species as reproductively distinct groups of organisms. Recognize that
species are further classified into a hierarchical taxonomic system (kingdom,
phylum, class, order, family, genus, species) based on morphological,
behavioral, and molecular similarities. Describe the role that geographic
isolation can play in speciation.
5.3
Explain how evolution through natural selection can result in changes in
biodiversity through the increase or decrease of genetic diversity within a
population.