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Evolution Culminating Project
Guided Reading Assignment/DBQ
Name:_________________________ #____
Date: ________________ [1pt for all three filled in]
Directions: Read the entire article through once and circle or highlight any unfamiliar words. Use a
dictionary to look them up. Jot the definition in the margin near the word.
Respond to the following questions or statements below. Record your response using complete
sentences that are grammatically correct. Note the paragraph number(s) that helped you answer the
question at the end of your response. Your responses and final paragraphs must be done first in pencil
on these pages[10 pts] and then typed as a final document. This document appears on my Evolution
web page. You can simply open it, save it and then type in your answers. The due date is
______________________. It will count as a test grade.
Questions 1-14 [3.5 pts each] [49 pts]
1. Considering the large distance between Canada and Hawaii, speculate as to how the ancestor of the
Nene might have arrived in Hawaii.
2. What specific research techniques were used to trace the evolutionary relationship between the
different species of geese?
3. When did the common ancestor of the Hawaiian Geese arrive and what event coincided with that
time frame?
4. What was the advantage of fossils being found in lava-tube caves?
5. How are living geese in Hawaii helping to support research?
6. How do the habitats of the Hawaii and Canadian geese differ?
7. What physical characteristics are seen in the Nene that are not seen in Canadian geese?
8. How does mitochondrial DNA analysis help establish the time span between ancestors of the geese?
9. How is it possible for the dusky Canada goose and the giant Canada goose to be more closely related
to the Nene than to other Canadian geese?
10. What 3 ecosystem habitats existed in Hawaii that were not prevalent as Canadian Geese habitats?
11. How did the environmental differences between Hawaii and Canada allow for flightless or poor
flying geese to survive?
12. Speculate as to why the giant Hawaii goose may have become extinct.
13. What 2 specific “outward differences” are being referred to in paragraph 9?
14. Why does the author say “These outward differences belie a strong genetic relationship and a close
evolutionary link between the birds.”
Guiding Questions for Evolution Unit
1. What is the guiding force behind evolution?
2. What is the role of genetics in evolution?
3. How is natural selection related to the process of evolution?
4. What is meant by survival of the fittest?
5. Why do species become extinct?
Your final 5 paragraphs of this DBQ should relate what you learned from reading this article and
answering the set of 14 questions . Each paragraph should have a topic sentence that incorporates the
general answer to an individual guiding question above. You should give details from the article for
each paragraph and cite article paragraph numbers as references. [40 pts total; grammar and spelling
count] Prepare your rough draft on loose leaf and attach to this document . Type your final paragraph
within this word document that you opened from my evolution page. Save the document as “DBQ for
Evolution Unit”