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Study Guide Evolution H1
1. Who is credited with the Theory of Natural Selection?
2. Define Descent with Modification.
3. Define natural selection.
4. Name 2 observations that gave Darwin the idea for his theory.
5. Define homologous features.
6. Define analogous structures
7. Define vestigial structures.
8. How is embryology evidence of evolution?
9. How does the study of amino acid sequence show evidence for evolution?
10. What is coevolution? Give an example.
11. What is convergent evolution? Give an example.
12. What is divergent evolution? Give an example.
13. What is adaptive radiation?
14. What is artificial selection?
15. How old is the solar system? The earth?
16. How do scientists determine age?
17. What is a radioactive isotope?
18. What is a half life?
19. Why can’t C-14 dating be used to date dinosaur bones?
20. How could life begin on a new planet?
21. Define population.
22. Name 3 causes of variation in genotypes.
23. Define genetic equilibrium.
24. What is genetic drift?
25. Why is the elephant seal at risk of extinction despite fairly large numbers?
26. Define stabilizing selection.
27. Define directional selection.
28. Define species.
29. Name 2 ways a species can evolve into separate species.
30. What is reproductive isolation?
31. Define punctuated equilibrium.
32. what is the difference between a cast and a mold?
33. Define the Law of Superposition.
34. List 3 types of fossils.
35. How are dinosaur bones preserved? Can you obtain DNA from the bones?
36. Define paleoanthropologist.
37. Define hominid.
38. How can scientists determine a fossil walked upright with only fragments of
bone?
39. Define bipedalism.
40. What was the 1st hominid to handle tools?
41. What type of hominid is Lucy? Who was Cro Magnon?
42. Which hominid had the largest brain?
43. Describe the theoretical human family tree.