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Evolution Unit – PDQ’s 1-3
Evolution 1 – Introduction to Evolution
Due Date: ____________________
Stamp: _________________
Textbook Reading: Ch. 22
Presentation Prezi: Evolution 1: Introduction to Evolution
Supplementary Resources:
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Crash Course Biology
o Natural Selection: Biology #14
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Bozeman’s Science: Paul Anderson:
o Natural Selection
o Examples of Natural Selection
Big Question: How do organisms evolve?
Questions to Answer:
1. Explain how the work of the following folks contributed to the
development of the Theory of Natural Selection:
a. Thomas Malthus
b. Georges Cuvier
c.
Charles Lyell
2. Explain how evolution as it was conceived of by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
differs from Natural Selection.
3. Why were the Galapagos islands so formative for Charles Darwin’s
thinking about evolution?
4. Draw a diagram illustrating the process of natural selection. Make sure
your diagram includes all of the following features:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Overproduction of offspring
Variation among individuals
Limited resources
Competition
Differential reproductive success (“fitness”)
Adaptation
5. Explain how each of the following demonstrates Darwinian selection. For
each, indicate the source of selection, the criteria that determines fitness
in the environment, and the end result of the selective process:
a. Artificial selection
b. Galapagos finches
c. The evolution of resistance in a population of insects or bacteria
(you pick)
6. Explain the idea of common ancestry, and some of the supporting
evidence.
7. How has modern science refined our understanding of evolution since
Darwin/Wallace’s publication?
8. Being that it has never been disproven in more than 150 years since the
publication of “On the Origin of Species”, why is evolution still so
controversial in parts of the United States?
Make Sure You Can:
(feel free to ask questions about them in class)
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Be able to explain the development of evolutionary theory, the
contributions of all people discussed in the presentation, and the evidence
that they based their contributions on.
Be able to describe the process of natural selection and give at least three
examples of how it can lead to changes in a species.
Be able to compare natural selection with artificial selection.
Explain why the criticisms of evolution discussed in the presentation are
the product of faulty reasoning.
Evolution 2 – Evolutionary Forces
Due Date: ____________________
Stamp: _____________________
Textbook Reading: Ch. 23
Presentation Prezi: Evolution 2: Evolutionary Forces
Supplementary Resources:

Crash Course Biology
o Population Genetics – When Darwin Met Mendel: Biology #18
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Bozeman’s Science: Paul Anderson:
o Genetic Drift
o Evolution Continues
Big Questions:
 How has the theory of evolution been expanded since Darwin?
 Why does evolution of organisms occur?
 How does evolution affect a population?
Questions to Answer:
1. Explain what the “modern synthesis” is. How is it different from
Darwin’s original theory of evolution?
2. Why does evolution have to involve the change of the genetic makeup
of a population over time?
3. Explain each of the following modes of evolution in a population. For
each one, describe the cause of change in the genetic makeup of a
population and how the population evolves as a result of that change,
and provide 2 “real world” examples of the process in action:
a. Natural Selection
b. Genetic Drift
c.
Gene Flow
d. Sexual Selection
4. Why is natural selection the only mode of evolution that causes a
population to adapt to the environment over time?
5. Why is evolution an emergent property of populations of organisms?
Why are individuals unable to evolve?
6. Compare the effects of disruptive, directional and stabilizing selection
on the genetic makeup of a population.
7. Why do traits have to be heritable for evolution to affect them?
Make Sure You Can:
(feel free to ask questions about them in class)
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Compare all of the evolutionary forces described in the presentation,
explain how they can affect a population, and give real-world examples of
each.
Explain why evolution is not always adaptive.
Explain how evolution can affect the structure of a population over time.
Evolution 3 – Evidence of Evolution
Due Date: ____________________ Stamp: _______________
Textbook Reading: Ch. 22 (22.3)
Presentation Prezi: Evolution 3: Evidence of Evolution
Supplementary Resources:

Crash Course Biology
o Evolution – It’s a Thing: Biology #20

Bozeman’s Science: Paul Anderson:
o Evidence for Evolution
Big Question:
 Why is evolution a scientific theory?
 How does evidence from multiple scientific disciplines and domains
support the modern theory of evolution?
 How does the same evidence refute common critiques of evolutionary
theory.
Questions to Answer:
1. Briefly explain the nature of scientific inquiry. Include discussion of the
role that evidence and falsifiability play in the process. Is this a strength or
a weakness of the scientific mode of thinking?
2. Explain how each of the following specifically support some aspect of
evolutionary theory:
a. The fossil record (generally)
b. Transition fossils (specifically)
c.
Homologous anatomical structures
d. Vestigial anatomical structures
e. Comparative embryology
f.
Molecular Homology (DNA and proteins)
g. Artificial Selection
h. Biogeography
i.
Observed Evolution (pick one)
3. Explain the concept of teleology and why it is contradicted by evolutionary
biology. Provide three examples of evidence that directly contradict
teleological thinking.
4. Explain why “Intelligent Design” is not a scientific hypothesis to explain
the origin and evolution of life on Earth. Provide two bits of evidence that
contradict the idea of “Intelligent Design”
Make Sure You Can:
(feel free to ask questions about them in class)
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Explain why evolution is a product of the scientific process.
Explain how each area of evidence described in the presentation lends
support to the modern theory of evolution, and provide examples from
each area.
Describe why the critiques of evolution discussed in this presentation
(teleology and intelligent design) are examples of bad logical reasoning.