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STUDY GUIDE – Unit 9
Evidence of Evolution & Natural Selection Common Assessment
EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION
What are the 4 pieces of evidence for evolution?
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Most fossils are formed in ______________________________rock.
What is a fossil and what are the two main types?
How do most fossils form? A dead organism becomes buried in ___________________.
What are some examples of trace fossils?
The forelimbs of a bird and a mammal are examples of ____________ structures.
Which term refers to similar structures that related species have inherited from a
common ancestor?
If two organisms look very similar during their early stages of development, this is
evidence that the organisms evolved from a _____________ ____________________.
Scientists think related species have similar body structures and development patterns
because they inherited ___________________ (many or all) of the same
_____________________ from a _______________ ___________________.
In embryology, if organisms look very similar in their early stages, they are likely to have
a ___________________ ______________________.
The more _________________________ (similar or different) the DNA sequences of
two species are, the more closely related they are to each other.
TAXONOMY & BRANCHING TREE DIAGRAMS
What is taxonomy?
Why do scientists organize living things into groups?
An organism’s scientific name consists of its __________ name and its ________ name
The more classification levels that two organisms share, the more ________________
they have in common.
What is the scientific name for humans?
Review the levels of classification in your comp book/ISN
A branching tree is a _____________________ showing how scientists think different
organisms are _______________________
Review the branching tree diagram worksheets in your comp book/ISN
UNIT 8 REFRESHER
What is evolution?
What are the steps to natural selection?
Who is the “father of evolution?”