Download Unit 1 Darwinian Evolution Objective Questions

UNIT 1 EVOLUTION
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
Chapter: 22
At the conclusion of this unit, you should be able to:
1. State the two major points Darwin made in The Origin of Species concerning the
Earth’s biota.
2. Describe Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s model for how adaptations evolve.
3. Describe how Darwin used his observations from the voyage of the HMS Beagle
to formulate and support his theory of evolution.
4. Explain how the principle of gradualism and Charles Lyell’s theory of
uniformitarianism influenced Darwin’s ideas about evolution.
5. Explain what Darwin meant by the principle of common descent and “descent
with modification”.
6. Explain what evidence convinced Darwin that species change over time.
7. Explain how an essay by the Rev. Thomas Malthus influenced Charles Darwin.
8. Distinguish between artificial selection and natural selection.
9. Explain why a population is the smallest unit that can evolve.
10. Using some contemporary examples, explain how natural selection results in
evolutionary change.
11. Explain how homologous structures support Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
12. Explain how biogeography and the fossil record support the evolutionary
deductions based on homologies.
Unit 1: Evolution
Schedule
Day 1: 08/27
- Administrative Tasks
- Introduce “Evolution”
o Read “The Darwin I wish everyone knew” paper
o Watch “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea” (website)
Day 2: 08/28
- Meet Charles Darwin
- Galapagos Tortoise exercise
- Opposing theories
o Read Paley’s Model Handout (website)
o Review mammalian eye dissection
o Find human eye diagrams and bring next class
Day 3: 08/29
- Discuss Paley’s Model
- Mammalian eye dissection
o Read Lamarck’s and Darwin’s Models (website)
o Watch “Eyes” on the Evolve series (website)
Day 4: 08/30
- Finish mammalian eye dissection
- Compare the 3 model’s (Paley’s, Lamarck’s, and Darwin’s)
o Read “Monarch/Viceroy” case study (website)
Day 5: 08/31
- Group discussion of the assigned case study
o Complete the “Population Dynamics” Prelab worksheet
Day 6: 09/04
- Conduct the “Population Dynamics” lab
Day 7: 09/05
- Class discussion of case studies
- Collect “day 1” data for the Population Dynamics (PD) lab
o Watch “Whale Evolution” (website)
Day 8: 09/06
- Discuss the evidence behind evolution
- Review Unit 1 Evolution
- Collect “day 2” data for the PD lab
Day 9: 09/07
- Unit 1 Evolution Exam
- Collect “day 3” data for the PD lab