Download BDR Evolution – 1

Guided Reading: Evolution – 1
Name: ________________________
Block: ______ Date: _____________
Read page 70-72 from Biology EOCT study guide.
While reading, highlight all the names of the scientists.
1.
Who presented the “evolutionary theory” for the first time?
2.
What did Lamarck believe?
3.
According to Lamarck, what is the driving force of evolution?
4.
Where were the fossilized remains found in England?
5.
What concept explains the diversity of organisms?
6.
When did Charles Darwin begin his journey?
7.
What was Darwin’s ship’s name?
8.
What was Lyell’s proposal about plants and animals?
9.
What did Darwin find in his 40,000 miles long trip on Beagle?
10. What did Darwin notice about a variety of plants and animals?
11. What did Darwin found in Galapagos island?
12. What was Darwin’s first observation?
13. What are adaptations?
14. What happens to advantageous adaptations?
15. What is natural selection?
16. What was Darwin’s second observation on the Galapagos Island?
17. What can result in significant differences between the same species on different
islands?
18. Who else, besides Darwin, formulated theory of evolution?
19. Where did Alfred Russell Wallace study plants and animals?
20. What was Darwin’s focus?
21. Who’s work helped scientists to account for phenotypic variations in populations?
22. What is Population genetics?
23. To summarize: List names of all the scientists contributed for the theory of
evolution.