Ch.15, 16, 17 Review
- Know the parts of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution/natural selection
- Know the ways in which natural selection affects the distribution of phenotypes in single, multiple gene traits
- Know what makes up the modern theory of evolution
- Know the steps needed for the evolution of life on earth, whether DNA or RNA came first
- Know why are proteinoid microspheres are similar to cells, first organisms to evolve
- Know what evolution says about species
- Know why structures in fossils are similar to present day organisms
- Know what coevolution is
- Know what type of rock fossils are found in, and how this rock forms
- Know what happened in Miller and Urey’s experiment
- Know what adaptations are and how they affect evolution
- Know how polygenic traits are affected by evolution
- Know Wallace’s contribution to evolution, how Hutton and Lyell, Malthus influenced Darwin
- Know what led Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution
- Know how genetic variation is produced, what causes gene shuffling
- Know when oxygen started being produced in the environment
- Know what adaptive radiation is
- Know what an index fossil is and what it is used for
- Know the different ways that reproductive isolation can occur
- Know Darwins Finches, where they came from, why they became multiple species, adaptations they have
- Know where, how fossils form
- Know what the gene pool is and how this changes in evolution
- Know what half-life is and what it is used for
- Know the effect of evolution on populations, and natural selection on individuals
- Know what fitness is
- Know how natural selection and genetic drift affect allele frequencies
- Know what speciation is, and what is needed for it to occur
- Know the difference between punctuated equilibrium and gradualism
- Know what era, period is current
- Know how earth formed, difference between core, crust
- Know examples, ways that genetic drift can occur
- Know how disruptive, directional and stabilizing selection could affect a trait such as beak size