Evolution Review

Evolution Review

Evolution Topics/Vocabulary

In the next slides we will read different scenarios and we will discuss what topic of evolution is it referring to.

Multiple Choice

In the island of the Galapagos, the finches spread far and wide. Each one with a distinct beak in order to better obtain its food. As I spent the day sketching them I would have never thought I would be known as the father of evolution. Who am I?

• Georges Cuvier

• Picasso

• Charles Darwin

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Multiple Choice

Throughout my years of study I began to see patterns and indicators that all living things came from one common ancestor.

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Jean Cuvier

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Multiple Choice

George Cuvier studied different organisms during the developmental stages and noticed that they looked similar. This is referring to?

• Adaptation

• Embryology

• Natural Selection

Multiple Choice

A bird and a bat both have wings that they use to fly, but they each develop independently from one another... what is this an example of?

• analogous structure

• similar traits

• homologous structure

Multiple Choice

Before we had tools and stoves to cook, our diets were based on thick roots, nuts, and meat. Our Wisdom Teeth helped us break down these foods and chew them. Today we eat softer foods and no longer serve a purpose. This is known as a...

• Analogous

• Homologous

• Vestigial Trait

• Adaptation

Multiple Choice

British Explorer Alfred Russel Wallace traveled to the Amazon Basin and the Malay Archipelago in the mid-1800’s. He dedicated himself to studying how different organisms where distrubuted across that region.

He realized that while the Amazon River caused a divide there were organisms that seemed to have evolved very similarly. This is evidence of...

• adaptation

• natural selection

• biogeography

• mutation

Multiple Choice

Although there are countless organisms that no longer exist on this Earth, we are able to study them and learn about their evolution thanks to what?

• Pictures

• Fossils

• DNA

• X-Rays

Poll

A human hand and a whale fin have similar bone structures what is this called?

• Analogous structure

• Homologous structures

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As global warming progresses and the glaciers melt we will see a change in genetics because of...

Multiple Choice

As global warming progresses and the glaciers melt we will see a change in genetics because of...

• genetic drift

• small population

• adaptation

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Due to construction in a nearby beach several birds relocated to a new coast this is an example of..

Multiple Choice

Due to construction in a nearby beach several birds relocated to a new coast this is an example of..

• genetic drift

• small population

• gene flow

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There was a forest fire that wiped out birch trees randomly and left a few dispersed throughout the forest. This is an example of?

Multiple Choice

There was a forest fire that wiped out birch trees randomly and left a few dispersed throughout the forest. This is an example of?

• genetic drift

• small population

• gene flow

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The is a penguin in the Artic that has been recently discovered.

organism will change because of the mechanisms of genetics because..

Multiple Choice

The is a penguin in the Artic that has been recently discovered.

organism will change because of the mechanisms of genetics because...

• genetic drift

• mutation

• gene flow

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After the industrial revolution the peppered moths were able to camouflaged because they were able to adapt and not get eaten this is known as...

Multiple Choice

After the industrial revolution the peppered moths were able to camouflaged because they were able to adapt and not get eaten this is known as...

• Natural selection

• mutation

• gene flow

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Male Peacocks use their colorful wings to show their strength and scare off predators. Because of this female peacocks are attracted to males who have extended and colorful wings this is an example of

Multiple Choice

Male Peacocks use their colorful wings to show their strength and scare off predators. Because of this female peacocks are attracted to males who have extended and colorful wings this is an example of

• Natural selection

• mutation

• Non-random mating