Name:______________________ Unit 15 Packet

Unit 15.1: Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection

Vocabulary
1. Artificial Selection:
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2. Natural Selection:
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3. Evolution:
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Section Assessment
1. Describe the evidence Darwin gathered that led to his theory of evolution:
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2. Explain how artificial selection contributed to Darwin’s ideas on natural selection:
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3. Identify the four principles of natural selection and give examples of each NOT used in this section:
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4. Discuss Wallace’s contributions to the theory of evolution by natural selection:
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 Unit 15.2: Evidence of Evolution
Vocabulary
1. Derived Trait:
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2. Ancestral Trait:
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3. Homologous Structure:
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4. Vestigial Structure:
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5. Analogous Structure:
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6. Embryo:
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7. Biogeography:
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8. Fitness:
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9. Camouflage:
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10. Mimicry:
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 Section Assessment
1. Describe how fossils provide evidence of evolution:
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2. Explain what natural selection explains about camouflage, mimicry, homologous structures, and
vestigial structures:
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3. Indicate how biochemistry provides evidence of evolution:
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4. Compare the morphological evidence and biochemical evidence supporting evidence:
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Unit 15.3: Shaping Evolutionary Theory
Vocabulary
1. Hardy-Weinberg Principle:
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2. Genetic Drift:
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3. Founder Effect:
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4. Bottleneck:
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5. Stabilizing Selection:
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6. Directional Selection:
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7. Disruptive Selection:
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8. Sexual Selection:
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9. Prezygotic Isolating Mechanism:
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10. Postzygotic Isolating Mechanism:
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11. Allopatric Speciation:
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12. Sympatric Speciation:
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13. Adaptive Radiation:
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14. Gradualism:
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15. Punctuated Equilibrium:
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Section Assessment
1. Describe one new line of evidence supporting evolution that scientists learned about after Darwin’s
book was published:
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2. List three of the conditions of the Hardy-Weinberg Principle:
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3. Discuss the factors that can lead to speciation:
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4. Indicate which pattern of evolution is shown by the many species of finches on the Galapagos Islands:
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