| 1. What must replace "belief" in science? |
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| 2. How is evolution defined in simple terms? | |
| 3. Why was Darwin's 5 year voyage so significant ? (lines 16 and 17) | |
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4. Darwin had an analytical mind. What is meant by this and how did it help Darwin? | |
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5. Why have so many species disappeared over time | |
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6.What is meant by fitness? | |
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7.Why are there so many different techniques for survival? (Hint: think of ecology) | |
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8. Why do you suppose Darwin waited so long before publishing his book "The origin of Species"? | |
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9. Dawin provided strong evidence that each species is descended from....... | |
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10. Explain Darwin's Principle of Common Descent. | |
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11. How did Darwin explain the way fitness arises? (Explain as fully as you can. More will be said at the end of the course) | |
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12. How did Darwin's voyage on the Beatle influence his thoughts about life? | |
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13. How is diversity of life related to evolution? | |
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14. How is adaption related to fitness? | |
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15. Why are vertebrate embryos so similar in appearance for early stages? P.283-285 | |
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16. Why do embryos of different vertebrate species later become more dissimilar? | |
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17. Why is it critical that genes controlling early development be relatively unchanged? | |
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18.When are mutations most likely to occur in embryonic cells? 18b. Why? | |
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19. P284 - Explain why a bat's wing is homologous to the front flippers of a whale. (see fig.13-17) | |
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20. Why do organisms often carry organs that have little or no function? | |
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21. How do we get evidence that snakes evolved from lizards? (4-footed ancestors) P.284 | |
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22. Give examples of vestigial organs in humans. P284 | |
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23. P.285 How does DNA provide evidence for evolution? P285 | |
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24. Why is the cytochrome "c" found in organisms from yeast to humans? cytochrome "c" is involved in extracting energy in you mitochondia to make ATP | |
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25. What is Darwin's conclusion (interpretaion) for stucture and biochemical similarities among all living things? | |
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26. How does Biochemisty support the idea that all living things evolved from a common ancestor? | |
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27. P291 What did Dr. Dolozhansky say about biology? | |
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28. Define Evolutionary theory (Bold type P291) | |
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29. P313 Why can we talk about universal characteristics of life? | |
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30. What must we do to understand the way organisms interact? (Ex. Symbiosis between pea plant and bacteria) | |
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31. Draw Fig.29-10 on page 45 (3X the size) | On blank paper with caption |
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32. What are the 2 subphyla of invertebrate Chordates? | |
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33. What runs just beneath the dorsal nerve chord in Chordates for at least part of their lives? | |
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34. Can you detect an error or over simplification on P45 line 40-2? | |
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35. What occurs during metamorphasis of a Tunicate? P646 | |
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36. Lancelets have a closed circulatory system like you. What does closed mean? | |
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37. Why is studying invertebrate Chordates like a time machine? | |
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38. #3 - 29-2 review | |
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39. Coelom developement: Copy Fig. 30-4 on page 655 | Double the size, on blank paper at home. Then explain the diagram by making notes on P655-657 |
