2021 Evolution Review
2021 Evolution Review
2021 Evolution Review
What are the main differences between plant and animal cells?
Natural Selection:
Adaptation:
Mutation:
Convergent Evolution:
Divergent Evolution:
How does DNA get turned into traits in a species? Outline the basic process using the following terms:
DNA, traits, proteins, amino acids, mRNA, tRNA
If an organism’s DNA is 99% identical to another species, what does this mean?
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What evolves as a result of natural selection: The individual or the population as a whole? Why?
Charles Darwin studied finches on the Galapagos Islands. The finches on each island had slightly
different beaks. According to Darwin, how did the finches all get different beaks?
Light-colored lizards move to an area where there is dark- colored sand. After many years, most of the
lizards are dark- colored. Why do you think this happened?
Describe what happened in the peppered moth simulation and how it was an example of natural
selection
I. Vocabulary: Write the letter of the term being defined on the blank to the left of each of the
following definitions.
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_____ 6. Change that occurs in a population during f. adaptations
a sequence of generations of organisms
over a long period of time g. homologous structures
____________________ 16. Certain organisms are naturally born with genes for variations of traits
that enable them to survive. These variations are passed on to the next
generation through _______ .
____________________ 20. A species must change and adapt to its environment or it will become
________ .
WORD BANK:
change extinct
reproduce
Human Evolution
IV. Relatedness of Organisms
A. Use the data in the table below to answer the following questions:
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NUMBER OF AMINO ACID
DIFFERENCES
SPECIES
COMPARED WITH HUMAN
HEMOGLOBIN
Human 0
Species A 17
Species B 5
Species C 29
30. Explain how a comparison of the differences in the number of amino acids demonstrates the
relatedness between species. _______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
31. Draw a cladogram for the amino acid differences chart found above:
What are the 3 modes of natural selection? Draw a picture and describe each of them below:
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DNA from four organisms was examined using gel electrophoresis. The results are shown in the
diagram below.
1 2 3 4
36. According to the data, which of these pairs of organisms is most closely related?
A 1 and 2
B 2 and 3
C 2 and 4
D 3 and 4
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A team of scientists discovered what they believed to be a new species of fish. Using gel
electrophoresis, they analyzed samples of DNA from the newly discovered fish and from four
known species of fish. The diagram below shows the bands of DNA from the gel electrophoresis.
RESULTS OF GEL ELECTROPHORESIS
FROM FIVE DIFFERENT FISH
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