Ch. 15 Evolution. p

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1 Ch. 15 Evolution p

2 15.1 Darwin s Theory of Natural Selection p

3 Essential Question

4 Main Idea! Charles Darwin developed a theory of evolution based on natural selection.

5 What was the primary mission of the Beagle?! To survey the coast of South America

6 What did Darwin make collections of?! Rocks, fossils, plants and animals

7 What did Darwin notice as he made collections of the animals in the Galapagos Islands?! He noticed that the different islands seemed to have their own, slightly different varieties of animals

8 What is an ornithologist?! A scientist who studies birds

9 What was interesting about almost every specimen that Darwin collected in the Galapagos?! It was new to European scientists

10 What did Darwin hypothesize?! New species could appear gradually through small changes in ancestrial species

11 What are two examples of when artifical selection occurs?! When breeding dogs! When new strains of crops

12 What did Darwin reason from the economist Malthus ideas?! That some competitors in the struggle for existence would be better equipped for survival than others! Those less equipped would die

13 What are the four basic principles of Darwin s theory?! 1. Individuals in a population show differences, or variances! 2. Variations can be inherited! 3. Organisms have more offspring than can survive on available resources! 4. Variations that increase reproductive success will have a greater chance of being passed on

14 What did Darwin reason from his theory of natural selection?! Given enough time, natural selection could modify a population enough to produce a new species

15 Visualizing Natural Selection: give an example of how a sunflower population exhibits the for principles of natural selection! Variation! Heritability! Overproduction! Reproductive advantage

16 Visualizing Natural Selection: give an example of how a sunflower population exhibits the for principles of natural selection! Variation some sunflowers are taller than others! Heritability tall sunflowers produce tall sunflowers; short sunflowers produce short sunflowers! Overproduction each sunflower has hundreds of seeds, most of them will not germinate! Reproductive advantage shorter sunflowers reproduce more successfully

17 Evolution! Cumulative changes in groups of organisms through time

18 How does the term evolution relate to natural selection?! Natural selection is a means of explaining how evolution works

19 15.2 Evidence of Evolution p

20 Essential Question

21 Main Idea! Multiple lines of evidence support the theory of evolution

22 What did On the Origin of Species demonstrate?! How natural selection might operate

23 What also did it provide?! Evidence that evolution has occurred on our planet

24 What does a theory explain?! How some aspect of the natural world operates

25 What does the theory of evolution state?! It states that all organisms on Earth have descended from a common ancestor.

26 What do fossils provide?! A record of species that lived long ago

27 Why is the fossil record important?! It is an important source of information for determining the ancestry of organism and the patterns of evolution.

28 What is a transitional fossil?! A fossil that contain features shared by different species

29 What characteristics does the Archeoptryx have?! Features of modern birds and dinosaurs also

30 Derived trait! Newly evolved features, such as feathers, that do not appear in the fossils of common ancestors

31 Ancestral trait! More primitive features, such as teeth and tails, that do appear in ancestral forms

32 Homologous structures! Anatomically similar structures inherited from a common ancestor

33 Give an example of homologous structures! Bird wings and reptile limbs! They are similar shape and construction, indicating that they were inherited from a common ancestor

34 Vestigial structures! Structures that are reduced forms of functional structures in other organisms

35 Give an example of vestigial structures:! Snake pelvis attachment point for legs and is non functional in animal without legs! Kiwi wings too small to be of any use in flight! Human appendix important in many mammals, but of limited use in humans and some apes

36 Analogous structures! Structures that can be used for the same purpose and can be superficially similar in construction, but are not inherited from a common ancestor

37 Example of homologous structures:! Wings of eagle and wings of beetle

38 Embryo! An early, pre-birth stage of an organism s development

39 Give an example of what migration patterns explained.! Islands often have more plant diversity than animal diversity! The plants are more able to migrate from the closest mainland as seeds (by wind or on birds)

40 Biogeography! Study of the distribution of plants and animals around the world

41 What are the 5 topics that offer evidence for evolution: 1. Fossil record 2. Comparative anatomy 3. Comparative embryology 4. Comparative biochemistry 5. Geographical distribution

42 What is an adaptation?! A trait shaped by natural selection that increases an organism s reproductive success.

43 Fitness! A measure of the relative contribution an individual trait makes to the next generation.

44 ! The better an organism is adapted to its environment, the greater its chances of survival and reproductive success.

45 Camouflauge! Morphological adaptations that allow them to blend in with their environments

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56 Mimicry! A morphological adaptation where one species evolves to resemble another species

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60 What is antimicrobial resistance?! When a species of bacteria is resistant to a particular antibiotiotic

61 What do many scientists think is the reason for helplessness of human babies?! A consequence of the evolution of big brains and upright posture

62 End of 15.2