4.1-4.6 Evolution

Question 1

What theory did Darwin and Wallace develop?

Answer 1

Evolution By Natural selection

Question 2

What is natural selection also known as?

Answer 2

Survival of the Fittest

Question 3

Explain Darwins theory of natural selection

Answer 3

.Individuals who do not have the characteristics to help them survive with a change in the environment would die out

Question 4

How does the emergence of antibiotic resistant organisms support Darwins theory?

Answer 4

..Those with antibiotic resistance can reproduce and pass on the advantageous gene to their offspring
.This supports darwins theory as the new bacteria have been selected by the environment to have a feature advantageous to survival

Question 5

What method can we use to show how old fossils are?

Answer 5

Carbon dating

Question 6

How long ago was Ardi meant to have lived?

Answer 6

4.4 million years

Question 7

What does Ardis humanoid features resemble?

Answer 7

An Ape

Question 8

How long ago was Lucy estimated to live?

Answer 8

3.2 million years ago

Question 9

How did lucy walk?

Answer 9

Upright, human like position

Question 10

Which two archaeologists discovered fossils from 1.6 million years ago?

Answer 10

Louis and Mary Leakey

Question 11

What did an early fossil found in the 1950s contain remnants of?

Answer 11

Stone tools

Question 12

What is now considered to be one of the most important early human species?

Answer 12

Homo Habilis

Question 13

How were early stone age tools created?

Answer 13

Smashing rocks together

Question 14

What more advanced tools did the late stone age use?

Answer 14

Pointed arrowheads
Spears
Hooks

Question 15

Give two ways we can date back fossils

Answer 15

.Radiometirc Carbon dating

.Stratifying rock layers

Question 16

What does the common pentadactyl limb suggest?

Answer 16

All species came from a common ancestor

Question 17

Name the 5 kingdoms everything can be classified into

Answer 17

.Animals
.Plants
.Fungi
.Prokaryotes
.Protists

Question 18

What is the binomial naming system based on?

Answer 18

Genus and species