Evolution

Question 1

Evidence of evolution

Answer 1

1) Fossils
2) Geographic distribution
3) Embryology
4) homologus structures
5) vestigial organs (don’t need)
6) Evolution of tools (brain size)

Question 2

Characteristics of primates:

Answer 2

• Fingers, toes and shoulders allow primates to hold onto objects, climb and run along branches
• Binocular vision is the ability to combine visual images from both eyes to create a 3-D view of the world
• Well-developed Brain size lead to better problem-solving

Question 3

Theory versus law

Answer 3

Theory is an explanation that supports many observations and might be disproven

Law is an explanation of the port all observations and has not been disproven

Question 4

Darwin’s Theory of Evolution

Answer 4

• Individual organisms must differ
• organisms produce more offspring that can survive
• Because extra organisms are born, they compete for limited resources
• every organism is unique, with advantages and disadvantages
• Species alive today have descended with modifications from ancestral species. Species of old from a common ancestor

Question 5

Scientists

Answer 5

Darwin, Lyell, Malthus Mendel and Wallace