Study Questions for Lecture 2: Evidence for Evolution (PDF)
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This document contains study questions about evidence for evolution, covering topics such as artificial selection, the fossil record, vestigial structures, homology, biogeography, and natural selection. The questions are likely part of a biology course.
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Study Questions for Lecture 2: Evidence for evolution 1. How is artificial selection evidence for evolution? 2. What evidence in the fossil record documents evolution? 3. What are vestigial structures and how do they reflect evolution? 4. What is a “transitional form”? What is an example? 5. What di...
Study Questions for Lecture 2: Evidence for evolution 1. How is artificial selection evidence for evolution? 2. What evidence in the fossil record documents evolution? 3. What are vestigial structures and how do they reflect evolution? 4. What is a “transitional form”? What is an example? 5. What different kinds of homology did we discuss? How are they consistent with the evolution of organisms? 6. What is biogeography? 7. Can evolution be observed in "real time"? What are some examples? 8. What idea did Darwin get from Malthus? 9. What idea did Darwin get from Lyell and Hutton? 10. What is natural selection? 11. What are the observations and conclusions that make up Darwin's arguments in the Origin of Species? 12. What kind of evidence for evolution is contained in molecules (i.e., genes)? 13. At what level does natural selection occur? Is it a random process or not? 14. At what level does evolution occur? 15. Why can evolution be considered a fact? What is theoretical about it?
