Evolution Study Guide
| What idea was used to explain the appearance of maggots on rotting meat? |
| Explain how Redi tested the hypothesis of spontaneous generation. |
| What did Pasteur do in his experiments on spontaneous generation that other scientists before him had not done? |
| What is the estimated age of the earth? |
| If the half-life of a radioactive isotope is 4000 years, how much will be left in a fossil after 4000 years? after 8000 years? |
| Does the half-life of a radioactive isotope change? |
| How can the age of a fossil be determined? |
| Which of these gases was thought by Oparin to be part of the early Earth’s atmosphere — carbon dioxide, ozone, oxygen , &/or ammonia? |
| Why did Miller & Urey not use oxygen in their experiment? |
| What organic compound did Miller & Urey make in their experiment? |
| Miller & Urey’s experiments were designed to show that life on Earth might have originated from what type of molecules? |
| Was RNA or DNA probably the first genetic molecule? |
| Can RNA undergo natural selection & cause evolution or change? |
| Do scientists think DNA or RNA was made first? |
| What layer protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays of light? |
| Give 3 examples of different types of fossils. |
| Describe several ways in which fossils can be formed. |
| On what islands did Darwin conduct much of his research? |
| Darwin’s finches that had various types of beaks probably shared what in common with each other? |
| The process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment is known as what? |
| According to Darwin, evolution is the result of _____________ ___________. |
| If organisms are well suited to their environment, what will be true of their ability to reproduce? |
| Limited resources and a growing population results in ___________ among organisms. |
| Give an example of homologous structures found in the wing of a bat & the forearm of a human. |
| The human tailbone is an example of a __________ structure. |
| The beak of a bird & the beak of a giant squid have the same function and would be examples of _____________ structures. |
| When two or more species change in response to each other, the process is known as _____________. |
