Class Agenda Week of 16-20 March 2009

Name:______Date: ______Period:_____ Agenda Week of 16 March – 20 March 2009 Unit 5 Evolution Exam 3/24/09 Class website: www.marric.us/teaching Review Questions - Monday 3/16/09 New species can emerge only if there is a change - Finish Stebbins Geographical a) in the surrounding environment Distribution b) in the reduction in variation of the population - Peppered Moth c) in the make-up of the gene pool - Ancestral- Derived/adaptive radiation d) in the migration of the population HW: Ch 15 Reading Guide A plant nursery only grew one type of tomato plant. All of Tuesday 3/17/09 Substitute their tomato plants died from the same disease. What was (LEAP 2:30 -4:30) most likely true of the tomato plant population? - Practice Quiz A They had a lot of resistance to disease. - Standards Review /Adaptations B They had a few plants that were resistant to the disease. HW: Ch 15 Reading Guide due 3/19-20 C They had too much variation in their genes. D They had little variation in their genes. Wednesday 3/18/09 –Late Start - Standards Review Which could be considered biochemical evidence of an evolutionary relationship? Thursday 3/19/09 – Block Day A absence of vestigial structures - Review Ch 15 Study Guide B presence of embryonic gill slits C similar anatomical structures - Check Ch 15 Reading Guide D presence of identical proteins - Review for EXAM – Grant #2 HW: Study for EXAM Variation within species was important to the development of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Which statement does individual Friday 3/20/09 – Block Day variation help explain? - Review Ch 15 Study Guide A Resources become limited over long periods of time. - Check Ch 15 Reading Guide B Populations often increase rapidly and without warning. - Review for EXAM – Grant #2 C Competition is fierce among members of different species. HW: Study for EXAM D Some organisms survive and reproduce better than others.

Parents/Guardian – Which of the following best describes the result of a mutation  I have reviewed my child’s activities and in an organism’s DNA? homework for the week of 3/16/09- A. The mutation may produce a zygote. 3/20/09. B. The mutation may cause phenotypic change.  My child is prepared for the exam on C. The mutation causes damage when it occurs. 3/24/09, and has completed all D. The mutation creates entirely new organisms. assignments this week. A hurricane sweeps across a small Caribbean island, killing 50  Quarter Grades have been entered and you percent of the herbivore species on the island. Which of the should be receiving a progress report in a following is the most immediate result? week. Next Thursday is the spring Open A. a reduction in biodiversity House. As a member of the Geo B. an acceleration of the carbon cycle Academy I have to attend a meeting and C. an increase in predator populations will not be present. Please contact me at D. a decline in decomposer populations 286-1275 to schedule an individual appt if you like..

Parent/Guardian Printed Name Signature Date Bell Ringers: Week of 16 Mar – 20 Mar 2009 Monday – A paleontologist is comparing the fossilized remains of two primates. Both animals had a prehensile tail. What can be concluded from this evidence? A They were not related. B They lived on the ground. C They evolved from a common ancestor. D They had bipedal locomotion. Explain the meaning of prehensile tail

Tuesday –Variety within a species is most likely to result from which situation? A severe weather conditions that might occur, such as hurricanes or blizzards B adaptation to local environmental characteristics by isolated populations of the species C the extinction of competing species over a broad range of habitats D sex-specific coloring differences

Wednesday – Which is the best evidence of an evolutionary relationship between two organisms? A similarity in behavior B similarity in DNA C similarity in habitat D similarity in niche

Thursday/Friday - Most individuals of a certain species of bird have medium-length tails, but tail length ranges within the species from very short to very long. If a new predator arrived that preferred birds with medium- length tails, which graph describes the most likely result?