1. QUEST CHECKS
EVOLUTION
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2. VESTIGIAL ORGAN
A structure in an organism that is no longer useful to that organism. Examples – pelvis bone in a whale, tailbone in humans

3. QUEST CHECK
Which of the following was NOT an observation that Darwin made on the Galapagos Islands?
Remains of ancient organisms
Diversity of living things
Light and dark colored peppered moths
Characteristics of organisms of the Galapagos Islands
Charles Darwin

4. QUEST CHECK
Which of the following was NOT an observation that Darwin made on the Galapagos Islands?
Remains of ancient organisms
Diversity of living things
Light and dark colored peppered moths
Characteristics of organisms of the Galapagos Islands
Charles Darwin

5. QUEST CHECK
What advantage do large claws give to the iguanas on the Galapagos Islands?
Charles Darwin

6. THEY ARE ABLE TO GRIP SLIPPERY ROCKS
QUEST CHECK
What advantage do large claws give to the iguanas on the Galapagos Islands?
THEY ARE ABLE TO GRIP SLIPPERY ROCKS
Charles Darwin

7. QUEST CHECK
What do scientists call large claws, for example, if the trait helps an organism to survive and reproduce?
Charles Darwin

8. QUEST CHECK
What do scientists call large claws, for example, if the trait helps an organism to survive and reproduce?
ADAPTATION
Charles Darwin

9. QUEST CHECK
Name a variation that occurs in humans.
Charles Darwin

10. QUEST CHECK Name a variation that occurs in humans. EYE COLOR
HAIR COLOR
HEIGHT
Charles Darwin

11. QUEST CHECK
Describe how these finches are adapted to their environments.

12. QUEST CHECK
Describe how these finches are adapted to their environments.
BEAK SIZE IS ADAPTED TO TYPE OF FOOD

13. Light and dark peppered moths
QUEST CHECK
The population of dark colored peppered moths is greater than the population of light colored moths in this environment because the dark moth is better adapted to survive and reproduce. What is this called?
Light and dark peppered moths

14. Light and dark peppered moths
QUEST CHECK
The population of dark colored peppered moths is greater than the population of light colored moths in this environment because the dark moth is better adapted to survive and reproduce. What is this called?
NATURAL SELECTION
Light and dark peppered moths

15. QUEST CHECK
What type of adaptive strategy does this picture demonstrate? 1.

16. DISRUPTIVE COLORATION
QUEST CHECK
What type of adaptive strategy does this picture demonstrate? 1.
DISRUPTIVE COLORATION

17. QUEST CHECK
What type of adaptive strategy does this picture demonstrate? 2.

18. QUEST CHECK
What type of adaptive strategy does this picture demonstrate? 2.
WARNING COLORATION

19. QUEST CHECK
What type of adaptive strategy does this picture demonstrate? 3.

20. QUEST CHECK
What type of adaptive strategy does this picture demonstrate? 3.
MIMICRY

21. QUEST CHECK
What type of adaptive strategy does this picture demonstrate? 4.

22. QUEST CHECK
What type of adaptive strategy does this picture demonstrate? 4.
CAMOUFLAGE

23. QUEST CHECK
With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 5.

24. QUEST CHECK With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 5.
ESCAPING PREDATORS

25. QUEST CHECK
With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 6.

26. QUEST CHECK With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 6.
SEED DISPERSAL

27. QUEST CHECK
With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 7.

28. QUEST CHECK With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 7.
COPING WITH CLIMATE

29. QUEST CHECK
With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 8.

30. OBTAINING FOOD AND WATER
QUEST CHECK
With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 8.
OBTAINING FOOD AND WATER

31. QUEST CHECK
With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 9.

32. FINDING A MATE/REPRODUCTION
QUEST CHECK
With what type of situation does this adaptation help? 9.
FINDING A MATE/REPRODUCTION

33. Which fossil is older? How do you know?
Fossil B
Fossil A

34. Which fossil is older? How do you know?
Fossil B
Fossil A
Fossil A because it is found lower in the rock layers.

35. Which fossil is older? How do you know?
Fossil B
RELATIVE DATING
Fossil A
Fossil A because it is found lower in the rock layers.

36. If you wanted to know the exact age of Fossil B, what would you do?
Fossil A

37. If you wanted to know the exact age of Fossil B, what would you do?
Fossil A
Use radioactive dating

38. Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
What are 2 pieces of evidence that could have been used to determine that the lesser panda (red panda) is not closely related to the giant panda?

39. Fossils, patterns of early development,
Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
What are 2 pieces of evidence that could have been used to determine that the lesser panda (red panda) is not closely related to the giant panda?
Fossils, patterns of early development,
similar body structures, similar DNA

40. What term is used to describe these structures because their bones are arranged in a similar way?

41. Homologous structures
What term is used to describe these structures because their bones are arranged in a similar way?
Homologous structures

42. What type of evidence of evolution is shown in the first row of this diagram?

43. Similarities in early development
What type of evidence of evolution is shown in the first row of this diagram?
Similarities in early development

44. Based on the chart above, which species is most closely related to a human? Why?

45. Based on the chart above, which species is most closely related to a human? Why?
Chimpanzee – they have exactly the same sequence of amino acids as a human