Study Guide 3. Evolution and Natural Selection.
Animal Structure and Function.
This list is not exhaustive. This guide is simply a collection of questions that should help you focus your studying
on the most important topics covered in class. If something is not mentioned here but was covered in lecture, it
might still be on the exam! You HAVE to use the textbook in conjunction with your notes if you want to do well
on the test.
A. Terminology.
You have to be able to define the following terms/concepts:
1. What is evolution?
2. What is natural selection?
3. What is microevolution?
4. What is macroevolution?
5. What is a species (for sexually reproducing organisms)?
6. What is sympatric speciation?
7. What is allopatric speciation?
8. What is a reproductive barrier?
9. What is genetic drift?
10. What is gene flow?
11. What is biodiversity?
12. What is extinction?
13. What is the biodiversity crisis we are currently facing?
14. What is a tissue?
15. What is homeostatis?
B. Evolution
1. Use the ”rats and warfarin” case study as your starting point!
2. What is the difference between evolution and natural selection.
3. The concept of evolution–what is descent with modification?
4. Evidence for evolution:
