UNIT 6: Classification and Evolution DAYSHEET 64: Evolution Movie Name _____________________________________

Biology I Date: __________

A species of birds lives on an island. The thickness of the birds' beaks varies within the population. The birds feed mainly on seeds from plants. Birds with thinner beaks can eat only small seeds. Only birds with thicker beaks can crush and eat large seeds. There are many small seeds during years with more rain. During dry years, there are very few small seeds and many large seeds. The large seeds are harder to crush than small seeds. The graph below shows the average beak thickness in the bird population from 1979 to 1985: 1980 and 1982 were dry years; 1984 was a wet year; 1979, 1981, 1983, and 1985 received normal rainfall.

1. Explain why the average beak thickness changed between wet and dry years.

2. Predict how beak thickness would have changed during the next ten years, 1986 to 1996, if these years were wet years.

3. Name the process that led to this change

Video Evolution: Great Transformations Directions: Listen carefully to the video in order to answer the questions below
1. What is the common origin of reptiles, birds, and mammals?

2. What is one major common origin visible among all of the above organisms?

3. What did Clack find during her Greenland trip?

4. Why do scientists think that the evolution of sea creatures into tetrapods had to occur?

5. What event do scientists use to explain the sudden existence of animals?

6. What is the precursor to todays arthropods such as crabs and insects?

7. What is evolution actually tinkering with?

8. What organism did scientists use to actually study the evolution of genes?

9. The introduction of the mouse eye gene into fruit flies proved what?

HW64: Genetics Review

Biology

Directions: For each genotype below, indicate whether it is heterozygous (Het) or homozygous (Hom), if homozygous indicate if it is Dominant (D) or Recessive (R). (1 pt each) Aa__________ BB____________ cc ____________ Dd ____________

Directions: For each of the genotypes below determine what phenotypes would result. White flowers are dominant to red. (2 pts) WW __________________ Ww__________________ ww__________________ For each of the following lists of terms CIRCLE the term that does not belong and explain why it does not fit with the others: (2 pts each) EXAMPLE: Robin, Blue Jay, Turtle, Crow: Because all of the other animals listed are birds and a turtle is a reptile. 1. Heterozygous, Tt, Different, TT _______________________ 2. Phenotype, Appearance, Genotype, Pink flowers _______________________ 3. Below, draw what the organism will look like using its genotypes and the table below: The organisms genotype is as follows: Face Shape: Rr Hair: CC Ears: ee Mouth: Ss Eyes: nn 4. Tay-sachs is a recessive disease. A woman and man who are both healthy have a child with tay-sachs. Explain how this is possible. Trait Face Shape Hair Ears Mouth Eyes Dominant Round Curly Small Tongue sticking out Normal Recessive Square Straight Big Tongue in mouth Cross-eyed

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