Evolution SG

  • Explain the difference between macroevolution and microevolution

  • Define evolution

  • Explain why understanding evolutionary theory is helpful in science

    • Hint – 

    • Study and treatment of diseases 

    • Development of crops and industrial processes

    • Understanding the diversification of life

  • Describe what Genesis 1 in general says about God and about the origin of humanity

  • Explain how Genesis 1 was written to specific people in the Ancient Near East but for all of humanity – what are primary issues and secondary issues in Christianity?

  • Explain who Charles Darwin was by describing

    • The voyage he took

    • The book he wrote

    • His contributions to science

    • Explaining how he saw that species vary

      • globally

      • locally

      • over time

  • Explain how the tortoises and finches of the Galapagos Islands developed into different species over time

  • Explain how Hutton and Lyell’s work influenced Darwin

  • Define Uniformitarianism

  • Contrast Lamarckism and Darwinism

  • Explain how Thomas Malthus influenced Darwin

  • Contrast artificial selection and natural selection and explain how artificial selection influenced Darwin and his thoughts

  • Describe the conditions under which natural selection occurs – need to include the following concepts

    • Struggle for survival

    • Survival of the fittest

    • Be able to describe in writing how natural selection works – for example

      • Struggle – variation – adaptation – survival of the most fit – successful reproduction and passing on of genes - natural selection

    • Be able to recognize specific situations that would increase or decrease fitness

    • Know examples of adaptations discussed 

  • Define descent with modification

  • Explain the principle of common descent.

    • What would Bible believing Christians say?

  • Explain how the following “evidences” of evolution, according to naturalism, support the theory of evolution

    • Evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria

    • Biogeography

    • Fossil Record

      • Transitional fossils?

      • What is the difference between derived and ancestral traits?

    • Homologous vs analogous structures

    • Vestigial structures

    • Embryology

    • Molecular evidence

      • What can DNA tell us about evolutionary relationships?

  • Explain how natural selection affects single gene and polygenic traits by describing

    • Stabilizing selection

    • Directional selection

    • Disruptive selection

  • Describe genetic drift by comparing and contrasting

    • Population bottleneck and founder effect

  • Explain how different factors affect genetic equilibrium.

  • Define speciation

  • Identify the types of isolation that can lead to the formation of new species.

    • Hint – geographic, behavioral, temporal