TEST CHANGE OF DATE AND STUDY GUIDE

THE TEST IS BEING CHANGED FROM FRIDAY, 10/24  TO MONDAY, 10/27.

 There are 21 multiple choice questions in which some include diagrams, and one essay question (see below)

STUDY GUIDE:
KNOW THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
structual adaptation
natural selection
evolution
homologous structures
adaptation
selection
variation
physical characteristics


structural evidence for evolution
vestigial (or unused) body structures
4 important parts of natural selection
how the shape of  the beaks of the finches relates to natural selection
extinction after a major environmental change example

ESSAY:  Give an example supporting the concept that certain traits of an organism may provide a survival advantage in a specific environment and therefore increase the likelihood it will survive to produce offspring.  Discuss the organism, the trait, the environment, and how that traits helps the organism survive over other organisms of the same species.