Biology Eleven

Evolution Project: Evolution of the _________.

The purpose of this activity is to find an item within your life that you can examine and explore ideas related to the concept of evolution. For example; how has a particular toy changed since you were a child? How has the fashion of shoes changed? What about the evolution of “Barbie” or GI Joe? Has there been a change in sporting items such as: skis, snowboards; baseball gloves and golf clubs?

• Part One: Selecting an item ( 4 marks)

Select an item within your life that you have been interested in since your were a child. This item can be a type of toy, a sporting item, an article of clothing or another category that you wish to present. Once you have selected an item, please consult with me and sign up to insure no duplication of projects.

What are you looking for?

1. In reference to your item, find and provide evidence of a minimum of four stages of structural alterations that have occurred.
2. Show these stages with a diagram, drawing or rich written description.

• Part Two: Describing your item ( 8 marks)

1. By observing and describing qualitative and quantitative observations of your item, describe how the features of your item have changed with time.
2. Using the biological vocabulary listed in your vocabulary sheet, describe changes of your items in biological terminology.
3. Cite evidence of items that may have been ancestors to your item.
4. Make a family tree of your item
5. On your family tree show possible convergence and divergence, and any other patterns of inheritance.

Part Three: Mechanisms of change and your item                           total:   (8 marks)

Describe mechanisms that caused the change

1. Using Lamarack’s and Darwin’s ideas to explain why or how your item changed with time                   (4 marks).
2. Use your family tree to describe and label possible mechanisms of change.

(2 marks)

1. Compare two other non-biological mechanisms or causes for changes of your items, (For example: Consumerism, Media and advertising, Fads and economics). ( 2 marks)

Presentations of assignment:

1. Answer and show graphic and written information to satisfy the project criteria on a poster board. You should be able to put on information on one side of the poster board. Marks will be deducted for unorganized work and hand written work.

• Complete prior to consultation:

Biology Intro to DNA Exam Review

A historical perspective  and  Vocabulary Clues

• Defining if something as alive or not
• Source of life                                                                           Abiogenesis                                                                          Hypothesis
• Microscope  Cell Theory
• Classification of Living things Dichotomous Key             Binomial Name
• Nature and the change Evolution                                        Adaption

Divergent Evolution

Convergent Evolution

Natural Selection

Adaptive Radiation

Isolation Mechanisms

• Gene Frequency Hardy and Weinberg      Gene Pool

Allele

Gene flow

Genetic Drift

• Making DNA PCR                                             Recombinant DNA

DNA replication

Protein Synthesis

In this evaluation you need to

Part One:

Scientific method and Taxonomy

1. What is the order of classification going from complex to specific?
2. How does a scientific name show a degree of relatedness?
3. If a cell has organelles, what type of cell is it?
4. If a cell has not nucleus what type of cell is it?
5. What is the function of a cladogram?
6. How are Domains linked Kingdoms

Part Two

Evolution

1. What at the types of direct and indirect proofs for evolution?
2. When there is convergent what evidence could you use?
3. Homologous, Analogous and Vestigial structure, how do they apply to evolution?
4. What is an adaption? How is it linked to evolution?
5. What is the significance of movement between genes in populations?
6. How do finch populations in the Galapagos Islands show natural selection, divergent evolution and isolation mechanisms?
7. If two species show similar proteins or dna, are they directly related?
8. How are Darwin and Lamarck similar and different?

Part Three

DNA

1. Label all the structures that make up DNA ( sugar, phosphate and nitrogen base)
2. Know how information flows from DNA code to sequence of a protein
3. Transcribe DNA code to RNA (know to change Thymine to Uracil)
4. Identify complementary base pairs for DNA and RNA.

Short Answer Topics

Can you explain using a graph and or written paragraph the difference and significance of punctuated equilibrium verses gradual change? Which did Darwin support and why?

Can you explain why genetic drift, gene flow and natural selection all depend upon mutations?

Can you take a sample sequence of nitrogen bases as letters ( A,T,C,G) and convert that code into mRNA, transcribe the mRNA code into tRNA and solve what the amino acid sequence should be?

Can you explain the difference between reproductive isolation and geographic isolation?

Can you provide three functions for DNA?