Define Evolution:

Darwin didn’t invent evolution, he proposed Natural Selection in his book On the Origin of Species. Be able to list and explain the three steps of natural selection:

Be able to complete halflife problems. If you start with 1000 units of U-238 and only 250 units remain, how old is the object (halflife 710 million years).

If the halflife of C-14 is 6000 years and 12% of a sample remains, how old is the sample?

Be able to explain why evolutionists find the following lines of evidence as supporting Theory of Evolution:

Comparative Anatomy:

Comparative Embryology:

Comparative BioChemistry (amino acids and DNA):

Explain how the case of peppered moths support natural selection:

Be able to define the following terms: population, niche, speciation, homologous structure, vestigial structure, natural selection, artificial selection.

Explain how Darwin’s theory differed from the theory proposed by Lamarck.

* 2 HL x 710 M = 1420 M years

* 3 HL x 6000 = 18,000 years