After completing the vocabulary and pre assessment activities take the formative assessment.
Lesson 1 Formative Assessment
1) A Scientific theory is best described as __________________________
a) an educated guess about the way that something in biology works.
b) an idea that unites many different pieces of scientific evidence.
c) One persons idea based on their own experience and observations.
d) The idea that living things are made of cells, and evolve.
2) For Darwin the fact that Humans and Chimpanzees share so many similarities means that
A) That they must have evolved in different parts of the world at the same time.
B) That humans came from chimpanzees as a result of natural selection favoring greater intelligence
C) That humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor
3) Read each of the events below. Then place the letter that corresponds to each event in the order in which it occurred during the development of the Theory of Evolution. Use the timeline below with the oldest event on the left and the most recent on the right.
A) Mutations in the DNA lead to trait differences and can be inherited
B) Fossils are the preserved remains of animals that are no longer alive
C) Competition for resources in a population will cause most individuals in each generation to die without reproducing.
D) Theory that life changed in response to the environment and that the mechanism was use and disuse. If an organism uses a part of its body then they enlarge and they pass that trait change to the next generation.
E) Fossils deeper under the earth are older than fossils closer to the surface, and provide evidence that life had changed over time.
F) Theory that life changed over time and that the mechanism was natural selection where those in the population.
Oldest Most Recent
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4) Identify two researchers whose work has shaped the development of the theory of evolution. Describe the approximate date of their research and how they contributed to the theory.
A) _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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B) _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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True or False
5) The Theory of Evolution is still being added to today. True / False
6) The Theory of Evolution can predict what will happen to living things as the climate changes. True / False
7) A scientific Theory is the same thing as a fact. True / False
8) A scientific Theory can be created by one scientific study. True / False
9) One person can be responsible for creating a scientific theory. True / False
10) A scientific Theory can be used to make predictions about things that are not observed. True / False
11) Evolution is _____________________________________________________________.
12) In order for evolution to occur you need to have time, ______________________, and _______________________.