Unit 7: History of Biological Diversity - (word wall & table of contents)
History of Life - (Table of Contents: (everything listed below in this section))
The Record of Life ( addpicture of the geologic time scale to the header)
What was early Earth like?
In a paragraph, describe the early Earth's atmosphere in detail.
Create a picture gallery including at least 5 pictures of what the early Earth must have looked like.
History in Rocks
What are fossils?
Tell how are fossils formed.
The Origin of Life
Early Ideas
Define spontaneous generation.
Describe the experiment by Francesco Redi. Include a picture and tell what the conclusion of his experiment was.
Describe the experiment by Louis Pasteur. Include a picture and tell what the conclusion of his experiment was.
Define biogenesis.
Modern Ideas
Include the following sentences" Scientists hypothesize that two things happened before life could appear on Earth. The first is that there had to be organic molecules-molecules containing carbon. The second is that the organic molecules must have formed into more complex molecules such as proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. These are the materials that are absolutely necessary for life.
Describe the experiment by Miller & Urey. Include a picture and tell what the conclusion of his experiment was.
The Evolution of Cells
Identify the earliest organisms on earth.
Tell how they changed the atmosphere of the Earth.
Describe the Endosymbiont Theory. Provide a picture.
The Theory of Evolution - (Table of Contents: (everything listed below in this section))
Evidence for Evolution
Write the following sentences " An adaptation is anything that gives an organism a better chance of survival. Structural and physiological adaptations are considered direct evidence of evolution. Most of the evidence to support evolution is indirect."
Direct Evidence:
Define the terms: camouflage and mimicry. Provide two examples of each with a caption.
Indirect Evidence:
Include the sentence "Indirect evidence comes from fossils, anatomy, biochemical, and embryology."
Create a picture gallery including:
Fossil Evidence -
Provide a picture of fossil layers. Label fossil evidence. In the caption, identify the oldest and youngest layers..
Anatomical Evidence -
Provide a picture of homologous, analogous, & vestigial structures. Label and define each picture according to the evidence.
Embryological Evidence -
Provide a picture of embryological evidence. In the caption, identify the two most closely related organisms.
Natural Selection
Describe Charles Darwin and tell about his trip to the Galapagos Islands.
Create a slideshow that shows a map of the Galapagos islands, 2 different species of Galapagos tortoise and finch. Include captions of what is in each picture. ***KEEP captions at under 5 words****
Define term natural selection (use your vocab list).
Identify and define the 3 different effects of natural selection on polygenic traits.
Provide a picture of each graph. Include a caption with an example.
What is artificial selection?
Identify at least 3 different examples are artificial selection today. Provide a picture of each.
Organizing Life's Diversity
Classification (make all vocabulary a different color and bold)
Levels of Taxonomy - Identify and define each of the 8 levels. Color the largest level blue and the smallest level red.
Describe the classification system according to Linnaeus.
Describe the early classification system according to Aristotle. What was wrong with this classification system?
Define the term taxonomy.
Six Kingdoms
For each of the 6 kingdoms, respectively (Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, & Animalia):
Identify the Kingdom and underline its name.
Using your vocab list, define each kingdom. Add color and type the distinguishing characteristics in bold print.
Underneath each definition, create a gallery of 6 organisms from each kingdom.
Provide pictures of organisms from each kingdom (I have given you some).
Include captions OF YOUR OWN identifying the SCIENTIFIC NAME (written properly) of each organism.