Darwin's finches is an example of:
- AConvergent evolution
- BParallel evolution
- ✓Adaptive radiation
- DChemical evolution
Answer: C.
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Branching descent and natural selection development are the concepts of which scientist?
- AMiller
- BOprin
- CA Wallace
- ✓Darwin
Answer: D.
View full solution →Directional change occurs at both ends:
- ACollection curve
- BGrowth curve
- ✓Distribution curve
- DOblique curve
Answer: C.
View full solution →Mammals live entirely in water.
- ASea cow
- BSeal
- CDolphin
- ✓All of these
Answer: D.
View full solution →The giant with scary row-like teeth was:
- ADinosaurs
- ✓Trianosaurus
- CIcthyosaurus
- DDryopithecus
Answer: B.
View full solution →_________ principle says that allele frequencies in a population are stable and is constant from generation to generation.
The cranial capacity of _________ man is similar to that of living modern man.
_________ caught in 1938 off the eastern sea coast of South Africa, it is called the connecting link between fish and amphibians.
_________ refers to the development of resistance to DDT in insects.
_________ is called as Golden era of reptiles.
Write analogy.
What was the approximately brain size of Homo erectus man?
Make a list of human vestigial organs.
What is divergent evolution? Explain by taking the example of plants.
Explain the difference between Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus animals?
Attempt giving a clear definition of the term species.
Write a short note on the origin of life from space.
What is called Atavism or reversion? Give any two examples of this.
(i) Write what differences you see in the Darwin’s finches shown above.
(ii) How did Darwin explain the existence of different types of finches on galapagos?
What do you understand by spontaneous generation?
From where the fossils of Neanderthal man were found? Also write its characteristics.###Write two characteristics of the mental capacity and lifestyle of Neanderthal humans.
Can we call human evolution as adaptive radiation?
Practise drawing various animals and plants.
List 10 modern day animals and using the internet resources link it to a corresponding ancient fossil. Name both.
Find out through internet and popular sciene articles whether animals other than man has self-consciousness?
Describe one example of adaptive radiation?###Explain the adaptive radiation with examples.
Try to trace the various component of human evolution (Hint: brain size and function, skeletal structure dietary preferences, etc.).
Find out from newspapers and popular science articles any new fossil discoveries or controveries about evolution.
Using various resources such as your schood library or the internet and discussions with your teacher, trace the evolutionary stages of any one animal, say horse.
Describe in detail the origin and evolution of human?
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