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Had a go Nearly there Nailed it! BIOLOGY

B- A*

Evolution1 The diagram shows an evolutionary tree.

XTurkeyRat

Toad

Mouse

Human

(a) Give the names of the two organisms on this tree that are most closely related. and

(1 mark) (b) Describe why the mouse and the rat became different during evolution.The ancestor of these organisms evolved in two different

and so needed to in two different ways.

(2 marks)

2 Not all humans are the same size. This is an example of variation. Describe one reason why populations show variation.

(2 marks)

3 Evolutionary changes can happen very slowly by natural selection or slightly more quickly due to mutation.

(a) Describe what is meant by term mutation.

(2 marks) (b) Explain why natural selection is a very slow process.

(2 marks)

Guided

Choose from these words to fill in the blanks:

species adapt evolve environments

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BIOLOGY

EvolutionEVOLUTION means change over time.

elephant

aardvark

cow

whale

pig

hedgehog

human

chimpanzeethe time when the most

recent ancestor of humans

and chimpanzees lived

going back in evolutionary timeliving species

Models of evolutionary relationships

EVOLUTIONARY TREES show relationships

between organisms.

This tree shows that cows and whales have

more similar characteristics than cows and

humans, for example. This means that cows

and whales evolved more recently from the

same ancestor than cows and humans.

The diagram shows the forelimb of two

mammals. Explain how this evidence

supports the idea that these mammals

evolved from the same ancestor. (2 marks)

The bones in each limb are arranged in

the same way. This suggests that they

evolved from the same ancestor with

this bone arrangement.

Evidence for the evolution of organisms

comes from:• looking at how fossils changed

over time• comparing the characteristics of

living organisms, including their DNA.

This evidence suggests that all living

species have evolved from simple life

forms that fi rst developed over 3

million years ago.

humerus

radius

ulna

carpals

phalanges

Humanarm

Whale�ipper

Classification

Organisms are CLASSIFIED as plant,

animal or microorganism using the

similarities and differences in their

characteristics.

Classi� cation can show how organisms

are related by evolution or by how

they live (ecological relationship).

grades

B −A*

1 Look at the evolutionary tree above.

(a) Which of these pairs of animals shares the most recent common

ancestor: cow/pig, cow/hedgehog? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

(b) Explain why the shape of the tree can be interpreted as how evolution

of these species occurred. (3 marks)

2 Birds and bats share an ecological relationship as they can � y, but they are

not classi� ed together. (Bats are classi� ed as mammals.) Explain why. (2 marks)

Different kinds of evolutionary tree are

based on different evidence and so look

different. You need to be able to interpret

evolutionary trees.

DRAFT - SUBJECT TO REVIEW

The diagram shows the forelimb of two

grade

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grades

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