Evolution

Question 1

What was the name of the scientist who also proposed evolution?

Answer 1

Alfred Wallace

Question 2

What did Wallace do?

Answer 2

He produced scientific journals with Darwin

Question 3

What was Wallace best known for?

Answer 3

Studying colouration in animals, and the process of specification

Question 4

What prompted Darwin to publish his theories?

Answer 4

The fact that Wallace agreed with him

Question 5

What are the main principles of natural selection?

Answer 5

• Individuals in a species show a wide range of variation as a result of their genes and the random mutations they’ve inherited
• In every population more people are born than can survive
  
  • Those with characteristics most suitable to the environment survive

Question 6

How is antibacterial resistance in bacteria evidence of evolution?

Answer 6

Because bacteria which is resistant to penecillin is more likely to survive

Question 7

What is MRSA?

Answer 7

A bacteria which is resistant to antibiotics

Question 8

What have we done in response to MRSA?

Answer 8

• Antibiotics aren’t used for insignificant infections
• Patients have to complete the full course of antibiotics
  
  • Restriction in agricultural antibiotics

Question 9

What is warafin and how does it demonstrate evolution?

Answer 9

The main ingredient in rat poison - many rats are now immune to it

Question 10

What is speciation?

Answer 10

The formation of a new and specific species

Question 11

What is the human genome project?

Answer 11

The project to sequence all of the 3 billion base pairs in the human genome