Human Evolution Anatomy

2016- 2017
Pre/Post Assessment
Name Ivy Whittaker-Deming______________________________________ B C D E
Answer the questions to the best of your ability. You will either A
gree, D
isagree or Not
Know. Write the corresponding letters in the blank next to the statement. Provide any
evidence that supports your thinking in the space provided.
_______ Individual organisms evolve.
Evidence that supports your thinking:

___d____ Scientific theories are cool ideas that dont yet have a lot of supporting evidence
behind them.
Evidence that supports your thinking: Because a theory consists of a scientist's idea and then
some research is put into it but not a lot.

___A____ Organisms cannot choose how they evolve.

Evidence that supports your thinking: Evolution is a thing that happens to an Organism to help
them in their habitat and its not something that they can choose.

___D____ Natural selection is another term for evolution.

Evidence that supports your thinking: Natural selection I believe is when a selection of
something is chosen but some arent.

___A____ Comparative anatomy is an effective way to trace evolutionary lineages.

Evidence that supports your thinking: I agree because that means by comparing the anatomy of
a certain being to see how evolution has changed it.

__NK____ Evolution occurs so slowly that there are no cases in which we can trace it in real
time.
Evidence that supports your thinking: I am not sure about this because I can see it going either
way.

___D____ All organisms share a common ancestor.

Evidence that supports your thinking: it doesn't seem like they would

__A_____ Humans evolved from monkeys.

Evidence that supports your thinking: It has been scientifically proven that humans evolved
from monkeys.

___D____ Evolution is just a theory and has little evidence to support it.
Evidence that supports your thinking: There is a lot of evidence that evolution is real and you
can see it in real life daily