Evolution

You should know the following:

  1. All the main characters and their beliefs about evolution
    1. Lamarck
    2. Darwin
    3. Malthus

  2. The following concepts and how they relate to evolution
    1. Convergence - Analogy
    2. Divergence - Homology
    3. Adaptive radiation
    4. Industrial melanism
    5. Plate Tectonics
    6. Continental Drift

  3. The origins of Life
    1. Heterotroph Hypothesis
      1. Know its foundations
      2. How it supports the theory of evolution
      3. evidences to prove it
        1. Volcanic activity
        2. Miller's experiment
      4. Spontaneous generation vs. Biogenesis
          Know the players of each.
          1. Von Helmont
          2. Redi
          3. Needham
          4. Spallinzani
          5. Pasteur
          6. The final proof that dispelled the idea of spontaneous generation.

            IV.Taxonomy
            1. Linneaus' system of classification
            2. relationships of each of the taxa to one another.
            3. basis upon which organisms were named.
            4. The bases of modern day classification
              1. structure
              2. similarities with DNA/amino acids/proteins 1