Unit 5: assessment criteria

1. Describe the principal hypotheses regarding the origin of life (Oparin, solar system, Meteorites).
2. Explain the stages in the chemical and biologicalevolution of life:
   1. First biomolecules.
   2. Complex biomolecules.
   3. Protocells.
   4. Primitive cells.
   5. Prokaryotic cells.
   6. Eukaryotic cells (endosymbiosis).
3. Explain and apply to a practical case the principal theories of the origin of species/biodiversity:
   1. Creationism.
   2. Ctastrophism.
   3. Uniformitarianism.
   4. Lamarckism.
   5. Darwinism.
   6. Neo-Darwinisim/modern evolutionary synthesis.
   7. Puntuated equilibrium.
4. Define adaptation.
5. Explain how a species is formed (speciation).
6. Explain the main evidences for evolution:
   1. Comparative anatomy: homologous organs.
   2. Paleontological evidence: phylogenetic series.
   3. Biogeographical evidence.
   4. Embryological evidence.
   5. Comparative biochemistry.
7. Organise the main hominids into a timeline.
8. Describe two adaptations of each hominid.