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10.84 Evolution Data Analysis and Scientific Argumentation Worksheet

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Evolution Data Analysis and Scientific Argumentation: Students use graphs, simulations, fossil data, DNA comparisons, and population data to evaluate evolutionary claims and select evidence-based explanations. Rigor range: standard concept checks through honors/Pre-AP/AP-ready evidence, phylogeny, population, and evolutionary mechanism analysis.. Aligned to FreeK12Practice High School Biology Curriculum Crosswalk (NGSS/NRC Framework; CCSS Literacy and Mathematics; AP Biology enrichment; Texas TEKS Biology; Florida NGSSS/CPALMS Biology; Virginia SOL Biology; California NGSS and New York State Science Learning Standards) BIO.10.84 - Evolution Data Analysis and Scientific Argumentation: Corresponding standards copied from the curriculum for skill 10.84: National: NGSS HS-LS4-1; HS-LS4-2; HS-LS4-3; SEP: Analyzing Data and Argument; CCSS RST.9-10.1; RST.9-10.7; RST.9-10.8; HSS.ID.A.1-4; AP Biology EVO-1, EVO-2, SP4, SP5, SP6. State frameworks: TX TEKS BIO.2B, BIO.4A, BIO.9A, BIO.10A; FL NGSSS SC.912.L.15.1, SC.912.L.15.13, SC.912.N.1.6; VA SOL BIO.1c, BIO.1d, BIO.7a-d; CA NGSS/NYSSLS HS-LS4-1, HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-3.

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A whale-evolution evidence set includes dated fossils with shifting nostril positions, ankle-bone fossils resembling artiodactyls, oxygen-isotope data showing increasing aquatic habitat use, and DNA grouping whales with hippos. Which explanation best fits the combined data?

AWhales evolved from modern hippos living today in a single generation.

BOnly DNA matters, so the fossil and isotope data should be discarded.

CAquatic habitat use cannot be studied with fossil evidence.

DWhales share common ancestry with artiodactyl relatives and became increasingly aquatic over time.

Solution & Explanation:Multiple evidence lines support common ancestry with artiodactyl relatives and a transition toward aquatic life without claiming descent from a modern species.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

A fossil record shows that morphological disparity in a marine group increased early, with many body forms appearing, but the number of species increased much later. Which interpretation is most careful?

ADisparity and species number must always increase at exactly the same time.

BThe early body-form differences prove no later species evolved.

CBody-form diversity and species number can change at different rates during evolution.

DSpecies counts are useless whenever morphology is measured.

Solution & Explanation:Evolutionary patterns can involve early expansion of forms followed by later species diversification, so different biodiversity measures may be decoupled.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

An insecticide-resistance allele rises from 0.12 to 0.74 in fields sprayed with insecticide, but stays near 0.10 in unsprayed control fields. Resistant insects also survive lab exposure at higher rates. Which claim-evidence-reasoning argument is strongest?

AThe resistance allele rose because insects in all fields changed equally.

BThe resistance allele was favored by insecticide because field and lab data both link it to higher survival.

CThe control fields alone prove insecticide caused the allele increase.

DLab survival data should be ignored because field allele frequencies changed.

Solution & Explanation:The strongest argument uses both the field contrast and the lab survival evidence to connect the allele with selection under insecticide exposure.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Biology Science students. It aligns with educational standard BIO.10.84 (Corresponding standards copied from the curriculum for skill 10.84: National: NGSS HS-LS4-1; HS-LS4-2; HS-LS4-3; SEP: Analyzing Data and Argument; CCSS RST.9-10.1; RST.9-10.7; RST.9-10.8; HSS.ID.A.1-4; AP Biology EVO-1, EVO-2, SP4, SP5, SP6. State frameworks: TX TEKS BIO.2B, BIO.4A, BIO.9A, BIO.10A; FL NGSSS SC.912.L.15.1, SC.912.L.15.13, SC.912.N.1.6; VA SOL BIO.1c, BIO.1d, BIO.7a-d; CA NGSS/NYSSLS HS-LS4-1, HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-3.).