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**What This Document Is**
This is a student worksheet designed to accompany the HHMI BioInteractive Virtual Lab on Lizard Evolution. It’s intended for students in an introductory biology course, specifically Kansas State University’s BIOL 198, to guide their exploration of evolutionary concepts through a hands-on virtual experience. The worksheet poses questions related to the lab’s three modules: Ecomorphs, Phylogeny, and Experimental Data.
**Why This Document Matters**
This worksheet is crucial for students actively participating in the Lizard Evolution Virtual Lab. It provides a structured framework for recording observations, analyzing data, and formulating conclusions about the evolutionary relationships and adaptations of *Anolis* lizards. It’s used during and after the virtual lab to reinforce learning and assess understanding of key concepts like natural selection, convergent evolution, and phylogenetic analysis. Students will use this to prepare for assessments related to the lab.
**Common Limitations or Challenges**
This worksheet *does not* contain the answers to the questions. It’s a tool to facilitate learning *during* the virtual lab, not a substitute for completing the lab itself. It also doesn’t provide background information on evolutionary biology – that is assumed to be covered in the course lectures and readings. It is not a comprehensive guide to lizard evolution beyond the scope of the virtual lab.
**What This Document Provides**
This worksheet includes a series of questions organized by the three modules of the virtual lab.
* **Module 1: Ecomorphs** – Questions focus on initial lizard categorization, adaptation examples, and the definition of ecomorphs.
* **Module 2: Phylogeny** – Questions explore phylogenetic tree interpretation and the concept of convergent evolution. Includes figures of phylogenetic trees for reference.
* **Module 3: Experimental Data** – Begins with a question related to experimental design (content truncated in this preview).
This preview only includes the questions from the worksheet; it does *not* include the virtual lab itself, the data sets used in the lab, or the answers to the questions.