Natural Selection
Understandings:
Adaptations are characteristics that make an individual suited to its environment and way of life.
- Natural selection can only occur if there is variation among members of the same species.
Adaptations are characteristics that make an individual suited to its environment and way of life.
- Species tend to produce more offspring than the environment can support.
- Individuals that reproduce pass on characteristics to their offspring.
Use this simulation to change variables that affect natural selection on guppies.
Play this game to see if your species can live? FUN! |
Application: Evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
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Application: Changes in beaks of finches on Daphne Major.
The following video shows the evolution and the origin of the finch species Darwin discovered on the Galapagos Islands. Actual film with beautiful island scenery and birds. |
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