What is Natural Selection?

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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
that the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not
raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a
wlohe.
amzanig huh?
Eevyrobdy has seen the Egnilsh
rseaecrh taht sguegtss sepllnig is
irrlevenat. I'd lkie to srtnalge the
rseaecrehrs who did taht sutdy wtih
tehir own itnseitens. The rseaecrehrs
may not hvae to wrok wtih poelpe
who cna't sepll, but I do!
Many scientists use
embryologic
developments as
evidence of
evolution from a
common ancestor.
Based on the
diagram on the
right, at which step
can the species of
one embryo first be
distinguished?
Many scientists use DNA sequences to
determine ancestral relationships.
Based on the
diagram on the
right, which of
the organisms
are the most
closely
related?
Turn in your
“Where The
Hippos Roam”
Lab Activity.
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Questions:
1. Explain why you chose to shade part of
your map as once covered in water?
(What fossil clues helped you?)
Questions:
2. Describe
how the
environment
changed over
time.
Questions:
3. One member of the team wished to look
for dry climate fossils of dry climate plants
at the site. Which layer or layers do you
think would be most likely to yield fossils of
this kind? Explain your answer.
Questions:
4. When the paleontologists were analyzing
these data, they proposed several hypotheses
to explain the changing climate. One of them
suggested that tectonic uplift had occurred,
causing the area to gain elevation over time.
A second paleontologist disagreed, stating
that the area probably lost elevation over
time. Whom do you agree with? Explain your
answer.
What is
Natural
Selection?
What is
Biological
Fitness?
What is the
relationship
between Biological
Fitness and
Natural Selection?
Use your Chromebooks to
Research Darwin and
Natural Selection and
create a T-Shirt design
detailing your research
Be sure to include:
Darwin’s observations
and factors that affect
natural selection