Class Notes 2 Natural Selection
I. Natural selection Darwin’s most famous idea to explain how species evolve. Based on artificial selection
II. How it works In any population, there is variety. ex: a population of green and brown beetles.
2. Some organisms survive longer than others. Ex: Birds eat green beetles more than brown.
3. Those that live to reproduce will pass on their traits through heredity. Ex: The surviving brown beetles have brown baby beetles.
4. Over time the population will be different. Ex: Eventually all beetles are brown.
Summary Show the steps of natural selection in a picture.