1. Natural Selection Unit
Biology

2. January 17
As a class we completed the table on Darwin’s influences (next slide)

3. January 12 & 17 Scientist Year(s) Summary Influence Right / Wrong
Hutton
Lyell
Lamark
Malthus

4. Darwin’s Hypothesis (pg. 72)
Individuals with certain inherited variation are better suited to life in their environment than other individuals.

5. Adaptation (pg 72)
Any heritable characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.

6. Fitness
How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment.

7. Natural Selection

8. January 17 Peppered Moth Simulation – 35 minutes
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Read about peppered moths, answer questions in lab notebook (page 73-74) and complete simulations.
Get stamp when questions are complete.

9. Peppered Moths

10. Peppered Moths

11. Natural Selection (pg. 74)
Natural selection is the process by which organisms in nature with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring.
Rock Pocket Mouse