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CHAPTER 13: THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGE OVER TIME
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LESSON 2:THEORY OF EVOLUTION BY NATURAL SELECTION
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Essential Questions Who was Charles Darwin? How does Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection explain how species change over time? How are adaptations evidence of natural selection?
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Vocabulary Naturalist Variation Natural Selection Adaptation Camouflage Mimicry Selective Breeding
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Charles Darwin A naturalist is a person who studies plants and animals by observing them
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Charles Darwin Voyage of the Beagle The Galapagos Island Tortoises Mockingbirds and Finches
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Darwin’s Theory Common Ancestors Variations A variation is a slight difference in an inherited traits of individual members of a species Natural Selections Is the process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those do not have the variations
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Adaptations An adaptation is an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment Types of Adaptations Structural adaptation Behavioral adaptation Functional adaptation
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Adaptations Environmental Interactions Camouflage is an adaptation that enables a species to blend with its environment Camouflage The resemblance of one species to another species is mimicry
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Adaptations Camouflage in war
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Artificial Selection The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics is called selective breeding
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Classwork Page 478 #1-9 Write down questions and answers Workbook page 413 - 415
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