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Unit Details Bio 3.4 (10/31 thru 11/14)
Grade Level/Course
Conceptual Strand
Evolution and Genetics
High School/Biology
Common Core Essential State Standards
NC Science Essential Standard(s)
Bio 3.4 Explain the theory of evolution by natural selection as a mechanism for how
species change over time.
Clarifying Objectives
Clarifying Objectives
Number
Standard
Bio 3.4.1
Explain how fossil, biochemical, and anatomical evidence support the
theory of evolution.
Bio 3.4.2
Explain how natural selection influences the changes in species over
time.
Bio 3.4.3
Explain how various disease agents (bacteria, viruses, chemicals) can
influence natural selection.
Essential Questions and Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Essential Questions
3.4.1
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Conditions on early earth affected
the type of organisms that
developed.
Fossil, biochemical, and anatomical
evidence inform our understanding
of evolution.
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How did earth’s early atmosphere
influence the type of cells that
evolved?
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What is the proposed sequence of
how the first organisms developed?

What did the results of the Miller
and Urey experiment suggest?
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What can and cannot be inferred
from fossils?
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How is biochemical analysis and
homologous structures used as
evidence of evolution?
3.4.2
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Natural selection and geographic
isolation are mechanisms of
evolution which can lead to
speciation.
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How did natural selection shape
bird beaks on the Galapagos
islands?

What does “fitness” mean in terms
of natural selection?

How can geographic isolation result
in speciation?

How are MRSA and natural
selection related?

Why do you have to get a new flu
vaccine every year?
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What role do passive and active
immunity play in natural selection?
3.4.3
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Natural selection can result in
pesticide, antibiotic, vaccine and
antiviral resistance.

Passive and active immunity have a
role in natural selection.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Objective Academic
Bio 3.4.1 Anaerobic
Anatomical
Biochemical
Endosymbiosis
Evolution
Fossil
Homologous
Hydrothermal Vent
Miller and Urey
Protocell
Bio 3.4.2 Adaptations
Alleles
Genetic Recombination
Genetic Variation
Geographic Isolation
Natural Selection
Performance
Explain
Generalize
Summarize
Develop
Explain
Illustrate
Speciation
Bio 3.4.3
Vocab taught in earlier grades:
Adaptation
Mutation
Variation
Active Immunity
Antibiotic Resistance
Antiviral
Bacteria
Natural Selection
Passive Immunity
Pesticide Resistance
Vaccines
Virus
Vocab taught in earlier grades:
Antibiotic
Pandemic
Develop
Explain