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UNIT 8: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection
Life Science Textbook: 7.1 pgs. 224-231
Workbook Pages:
7.1 pgs. 111-114 #’s 1-19
(pgs. 96-100 #1-9 Level B)
Standards:
3a. Both ___________ _________ and _________ factors are causes
of _________ and _________ of organisms.
3b. The reasoning used by _________ ________ in reaching his
conclusion that _________ _________ is the mechanism of
__________.
Academic Vocabulary:
1. adaptation
2. evolution
3. extinction
4. species
5. natural selection
6. scientific inquiry
7. genetic variation
KEY QUESTIONS – Answer in complete sentences!!!
1. What important observations did Darwin make on his voyage?
(pgs.225-227)
2. How did Darwin account for the diversity of species and the
differences between similar species? (pgs. 228)
3. List and DESCRIBE the steps to natural selection. (see notes)
4. How does natural selection lead to evolution? (pgs. 229-231)
5. How does genetic variation (genes) contribute to evolution?
(pg.231)
ASSESSMENT – tentatively scheduled for ________________
UNIT 8: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection
Life Science Textbook: 7.1 pgs. 224-231
Workbook Pages:
7.1 pgs. 111-114 #’s 1-19
(pgs. 96-100 #1-9 Level B)
Standards:
3a. Both ___________ _________ and _________ factors are causes
of _________ and _________ of organisms.
3b. The reasoning used by _________ ________ in reaching his
conclusion that _________ _________ is the mechanism of
__________.
Academic Vocabulary:
1. adaptation
2. evolution
3. extinction
4. species
5. natural selection
6. scientific inquiry
7. genetic variation
KEY QUESTIONS – Answer in complete sentences!!!
1. What important observations did Darwin make on his voyage?
(pgs.225-227)
2. How did Darwin account for the diversity of species and the
differences between similar species? (pgs. 228)
3. List and DESCRIBE the steps to natural selection. (see notes)
4. How does natural selection lead to evolution? (pgs. 229-231)
5. How does genetic variation (genes) contribute to evolution?
(pg.231)
ASSESSMENT – tentatively scheduled for ________________