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Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Learning Targets:
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1. Explain acquired characteistics and who came up with this
theory.
2. Explain Lamark’s theory of evolution in terms of use and
disuse of body parts.
3. Explain where and how Darwin gathered data for his theory
of evolution.
4. Explain the main ideas that Darwin came up with from his
observations.
5. Explain what biodiversity is and why it is important.
6. Explain Darwin’s theory of evolution and give an example.
7. Explain what a mutation is and how mutations may lead to
adaptations. (think about the fly lab or peppered moths)
8. Explain how adaptations lead to natural selection.
9. Explain how survival of the fittest is part of natural selection.
10. Give examples of geographical isolation.
11. Explain how isolation affects a species. (think about the fly
lab)
12. Explain how and why the population of peppered moths
changed after the industrial revolution.
13. Explain where mutations come from?
14. Explain what a species is.
15. Describe the process of speciation. (think about the fly lab)
16. Explain how some organisms have become “resistant” to
certain chemicals or medicines used by people.
17. Distinguish between natural selection and artificial selection.
18. Give an example of how people have been using artificial
selection.
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19. Give differences between microevolution and
macroevolution.
20. Explain the types of evidence used by scientists to support
macroevolution.