1 Wake Acceleration Academy - Biology Note Guide Unit 6: Evolution & The Diversity of Life Extra Resources Website: http://waa-science.weebly.com Module 1: Darwin and Natural Selection Vocabulary Term Definition (You may use an Internet search to help define terms) Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species Naturalist Speciation survival of the fittest (as it pertains to Biology) Key Questions: 1. On which islands did Charles Darwin make observations to create his theories? 2. Were the lifeforms on all of the islands the exact same to each other? Were they the exact same to animals on other parts of the world? 3. Natural selection is a specific mechanism of evolution in which the heritable traits (characteristics) help an organism do what? 4. Name the five points that are basis of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Review the kitten example to better understand the significance of the five points of natural selection.
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Wake Acceleration Academy - Biology Note Guide Unit 6: Evolution & The Diversity of Life Extra Resources Website: http://waa-science.weebly.com
Module 1: Darwin and Natural Selection Vocabulary Term Definition
(You may use an Internet search to help define terms)
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of
Species
Naturalist
Speciation
survival of the fittest (as it pertains to Biology)
Key Questions:
1. On which islands did Charles Darwin make observations to create his theories?
2. Were the lifeforms on all of the islands the exact same to each other? Were they the exact same to animals on other parts of the world?
3. Natural selection is a specific mechanism of evolution in which the heritable traits (characteristics) help
an organism do what?
4. Name the five points that are basis of Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
Review the kitten example to better understand the significance of the five points of natural selection.