Download Natural Selection - Application of Biology - Lecture Notes and more Study notes Biology in PDF only on Docsity! DLC-Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection Label your paper with your name, date and title your paper “Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection” Read the sentences following each numbered item below. On your blank paper draw, color and label whatever is being described after each number. For example, #1 says “Individual organisms in nature differ from one another. Some of this variation is inherited.” You would draw a population showing variations that can be inherited (e.g. coloration) and label it “Individuals Vary and Some Variation is Hereditary”. Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the numbered descriptions. I will be looking for the following and will count off if any of the below criteria are not met: • Pictures must be neat • All pictures must be colored • All pictures must be labeled correctly and completely • The whole paper must be used • A minimum of 19 details from the sentences below must be included in your drawing. are underlined must be included in your drawing(s) Summary of Darwin’s Theory: 1. Individual organisms in nature differ from one another. Some of this variation is inherited. 2. Organisms in nature produce more offspring than can survive, and many of those that survive do not reproduce. 3. More organisms are produced that can survive, so members of each species must compete for limited resources. 4. Because each organism is unique, each has different advantages and disadvantages in the struggle for existence. 5. Individuals best suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully. The characteristics that make them best suited to their environment are passed on to offspring. Individuals whose characteristics are not as well suited to the environment die or leave fewer offspring. 6. Species change over time. Over long periods, natural selection causes changes in the characteristics of a species, such as in size and form. New species form, and other species disappear. 7. Species alive today have descended with modifications from species that lived in the past. 8. All organisms on Earth are united into a single tree of life. Docsity.com
