Biology B Learning Targets
Unit 5: Evolution
1. Define:
Adaptive radiation
Analogous structures
Artificial selection
Biochemistry
Camouflage
Coevolution
Common descent
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Convergent evolution
Directional selection
Disruptive selection
Embryology
Evolution
Fossil record
Genetic drift
Homologous structures
Mimicry
Mutation
Natural selection
Sexual selection
Stabilizing selection
Vestigial structures
I know who Charles Darwin is and that he developed the theory of evolution based on natural selection
I understand how artificial selection relates to evolution and give examples
I can identify the evidence Darwin used to develop the theory of natural selection
I understand how the 5 areas of evidence that support the theory of evolution.
Fossil record
comparative anatomy
embryology
Biochemistry
geographic distribution
6. I understand how adaptation plays a role in evolution. Including fitness, camouflage, & mimicry
7. I understand the 5 mechanisms of evolution
Genetic drift
gene flow
nonrandom mating mutation
natural selection
8. I can explain the Theory of evolution:
a. Populations show variation
b. Variations are inherited
c. Organisms have more young then can survive
d. Variations that increase fitness are more common in the next generation
9. Explain how changes in the environment can lead to changes in a population through natural selection
(use the peppered moth as an example)
10. I can interpret graphs showing different types of selection (pg. 434)
11. I can explain how sexual selection can affect male and female traits in a population
12. I can define a species and understand that for speciation to occur a population must diverge and be
reproductively isolated. Give an example!