SCIENCE 8: Natural Selection in Salamanders and Gene Mutation in Fruit Flies and Sickle Cell Anemia.
wnmu.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.gen.mutationstory/a-mutation-story/#.WcmExbKGPcs https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/novat10_vid_fruitfly/ Discussion Questions:
Go to each of these websites. Once there, read the material to discover information about Natural Selection.
Site 1: http://www.biology-online.org/2/10_natural_selection.htm 1. Who was Charles Darwin? What is he known for? 2. What does the phrase "survival of the fittest" mean? Site 2: http://www.biology-online.org/2/11_natural_selection.htm 3. Which part of the finch has changed over time? 4. For each of these diagrams, write what type of food the beak shape is best suited for. a. ______________ b. ____________ c. _____________ d. ________________ Site 3: http://www.experiment-resources.com/darwins-finches.html Read the first two sections "Darwin's Finches" and "The Galapagos Islands" 5. Did Darwin first believe that each finch he found was a different species? Was he right or wrong? 6. How did organisms arrive at the Galapagos Islands? Site 4: http://www.biology-online.org/2/12_selective_breeding.htm 7. Why is selective breeding useful to farmers? 8. What does it mean to selectively breed an organism? Site 5: https://treesforlife.org.uk/forest/forest-ecology/mimicry/ 9. What is mimicry? How does mimicry benefit an organism? Site 7: http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/selection/selection.html 11. Does natural selection act on individuals or does it act on something else? Explain this. 12. What are the 4 components of natural selection?
Site 8: Natural Selection Game: Read the directions for the interactive website before playing.( you may play more than once if you wish and there is time) https://www.ologames.com/Free_Games/Who-Wants-To-Live-A-Million-Years
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