Diversity & Adaptation
Guiding Question
How does natural selection explain how organisms have changed over time? Learning Outcomes1. Use print and electronic resources to acquire information about the structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations of a selected organism.
2. Explain how adaptations help organisms survive in an environment. 3. Make inferences about the habitat of an organism from information about structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations. Activites |
VocabularyBiodiversity
Adaptation Consequence Extinction Decrease Increase Producers Predators Herbivore Food Web |
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Science Standards
Standard 5 - Biodiversity and Change
SPI 0807.5.2 Analyze structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations to predict which populations are likely to survive in a particular environment
SPI 0807.5.3 Analyze data on levels of variation within a population to make predictions about survival under particular environmental conditions.
SPI 0807.5.4 Identify several reasons for the importance of maintaining the earth’s biodiversity.
SPI 0807.5.5 Compare fossils found in sedimentary rock to determine their relative age.
SPI 0807.5.2 Analyze structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations to predict which populations are likely to survive in a particular environment
SPI 0807.5.3 Analyze data on levels of variation within a population to make predictions about survival under particular environmental conditions.
SPI 0807.5.4 Identify several reasons for the importance of maintaining the earth’s biodiversity.
SPI 0807.5.5 Compare fossils found in sedimentary rock to determine their relative age.