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1. Charles Darwin hypothesized that ______________ (change over time) occurs

through the _______________ of _____________ ________________ (organisms with the
traits best suited for their environments are more likely to survive).
2. Answer the following questions as you watch Crash Course on Natural Selection
A. Who wrote the book "On the Origin of Species"?
B. What ship did Darwin Sail on when he began his studies of Natural
Selection?
C. What island chain did he gather most of his data from?
D. What is the ability to survive and create offspring?
E. The physical form of an individual is it's ______________________.
F. The genetic form of an individual is it's ______________________.

G. Bonus questions: What type of selection, selects against extreme

phenotypes?
H. What type of selection selects for extreme and against common phenotype
I.

characteristics?
What type of sexual selection depends upon visual attractiveness for the
selection of mates?

3. The four factors that influence natural selection.

Overpopulation

Variations

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Competition

Natural Selection

4. Evolution points of understanding:

______________ , NOT ________________ evolve over _________________ over a long
period of time.
5. Review: define species:
6. Speciation table.
Speciation (define):
Occurs through adaptations and division
1. Adaptations
Define

Example
Darwins finches:

Peppered moths:

2. Division
Define

Example
Frog mating

7. What is a fossil and where are they often found?

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8. How does the fossil record provide us with information?

A.
B.
C.
10. Aging fossils table.
What is it?

How does it work?

What does it tell

you about the age
of the fossil?

Relative dating

Absolute dating

10. What three OTHER kinds of evidence for evolution do scientists use
(describe and provide examples)?
1. Homologous structures:
2. Vestigial structures:
3. Comparative DNA: