Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer

Purpose​: Organize your thinking as you take notes on a natural selection linking the effect with a cause.

Instructions​:
Cause:
On the ​left​ side of the chart: (Cause)

1. Come up with your own examples of natural selection occurring.

2. Choose a substrate, a predator, and prey.

Examples include:
Substrate: Dark/ light substrate
Predator/prey: Birds vs moths, wolves vs rabbits, owls vs mice etc.

Effect: ​On the right side of the chart:

Based on what you chose in the cause…
1. Fill out this section:
Predator (__) would eat more ____than ____ b/c they are on a surface that is
___.

*The first Cause and Effect have been filled out for you.

Cause Effect
Substrate, predator, and types of prey: What do you think the end result will be?​:
Substrate:​ Dark Forest ● Predator (bird) would eat more light colored
Predator:​ Bird moths than dark colored moths b/c they are on
Prey:​ Dark and Light colored moths a surface that is dark.

Substrate, predator, and types of prey: What do you think the end result will be?​:
Substrate: ● Predator (___) would eat more ______than
Predator: ____ b/c they are on a surface that is ____.
Prey:
Substrate, predator, and types of prey: What do you think the end result will be?​:
Substrate: ● Predator (___) would eat more ______than
Predator: ____ b/c they are on a surface that is ____.
Prey:
Substrate, predator, and types of prey: What do you think the end result will be?​:
Substrate: ● Predator (___) would eat more ______than
Predator: ____ b/c they are on a surface that is ____.
Prey:
Substrate, predator, and types of prey: What do you think the end result will be?​:

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Substrate: ● Predator (___) would eat more ______than
Predator: ____ b/c they are on a surface that is ____.
Prey:

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