9th Grade Biology

Name ____________________________
Date _____________________________
Period _________________________

Natural Selection and the Evidence of Evolution

Warm-up: How did tortoises and birds differ among the islands of the Galapagos?
Answer:


Evolution by Natural Selection
Evolution

Natural Selection

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Survival of the ___________:

It is not the ___________ of the species that _________, nor the most _____________ that
_____________. It is the one that is most _________________ to ___________ Darwin.

Think-Pair-Share:

What did Darwing mean when he described certain organisms as more fit than others?



Name the 4 principles of natural selection:

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2.
3.
4.

1. _______________: Organisms produce _________ offspring than can ________________,
and many that do survive but do not _________________. Because more offspring are
produced than can survive, they compete for ____________ ______________.

2. Individuals organisms __________, and some of this ________________ is ___________.

Useful variations are _____________ on.

Circle answer: 1 2 3 4

3. __________________ are these inherited _________________ that increase an organisms
chance of ___________________.

Indidviduals with the best suited adaptations to their ________________ survive and
reproduce most _______________.

Other individuals without useful adaptations leave ______________ ________________.

4. Species alive today are _____________ with ___________ from ___________ species that
lived in the distant past. This process, by which ____________ species evolved from
__________ ancestors, _________ all organisms on Earth into a single tree of life.

Think-Pair-Share:

Describe how populations with substantial genetic differences can form. What is the role of
natural selection? _______________________________________________________________


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