Name:____________________

Adaptive Evolution
Guided Notes

Crazy Adaptations – Write your answers in the box below.

Animal adaptations I can think of: Additional adaptations by partner thought of:

After the video –Write your answers to all 3 questions below.

The two adaptations discussed are…

The lizard benefits from its adaptations by…

The lizard’s adaptations could affect populations because…

Natural Selection –Write notes from this slide in the box below.
Natural Selection:

Adaptive Evolution:

Lecture Notes –While learning about each type of selection, following along and fill out the
guided notes on the next page.
Stabilizing Selection Key Notes You Try (Answers)
Desert Mice:

Definition (in own words):

Directional Selection Key Notes Peppered Moth Notes

Definition (in own words):

Disruptive Selection Key Notes You Try (Answers)

Galapagos Finches:

Definition (in own words):

Culminating Activity—Write your answers to the review questions in the box below.
 Explanation: Graph:

Robins laying 4 eggs on

average

Explanation: Graph:

Short tail and long tail

squirrels at the park

Explanation: Graph:

Increase in horse leg

length

Graphic Organizer—Fill in the blanks from this graphic organizer displayed in the lecture.

Types of Natural
Selection

Diversifying
Stabilizing (Disruptive)

Average or Phenotype from one _______ extreme

_____________ end of spectrum is phenotypes are
phenotype is favored favored favored