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    1) Giraffes used to live in an environment with normal rainfall where resources were plentiful and they did not need to adapt. 2) The environment experienced a drought which led to less rainfall and fewer resources. 3) If the normal rainfall had continued, the giraffes would not have needed to change and would likely still have shorter necks. 4) Due to the drought, giraffes with naturally longer necks had an advantage in reaching higher foliage for food and were more likely to survive and pass on their long-necked genes, leading to the modern long-necked giraffes through natural selection.

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    1) Giraffes used to live in an environment with normal rainfall where resources were plentiful and they did not need to adapt. 2) The environment experienced a drought which led to less rainfall and fewer resources. 3) If the normal rainfall had continued, the giraffes would not have needed to change and would likely still have shorter necks. 4) Due to the drought, giraffes with naturally longer necks had an advantage in reaching higher foliage for food and were more likely to survive and pass on their long-necked genes, leading to the modern long-necked giraffes through natural selection.

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    1) Giraffes used to live in an environment with normal rainfall where resources were plentiful and they did not need to adapt. 2) The environment experienced a drought which led to less rainfall and fewer resources. 3) If the normal rainfall had continued, the giraffes would not have needed to change and would likely still have shorter necks. 4) Due to the drought, giraffes with naturally longer necks had an advantage in reaching higher foliage for food and were more likely to survive and pass on their long-necked genes, leading to the modern long-necked giraffes through natural selection.

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    Grade: 8 B Subject: Biology Date given: 22-Aug-2023


    Topic: How do organisms survive? Date of submission: 23-Aug-2023
    Related concepts: Environment, Movement, Key concept: Change
    Transformation
    Global Context: Orientation in space and time ATL skill in Focus:
    - Migration, Evolution, Constraints and Communication - Make inferences and draw
    adaptation conclusions, Creative thinking.
    Statement of inquiry - Change in the environment and resource constraints lead to either
    migration or adaptation and evolution.
    Criteria Practiced: A
    Task instructions: Paste this case study in your notebook. Read the case study and answer
    the questions in notebook.
    Questions:
    1. Before drought (less rainfall), how were the Giraffe like? Describe the
    environment they were living in.
    2. Describe the change that happened in the environment of Giraffe.
    3. If normal rainfall had continued to happen, how would the Giraffes look like now?
    4. Describe how natural selection lead to modern day long neck Giraffes.
    Extended task:
    1. Imagine a population (group) of organisms that are all really well adapted to
    their environment. What organisms are you thinking of? Where do they live?
    How are they adapted to their environment?
    2. Now think about what happens over time if there is no change in their
    population. How does natural selection affect this population?
    3. Now think about a change in their environment. How does natural selection affect
    the population now?

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