Evolution Vocabulary evolution analogous structure founder effect natural selection homologous structure gradualism speciation isolating mechanisms population dynamics genetic drift embryology punctuated equilibrium competition genetic migration selective breeding extinction endosymbiosis vestigial structure allele frequency fossils Concepts to Know What are evolution and natural selection? Evolution is how species change over time in response to the environment. Natural selection is the mechanism by which species evolve. Play a Game! … “Who Wants to Live A Million Years?” Go to Click About Natural Selection” and go through the short tutorial. “Learn After tutorial, play the Game” and answer the questions that follow. “Survival Draw the three critters you initially selected for your population. Did you choose them for any particular reason? Why? As the years progressed, what environmental changes occurred?
Evolution Vocabulary evolution natural selection speciation genetic drift competition extinction allele frequency analogous structure homologous structure isolating mechanisms embryology genetic migration endosymbiosis fossils founder effect gradualism population dynamics punctuated equilibrium selective breeding vestigial structure Concepts to Know What are evolution and natural selection? Evolution is how species change over time in response to the environment. Natural selection is the mechanism by which species evolve. Play a Game! … “Who Wants to Live A Million Years?” Go to Click “Learn About Natural Selection” and go through the short tutorial. After tutorial, play the “Survival Game” and answer the questions that follow. Draw the three critters you initially selected for your population. Did you choose them for any particular reason? Why? As the years progressed, what environmental changes occurred?
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