PPT-Natural Selection

Evolution Teachable Tidbit Context Introductory biology for science majors 2 full class periods and a followup exam question Learning Goal We want students to understand that natural selection is a phenomenon that applies to their lives. Concept 51.5 . Nia. Sanders . Foraging Behavior . Optimal foraging theory- views foraging behavior as a compromise between the benefits of nutrition and the costs of obtaining food . Natural selection should favor foraging behavior that minimizes cost and maximizes benefits . How does natural selection change . a population?. P. 247-248 What are the five important principles of natural selection? . P. 250 . What are two sources of variation? . What is a niche? . P. 258 - 259. and Evolution. DNA and Heredity . As seen in the section on Taxonomy, modern classification of organisms is being shaped by our understanding of genetics; of DNA.. DNA is a polymer (many molecules attached to one another) of nucleic acids. A nucleic acid is monomer (one molecule) that contains three parts:. OBJECTIVES. Today, you will be able to…. Explain the process of evolution by natural selection. Explain adaptation. What exactly is “evolution” in THIS class?. Evolution. - a change in the . GENETIC. Wednesday 1/22/14. Grab a book and a new . bellringer. so you are not TARDY. LT: I can identify types of selection. BR: What is natural selection?. ** if you finish . bellringer. begin & finish vocab for day 2. We will begin class 10 min after bell rings. Day 2 is due on Tuesday. Testable Hypotheses. Use if…then… logic. Collect data . Reject the null hypothesis. Support the hypothesis. Devise another test, and another, and another!. Darwinian Theory. Evolutionary change is inevitable if:. Hasan. Mahmud. Natural Selection . Is the basis of the other types of selection. Competition Variation. Heriatble. Difference in survival. Relaxed and Artificial Selection are simply natural selection under different . 3 Mechanisms for selection and an introduction to . Hardy-Weinberg. Lyell’s Influence. In attempt to . explain the past in terms of present day processes. , Darwin went to local farmers and animal breeders and observed…. Motivation. Most powerful mode of evolution. Explains observation of Descent with Modification. Nonrandom survivorship/reproduction of individuals based on particular features of their phenotype. . Any environmental agent may be the cause of natural selection. Golden Girls Plus Alex Media Room B Group. Presentation Date: 140523. Presenters: Alex Bentley. . 288531. Nancy . Bocanegra. 320379. Cathy Odom 128180. . A. Species overproduce offspring that may survive an environment.. B. There is little variation among members of a population.. C. Competition for resources, mates, and space among species leads to a struggle to survive.. Charles Robert Darwin. . (1809-1882) was an English naturalist who . born on 12th February, 1809. at Shrewsbury, England. . He went on . voyage. . (trip, expedition, tour). for five years (1831 to 1836) and . Science. Learning intention. To know what 'natural selection' is and how it works. . You will need. A pen and paper or your laptop to record your answers. . The internet . to access the weblinks on later slides. wallace. and was explained in book “ on the origin of species by means of Natural Selection . . Darwin put the theory based on his observations as he travelled round the world on the ship Beagle..