Nov 17, 2022 - Directions: Use the cladogram below to answer the questions on the backside of this worksheet...
The central ideas of evolution are that life has a history — it has changed over time — and that different species share common ancestors. Here, you can explore how evolutionary change and evolutionary relationships are represented in "family trees," how these trees are constructed, and how this knowledge affects biological classification. You will also
Students are given a description and an example of a cladogram showing the relationship between lizards, snakes, crocodiles, and birds. They are then walked through the process of creating a cladogram for five animal examples: frog, fish, bird, koala, and lizard. The process involves suggesting traits that these animals share and finding traits that are unique to determine outgroups. At first students just discuss the traits and then they score based on given traits, such as amniote eggs…
What is this organism? What characteristics does it have? To what other organisms is it related? Is it a vertebrate or an invertebrate? What does it eat? What role does it play in the ecosystem? All biology teachers have particular topics that they really don't like to teach, and topics that we LOVE LOVE to teach. Teaching classification is a topic that I LOVE! Classification and taxonomy involves problem solving and critical thinking. Basically a taxonomist is a "living organism detective"…
natural selection, Sexual Reproduction including crossing over, Natural Selection occurs in patterns such as Directional Selection, Allele Frequencies are in (Hardy Weinberg) equilibirum when Large population, Microevolution follows certain patterns Divergent Evolution, Natural Selection selects adaptations, Sympatric does not involve a geographical barrier, Speciation can be Sympatric, Allele Frequencies are taken from a single population, Speciation can be Allopatric, Sexual Selection…
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