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Natural Selection Guided Notes

This document is a 9th grade biology worksheet about natural selection and evidence of evolution. It includes warmup questions about differences between tortoises and birds on the Galapagos Islands. The main topics covered are the principles of natural selection, including that organisms well-suited to their environment tend to survive and reproduce more, passing on their beneficial traits. Over time, this process can lead to the formation of new species that are descended from common ancestors.

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Natural Selection Guided Notes

This document is a 9th grade biology worksheet about natural selection and evidence of evolution. It includes warmup questions about differences between tortoises and birds on the Galapagos Islands. The main topics covered are the principles of natural selection, including that organisms well-suited to their environment tend to survive and reproduce more, passing on their beneficial traits. Over time, this process can lead to the formation of new species that are descended from common ancestors.

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9th Grade Biology

Name ____________________________
Date _____________________________
Period _________________________

Natural Selection and the Evidence of Evolution


Warm-up: How did tortoises and birds differ among the islands of the Galapagos?
Answer:


Evolution by Natural Selection
Evolution

Natural Selection

VS

V
S

Survival of the ___________:



It is not the ___________ of the species that _________, nor the most _____________ that
_____________. It is the one that is most _________________ to ___________ Darwin.

Think-Pair-Share:

What did Darwing mean when he described certain organisms as more fit than others?



Name the 4 principles of natural selection:

1.
2.
3.
4.

1. _______________: Organisms produce _________ offspring than can ________________,
and many that do survive but do not _________________. Because more offspring are
produced than can survive, they compete for ____________ ______________.

2. Individuals organisms __________, and some of this ________________ is ___________.


Useful variations are _____________ on.


Circle answer: 1 2 3 4

3. __________________ are these inherited _________________ that increase an organisms
chance of ___________________.

Indidviduals with the best suited adaptations to their ________________ survive and
reproduce most _______________.

Other individuals without useful adaptations leave ______________ ________________.

4. Species alive today are _____________ with ___________ from ___________ species that
lived in the distant past. This process, by which ____________ species evolved from
__________ ancestors, _________ all organisms on Earth into a single tree of life.

Think-Pair-Share:

Describe how populations with substantial genetic differences can form. What is the role of
natural selection? _______________________________________________________________


______________________________________________________________________________

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