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Biology Unit 07: Evolution (15 days)


TEKS

(6)  Science concepts. The student knows the mechanisms of genetics, such as the role of nucleic acids and the principles of Mendelian Genetics and non-Mendelian genetics. The student is expected to:

(A)  identify components of DNA, and identify how information for specifying the traits of an organism is carried in the DNA, and examine scientific explanations for the origin of DNA;

(B)  recognize that components that make up the genetic code are common to all organisms;

(7)  Science concepts. The student knows evolutionary theory is a scientific explanation for the unity and diversity of life. The student is expected to:

(A)  analyze and evaluate how evidence of common ancestry among groups is provided by the fossil record, biogeography, and homologies, including anatomical, molecular, and developmental;

(B)  examine scientific explanations  of abrupt appearance and stasis in the fossil record;

(C)  analyze and evaluate how natural selection produces change in populations, not individuals;

(D)  analyze and evaluate how the elements of natural selection, including inherited variation, the potential of a population to produce more offspring than can survive, and a finite supply of environmental resources, result in differential reproductive success;

(E)  analyze and evaluate the relationship of natural selection to adaptation and to the development of diversity in and among species; and

(F)  analyze other evolutionary mechanisms, including genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, and recombination.

 

Resources

  1. Read 19.1 The Fossil Record pp. 538-545.
  2. Read 19.2 Patterns and Processes of Evolution pp. 546-551.
  3. Read 19.3 Earth's Early History pp. 552-563.
    1. Answer Questions 1 a,b and 2 a,b.
  4. Read 16.1 Darwin's Voyage of Discovery pp. 450-453.
  5. Read 16.2 Ideas that Shaped Darwin's Thinking pp. 454-459.
  6. Read 16.3 Darwin Presents His Case pp. 460-464.
  7. Read 16.4 Evidence of Evolution pp. 465-473.
  8. Read 17.1 Genes and Variation pp. 482-486.
  9. Read 17.2 Evolution as Genetic Change in Populations pp. 487-493.
  10. Read 17.3 The Process of Speciation pp. 494-497.
  11. Optional 17.4 Molecular Evolution pp. 498-501.

Review

Before you take the test on this unit, you should do the review.