Unit 7 – Evolution
Theory of Evolution
Explain the mechanisms of evolution.
- Explain how natural selection can impact allele frequencies of a population.
- Describe the factors that can contribute to thedevelopment of new species (e.g., isolating mechanisms, genetic drift, foundereffect, migration).
- Explain how genetic mutations may result in genotypic and phenotypic variations within a population.
Analyze the sources of evidence for biological evolution.
- Interpret evidence supporting the theory of evolution (i.e., fossil, anatomical, physiological, embryological, biochemical,and universal genetic code).
Apply scientific thinking, processes, tool, and technologies in the study of thetheory of evolution.
- Distinguish between the scientific terms:hypothesis, inference, law, theory, principle, fact, and observation.
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