Ch 16 Darwin’s Theory of Evolution What is Natural Selection? Evolution Fitness Analogous structure Fossil Natural selection Vestigial structure Artificial selection Biogeography Adaptation Homologous structure Learning goals: The Student Will Understand what patterns of biodiversity Darwin observed. The Student Will Understand how other scientists’ work influenced Darwin. The Student Will Understand what Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is. The Student Will Understand what scientific evidence supports Darwin’s theory. What do I want to get out of this chapter? (Answer in complete sentences) What did I do to reach my own goals for the chapter? (Answer in complete sentences) How do these topics affect me? (Answer in complete sentences) 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 4 3 2 1 I can Explain the three patterns of biodiversity Darwin observed. I can Explain how inherited variation is used in artificial selection. I can Describe how DNA is used to identify individuals. I can Identify the three patterns of biodiversity Darwin observed. I can Explain how the ideas of Hutton, Lyell, Lamarck, and Malthus influenced Darwin. I can Explain under what conditions natural selection occurs. I can Explain Grant’s evolution experiment and their results. I can Describe Charles Darwin’s contribution to science. I can Describe the ideas of Hutton, Lyell, Lamarck, and Malthus. I can Define the vocabulary. I can Describe natural selection. I can Define the Vocabulary. I can Describe evidence supporting Darwin’s theory. I can Define the Vocabulary. I can Infer what Darwin’s mechanism for evolution suggests about living and extinct species. I can Define the vocabulary. Chart your own progress using the rubric above. Y axis is your score and X axis are the days 16.2 16.1 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 16.3 16.4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0