Evolution / Natural Selection Writing Assignment In my (admittedly limited) experience on this planet‚ I have found that the only remedy for ignorance is knowledge. Therefore‚ I have put together this little project for my most knowledgeable students (read: “you”)‚ to combat the rather astounding tide of ignorance that surrounds the theory of evolution in this country. Here’s how it’s going to go down: 1. Pick a common misconception from the list below. a. The Earth is not billions of years
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Students will develop an understanding of life science while understanding the five main topics of the disciplinary core ideas: 1) Structure and Function‚ 2) Inheritance and Variation of Traits‚ 3) Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems‚ 4) Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems‚ and 5) Natural Selection and Evolution. Students will be expected to blend the disciplinary core ideas with scientific and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts to support their knowledge that can be applied
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What is the difference between artificial selection and natural selection? (Give an example for both.) The key word in these processes is selection; when we have several clearly different options to decide upon‚ we look at the option we believe serves according to our best interest and “cull” the others. Artificial selection is the process of humans selecting certain phenotypes in organisms to serve their purpose. An example of artificial selection can be observed in the phenotypic diversity of
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Checkpoint: Local Environmental Issue Michelle Winters SCI/275 Environmental Science July 2‚ 2010 I live in the beautiful small town of Eagle Point‚ Oregon. Our small community has a beautiful creek which runs right through our town; and although many people would say that our biggest environmental issue would be that our creek has an e-coli warning‚ I believe our communities biggest issue
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of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. In the former‚ he presents his theory of natural selection that results from the struggle to survive (On the Origin of Species‚ 175). In the latter‚ he explains sexual selection that results from the struggle to reproduce. According to Darwin‚ natural selection is one the basic agents of evolutionary change. At the same time‚ sexual selection is divided into the two aspects of intrasexual and intersexual selection. In essence‚ natural selection involves the
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How Natural Selection has Shaped the Modern Mind Abstract Mental and emotional faculties have been widely accepted as complex‚ useful‚ and non-arbitrary pieces of the human mind. If these faculties are actually nonrandom parts of our development they must have come from either divine design or natural selection. While there are those that believe that people are created in some divine being’s image‚ many recognize that Darwin’s theory of natural selection has shaped many aspects of the
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The Superhero in the Cubicle article addressed business communication through some of the newest advances available‚ such as mashups‚ and wiki’s‚ also referred to as social computing. This article clearly defines the usefulness of this new technology when it is used as intended. These new forms of communication‚ especially across companies whose presence spans the country‚ or even the globe‚ offer users and corporate executives a simple‚ yet direct way of stating a message that reaches many.
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Here we have some highlights of how the natural selection works and some of the evolutionary forces that drive evolution: The natural selection operates in base of the difference between de reproductive successes of the individuals. The genes of the most successful individuals (the ones that reproduces more) appears more in the next generation. If an individual cannot survive it will not be able to reproduce. Because of that natural selection is NOT RANDOM and can act really quickly. (Charlat et
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Sexual selection: it is part of natural selection. Sexual selection acts on an organism’s ability to obtain or successfully couple with a mate. Selection makes many organisms go to extreme lengths in order to find a mate such as: peacocks need to develop a beautiful tail‚ elephant seals fight over territories…. Sexual selection is often powerful enough to produce features that are harmful to the individual’s survival. For example‚ extravagant and colorful tail feathers or fins are likely to attract
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Tommy Martin is finding it hard to interact with other children and his educators at school. He is in grade 4 now and has had this problem since kindergarten. He lacks interest in the classroom and he is difficult to work with. Often times he is sent to the principal’s office because of inappropriate behavior. He does not keep friend for lengthy periods of time. He is physically aggressive and very emotional‚ even about seemingly innocuous things. He does not like sympathy during these emotional
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