SPECIES DIVERSITY - London Islamic...

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SPECIES DIVERSITY Lesson 7

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  • SPECIES DIVERSITYLesson 7

  • DIFFERENCES WITHIN SPECIES

     Differences (variations) within species include physical or behavioral characteristics

      These differences are the results of both inherited and acquired (learned) traits

  • DIFFERENCES WITHIN SPECIESEXAMPLE

  • ACQUIRED TRAITS

      These traits develop from an organisms’ interactions with its environment

      They are influenced by factors like nutrition, climate, geography, and socialization

  • NATURAL SELECTION

     A process where species that are best adapted (suited) to their environment tend to survive and pass on their traits to their offspring

  • NATURAL SELECTIONEXAMPLEWhich frogs would have a greater chance of not being eaten? Why do you think so?

  • NATURAL SELECTIONEXAMPLEWhich giraffes would have a greater chance of surviving? Explain why.

  • ACTIVITYSQUARREL TAG