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Connecting Natural Selection to Fossil Patterns
Explain how natural selection as a mechanism connects to the patterns of gradualism, stasis, and abrupt appearance observed in the fossil record.
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Adaptation and Evidence of Natural Selection
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The learner will be able to evaluate how natural selection leads to adaptation, recognize common misconceptions, and analyze real-world case studies and fossil evidence.
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112.42(b)(10)(A)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 9th Gradeanalyze and evaluate how natural selection produces change in populations and not in individuals;
Open Global Standard:OGS.10.GVE.5
112.42(b)(9)(B)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 9th Gradeexamine scientific explanations for varying rates of change such as gradualism, abrupt appearance, and stasis in the fossil record.
Open Global Standard:OGS.10.GVE.5
OGS.10.GVE.5