Science Ecosystems & Habitats Conceptual 12–14 yrs

Evidence for Evolution

进化的证据

Description

Describe the main types of evidence for evolution: the fossil record (change over time), comparative anatomy (homologous structures), and the geographic distribution of related species

Mastery Evidence

✓ Explains how fossils form and what they can tell us about past life
✓ Uses the fossil record as evidence that species have changed over time
✓ Describes homologous structures (e.g. pentadactyl limb) as evidence for common ancestry
✓ Explains why island species provide evidence for evolution (e.g. Darwin's finches, Galapagos)

Assessment Prompt

If your child visited a natural history museum and saw fossils and skeletons of different animals, could they explain how scientists use those to build up evidence that species change over time — and that different animals are related?

Prerequisites 1

How Natural Selection Works

科学 · 12–14y

进化的证据支撑了自然选择进化论——应先理解待佐证的机制，再引入相关证据

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