Zoology At MHS

Monday, September 8, 2014

Whale Kiosk - Evolution of Whales

Follow the link below:

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/whalekiosk.html

Lamarke vs. Darwin Two Theories of Change

I think you will find the following links useful in answering the writing prompts. The assignment is due Friday 9/13.

Evolution writing prompt!

Respond to the following writing prompts. Be sure to include supporting details. Be specific. You need to write between a half a page and a page to answer this. You may use the textbook CH 4 and/or the internet as a resource.

1. Who would have agreed with the following statement? “Elephants stretched their noses and passed on the long nose trait until their descendants had a long nose called a trunk.”

2. Who would have agreed with the following statement? “Elephants with longer noses were able to survive and have more offspringthan elephants with shorter noses.”

3. Who would have agreed with the following statement? “Elephants’ noses have changed over time.”

4. Compare and Contrast Lamarke’s Theory and Darwin’s Theory

Links:

Lamarke:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_09

http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/lamarck/lamarck/lamarck_lamarck.html

Darwin:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/course/session2/explain_c_pop2.html

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/history_14

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/10-examples-natural-selection.htm