Grade 9 Amplify Natural Selection 5.0

a species or other group of plants or animals that no longer have living members; no longer in existence

• extraterrestrial

• extinct

• exact

• exacerbate

the process of connecting evidence to a claim in a scientific argument

• building

• thunking

• reasoning

• predicting

people disagreeing about scientific explanations (claims) using observed data (evidence) to justify their side of the argument

• science fiction

• scientific argument

• scientific augmentation

• slippery argument

something in the environment that affects an individual’s chances of surviving

• selection preservation

• celebrity pressure

• sectional presentation

• selection pressure

A population can be described by the _____(s) present and by the number of individuals who have each _____.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The number of individuals with each trait in a population can change over time.

(If there’s a change in the environment, then over a long period of time, there will be a change in the _____ of traits in a population.)

Over many generations, individuals with _____ become more common in a population, while individuals with non-_____ become less common.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The traits that _____ in a population determine which traits can become more common over many generations.

Whether or not a trait is adaptive depends on the _____.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Biologists analyze data about environmental conditions (the _____) to explain changes in the distribution of traits in populations (the _____).

• causes, effects

• causes, affection

• caustic, effects

• casual, affects

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4