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=Laws:= Non-indiginous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention & Control Act Endangered Species Act (ESA) CITIES Lacey Act Convention on Biological Diversity =Notes:= ||  || =Unit 2: Natural Selection, Biodiversity, & Population Ecology=
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Chapter 5 (pgs. 113-136)
Chapter 11 (pgs. 294-323)

Goals: Natural Selection

 * Explain and evaluate several hypothesis that explain the origins of life
 * Describe what the fossil record has shown scientists
 * Explain the process of natural selection
 * Cite evidence for natural selection
 * C ompare allopatric and sympatric speciation
 * D escribe the three major types of selection (directional, stabilizing, & disruptive)
 * Contrast background extinction rates with periods of mass extinction
 * Discuss reasons for species extinction and mass extinction events
 * Identify the mass extinction events that have occurred on Earth

Goals: Biodiversity & Population Ecology

 * List the levels of ecological organization
 * Outline the characteristics of populations that help predict population growth
 * Compare logistical and exponential growth
 * Explain how limiting factors and carrying capacity impact population growth
 * Describe types of survivorship
 * Use the growth rate formula to determine a population's growth rate
 * Compare K-selected species to R-selected species, give examples and characteristics of each group
 * Compare density-independent and density-dependent limiting factors

Goals: Biodiversity

 * Define the term biodiversity
 * Describe the ways that evolution influences biodiversity
 * Explain the Theory of Island Bioggeography
 * Characterize the scope of biodiversity on Earth (species, genetic, and ecosystem)
 * Evaluate the primary causes of biodiversity loss
 * Describe the major benefits of biodiversity (be sure to know specific examples of each)
 * Describe the field of conservation biology

Skills:

 * Chi Square Statistical Analysis
 * Determine Population Density
 * Quadrant Sampling with a Transect ||
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Natural Selection:
Speciation Natural Selection Animation Khan Academy Evolution Khan Academy Natural Selection Natural Selection Game Awesome Natural Selection Animation An Example of Speciation Adaptation of Butterflies Whale Evolution Evidence for Evolution Evolution in Action Animation Western Black Rhino declared extinct

Origins of Life:
Building RNA in the Lab

Biodiversity & Population Ecology
Exponential vs. Logistical Growth NatGeo Biodiversity Game Surivovrship Curves TX Invasives Red list Giant Crabs in Antartica! Speciation of Dolphins! Darwin's Dangerous Idea Flying Rhinos CANE TOAD's ON YOUTUBE Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 ||  || ==Assignments==

Natural Selection
Questions

Biodiversity
EXTRA CREDIT!!!! 4 Classwork Grades!!! Watch Cane Toads!! ||