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Origins of Biodiversity 3.2 - Coggle Diagram
Origins of Biodiversity 3.2
Significant Ideas
Evolution is a gradual change in the genetic character of populations over many generations, achieved largely through the mechanism of natural selection
Natural selection does not grant organisms what they need
Enviromental change gives new challenges to species which drives evolution of diversity.
There have been major mass extinction events in the geolocigal past.
Alternatives species have
die
adapt
migrate
Big Questions
How are the issues adressed in this tpic of relevance to sustainability or sustainable developtment?
In wich ways night the solutions explored in this topic alter predictions for the state of human societies and the biosphere some decades from now
Additional Questions
Unsustainable development can lead to species extinction. Given the five mass extinction of the past is this something that humans should be concerned about?
Terms
Common Comand terms
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Important Terms
Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptation
Speciation
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Enviromental influences have an effect on living creatures, These so-called selection factors include:
Predators
Parasites
Animals of the same species
Toxins
Changes in habitat
Climate
Evidence of Evolution
Artificial Selection
Convergent Evolution
Embryology
Vestigal Structures
Biogeographical Distribution
The fossil record
Extinction
Mass extincction
Background / Normal Exctinction