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Natural Selection and Adaptation

7th Grade · Science · Easy · about 10 minutes

MS-LS4-4 | Natural Selection and Adaptation - Easy level

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Standards referenced

• MS-LS1-4 — Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized pl
• MS-LS4-4 — Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of s
• MS-LS4-6 — Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in population

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