Part I: Download this document and complete the cicada assignment!
cicadas2013.doc |
Part II: Check out this list (slide show) of 10 adaptations resulting from natural selection. Choose one of the organisms and its adaptation and explain:
1. What is the adaptation?
2. What environmental pressure drove this variation to be more successful than organisms without this variation?
3. What changes in the environment or ecosystem could lead to this adaptation becoming a hinderance to the organism?
1. What is the adaptation?
2. What environmental pressure drove this variation to be more successful than organisms without this variation?
3. What changes in the environment or ecosystem could lead to this adaptation becoming a hinderance to the organism?