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Succession and Natural Selection CheckPoint
· Resources: Ch. 6 of Visualizing Environmental Science and Ch. 6 Succession animation
· Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum]
· View the Ch. 6 Succession animation located under the Week Three Materials section of
your aXcess page.
· Post a total of 200 to 300 words in response to the following items:
o View the succession of the ecosystem in the Succession animation. Is it primary or
secondary succession? Explain your answer.
o Respond to question 9 under the Critical and Creative Thinking Questions in Chapter
6 of the text. Review Ch. 6 on natural selection to help you with your response. If you
need additional help with your hypothesis, refer to the following article to see an
explanation of how evolution could have occurred in a population of mussels:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/060901_mussels
 
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Preview: ... sis to explain how limbless salamanders evolved according to Darwin's theory of natural selection.

According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, favorable or successful traits of a species are passed down from one generation to the next while unfavorable or unsuccessful traits are eventually weeded out over the generations. This process makes for a better species for their particular environment over time. One ...

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