Life Sciences

Heredity 1. Describe that asexual reproduction limits the spread of

detrimental characteristics through a species and allows

for genetic continuity.

2. Recognize that in sexual reproduction new combinations

of traits are produced which may increase or decrease an

organism's chances for survival.

Evolutionary

Theory

3. Explain how variations in structure, behavior or

physiology allow some organisms to enhance their

reproductive success and survival in a particular

environment.

4. Explain that diversity of species is developed through

gradual processes over many generations (e.g., fossil

record).

5. Investigate how an organism adapted to a particular

environment may become extinct if the environment, as

shown by the fossil record, changes.