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Describe how variations within a population can be an advantage or disadvantage to the survival of a population as environments change.
Grade 6 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022
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variationspopulationadvantagedisadvantagesurvivalenvironmentschange
Skills
- describe (the effects of variations within a population on survival) #dok2
- identify (advantages and disadvantages of variations in changing environments) #dok2
- analyze (how environmental changes affect population survival) #dok3
- evaluate (the impact of population variations under different environmental scenarios) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can describe how differences within a population can provide benefits or drawbacks as environments change. #dok2
- I can identify examples of variations that help or harm a population’s survival in new or changing environments. #dok2
- I can analyze how specific environmental changes impact which variations are advantages or disadvantages for a population. #dok3
- I can evaluate how well a population is likely to survive environmental changes based on its variations. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Variation within a population can determine the survival and success of that population when environments change.
- Environmental changes can cause certain variations to become either beneficial or detrimental to a population.
Essential Questions
- How can variations within a population affect its survival as the environment changes?
- What are examples of variations that could be helpful or harmful in different environments?
- Why might a characteristic that is advantageous in one environment become a disadvantage in another?
- How do environmental changes influence which traits increase or decrease within a population?
- In what ways can understanding population variation help us predict future survival or extinction?