Biogeography

Unit 12

Biogeography

Evidence of
Ancestry and
Diversity

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What is biogeography?

How does geographical location and isolation
impact and provide evidence for the evolution of species?

Essential Questions

LEARNING
OBJECTIVES

Model and analyze evolution through biogeographical evidence.

Warm-Up

What are some processes that cause evolution to happen?

Discuss with a partner.

Poll

What do you think is the biggest driver of evolution?

• mutation

• adaptation

• natural selection

• extinction

Biogeography

Today we are going to talk about where organisms live and how they are distributed around the world.

This is called biogeography.

Open Ended

What do you think caused these camels to adapt all these different forms?

Let’s Research!

Choose an animal. Then, research the many types of this animal and where they live.

Be sure to fill in the research sheet. Be prepared to share.

What Did You Learn?

Time for QZ questions!