AC9S10U02 Year 10 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 10 Science provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

use the theory of evolution by natural selection to explain past and present diversity and analyse the scientific evidence supporting the theory

Elaborations

• 1 outlining processes involved in natural selection including variation, isolation and selection
• 2 examining biodiversity as a function of evolution
• 3 analysing evidence for the theory of evolution by natural selection including the fossil record, chemical and anatomical similarities, and geographical distribution of species
• 4 investigating changes caused by natural selection in a particular population as a result of a specified selection pressure such as artificial selection in breeding for desired characteristics
• 5 relating genetic characteristics to survival and reproductive rates
• 6 investigating some of the structural and physiological adaptations of First Nations Australians to the Australian environment

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