Evolution

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/evolution

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the related fields?Genetics, paleontology, molecular biology, ecology, developmental biology, and medicine
2. How do scientists know evolution happened?Scientists use fossils, similar body parts, baby stages, where animals live, and DNA to see how species are related and have changed.
3. Who first thought that animals could change over time?A scientist named Jean‑Baptiste Lamarck first said that animals could change and that the changes might be passed on, and later Charles Darwin explained how natural selection works.

Allele Frequency: The relative proportion of a specific allele within a population's gene pool.
Phylogeny: The evolutionary history and relationships among individuals or groups of organisms.
Speciation: The evolutionary process by which new biological species arise from existing ones.