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  • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.3:

    Theory of Evolution

  • Anchor Descriptor - BIO.B.3.1:

    Explain the mechanisms of evolution.

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.3.1.1: Explain how natural selection can impact allele frequencies of a population.
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.3.1.2: Describe the factors that can contribute to the development of new species (e.g., isolating mechanisms, genetic drift, founder effect, migration).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.3.1.3: Explain how genetic mutations may result in genotypic and phenotypic variations within a population.
  • Anchor Descriptor - BIO.B.3.2:

    Analyze the sources of evidence for biological evolution.

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.3.2.1: Interpret evidence supporting the theory of evolution (i.e., fossil, anatomical, physiological, embryological, biochemical, and universal genetic code).
  • Anchor Descriptor - BIO.B.3.3:

    Apply scientific thinking, processes, tools, and technologies in the study of evolution.

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.3.3.1: Distinguish among the scientific terms: hypothesis, inference, law, theory, principle, fact, and observation.
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