In this project our goal was to organize different peices of hardware, which incluides nails, tacks, screws and bolts. Our goal was to classify these organisms into groups based on their shape and size. We classified these organisms using a cladogram, which shows the evolution of the organisms over time. We saw if some got smaller or larger, or if they got fatter or skinnier. Our first step was that we picked a piece of hardware to be the common ancestor of the hardware pieces. Our second step was to then build off of this piece and we created groups that had similar classifications. Our third step was to put all of this information on a cladogram, as seen below. Our fourth and fifth steps were to create a story describing the evolution of the pieces and we put each into a taxonomy chart.
KEY TERMS:
Cladogram: a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species
Organism: an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. In this project we were pretending that the pieces of hardware were different organisms
Taxonomy: the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics. This is how we classified our different pieces of hardware.
Evolution: the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. Our goal was to decide how the hardware pieces evolved.
Adaptation: a trait with a current functional role in the life of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection. These pieces adapted into new ones to better suit themselves to their environment.
Natural Selection: the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution. Natural selection causes these organisms to adapt.
Survival of the fittest: the continued existence of organisms that are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others, as a concept in the Darwinian theory of evolution. The organisms that don't adapt will die off.
Why do organisms need to adapt:
Geographic isolation: a population of animals, plants, or other organisms that are separated from exchanging genetic material with other organisms of the same species.
Genetic drift: variation in the relative frequency of different genotypes in a small population, owing to the chance disappearance of particular genes as individuals die or do not reproduce.
Speciation: the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
Alopatric Speciation: speciation that occurs when biological populations of the same species become vicariant, or isolated from each other to an extent that prevents or interferes with genetic interchange.
Sympatric Speciation: the process through which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the same geographic region.
Reflection:
Two peaks that me and my group had was good work ethic and cooperation. We worked hard during class and also listened to each others ideas and put them to use. One pit that i had was leadership. I did not take control of the group and did not try to dominate the conversation. Another pit i had was that i did not understand the project in the beginning that well. The task at first seemed vague but when explained made much more sense. This caused our group to have a slow start but overall we pushed through and finished with a very nice presentation and project. It was a fun project and we had a lot of leeway with how we told our story in this hardware project.
Cladogram: a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species
Organism: an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. In this project we were pretending that the pieces of hardware were different organisms
Taxonomy: the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics. This is how we classified our different pieces of hardware.
Evolution: the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. Our goal was to decide how the hardware pieces evolved.
Adaptation: a trait with a current functional role in the life of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection. These pieces adapted into new ones to better suit themselves to their environment.
Natural Selection: the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution. Natural selection causes these organisms to adapt.
Survival of the fittest: the continued existence of organisms that are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others, as a concept in the Darwinian theory of evolution. The organisms that don't adapt will die off.
Why do organisms need to adapt:
Geographic isolation: a population of animals, plants, or other organisms that are separated from exchanging genetic material with other organisms of the same species.
Genetic drift: variation in the relative frequency of different genotypes in a small population, owing to the chance disappearance of particular genes as individuals die or do not reproduce.
Speciation: the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
Alopatric Speciation: speciation that occurs when biological populations of the same species become vicariant, or isolated from each other to an extent that prevents or interferes with genetic interchange.
Sympatric Speciation: the process through which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the same geographic region.
Reflection:
Two peaks that me and my group had was good work ethic and cooperation. We worked hard during class and also listened to each others ideas and put them to use. One pit that i had was leadership. I did not take control of the group and did not try to dominate the conversation. Another pit i had was that i did not understand the project in the beginning that well. The task at first seemed vague but when explained made much more sense. This caused our group to have a slow start but overall we pushed through and finished with a very nice presentation and project. It was a fun project and we had a lot of leeway with how we told our story in this hardware project.