Chapter 6: Offspring, adaptation and evolution

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

• Say that offspring are of the same kind as their parents, but are not identical to them
• Explain that the variation within a species can be measured, and find the mean, range and mode
• Identify adaptations in animals and plants, and say how each one helps the living thing survive
• Explain how natural selection can change a population over many generations, which may lead to evolution
• Use data from a population over several generations to describe a change

You should already know

• Living things, classification and the groups of animals (Chapter 2 of this book)
• Fossils, and how living things have changed over time (Chapter 5 of this book)

Where this leads

• Inheritance and genes in Key Stage 3 and GCSE biology