Inheritance, Variation, and Evolution · Spring Term

Evolution and Natural Selection

Exploring Darwin's theory and the evidence for evolution through the fossil record and antibiotic resistance.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does genetic mutation provide the raw material for natural selection to act upon?
  2. 2Why is the rapid evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria considered one of the greatest threats to modern medicine?
  3. 3How do transitional fossils provide evidence for the common ancestry of divergent species?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

GCSE: Biology - Inheritance, Variation and EvolutionGCSE: Biology - Evolution
Year: Year 11
Subject: Biology
Unit: Inheritance, Variation, and Evolution
Period: Spring Term

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