English National Curriculum - Science Science

5. Explore speciation

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Understand the concept of speciation and how it occurs

Identify the different mechanisms of speciation, including geographic isolation, reproductive isolation, and genetic drift

Analyse real-world examples of speciation and explain the factors that contributed to their occurrence

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speciation

the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution

Charles Darwin

an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution

Galapagos

a volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean

separation

the action or state of moving or being moved apart

Alfred Russell Wallace

a British naturalist, explorer, anthropologist, and biologist, best known for conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection

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