Organisms and environments

6.13(C)

How Differences Help Populations Survive

Describe how variations within a population can be an advantage or disadvantage to the survival of a population as environments change.

Part of The student knows that organisms have an organizational structure and variations can influence survival of populations

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Intro

Differences Matter

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe how differences among the members of a population can help or hurt that population's chances of surviving when its environment changes. Populations are everywhere in Texas, and no two members are exactly alike.