All organisms derive from one common ancestor; however, the reason why organisms do not all look alike is because of evolution. When it comes to survival of the fittest it is all about who can adapt the quickest and evolve in order to keep the species alive. Two main factors come into play in evolution: abiotic and biotic factors. Organisms are constantly fighting abiotic forces such as weather. Weather or change of weather is one of the biggest reasons for organisms evolving. When the climate of an ecosystem that an organism lives in changes the organism has two choices, either adapt as quick as it can to stay alive and reproduce or die out and let another well adapted organism take its place. Abiotic factors also cause biotic factors of evolution
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An increase in mean temperature on the surface of the earth has been occurring. The daily and annual extreme maxima is not what is increasing, the minima is. Because of the minima increasing, numerous side effects have taken place such as spring starting earlier and other seasonal pattern shifts. It is important to realize this because plants and animals use what is called photoperiod, which is essentially a clock that they use for migration, reproduction, dormancy, and other things (Rassmann, Pellissier, Defossez, Jactel, Kunstler 2014). If animals and plants were to lose the correct timing of this clock it could cause a problem for that animal or plant. It has been noticed that animals such as British birds have been laying eggs about 9 days earlier in 1995 as compared to 1971. It might seem as a coincidence but British frogs also began spawning 9 to 10 days earlier in 1994 than 1978(Rassmann, Pellissier, Defossez, Jactel, Kunstler 2014). Photoperiod that changes in time between a certain species proves that the organism is making an effort to adapt to the new seasonal changes thus causing genetic change. As a result I believe that my hypothesis was correct that organisms are adapting to the altered seasonal changes in order to …show more content…
By understanding the ways that organisms are adapting because of the weather, people can better understand the consequences caused by the mistakes they make in not sustaining a thriving world, which in turn play a pivotal role in creating global warming. It also improves the knowledge on how evolution works allowing for people observe evolution in real time. People get to watch how organisms now try to adapt to the new changes in seasons. Not only that but individuals get to see how organisms adapt if they decide to move locations or elevations. As global warming is transforming the world today, it does serve as the catalyst for evolutionary adaptations in numerous organisms world-wide, demonstrating that only the fittest can
An increase in mean temperature on the surface of the earth has been occurring. The daily and annual extreme maxima is not what is increasing, the minima is. Because of the minima increasing, numerous side effects have taken place such as spring starting earlier and other seasonal pattern shifts. It is important to realize this because plants and animals use what is called photoperiod, which is essentially a clock that they use for migration, reproduction, dormancy, and other things (Rassmann, Pellissier, Defossez, Jactel, Kunstler 2014). If animals and plants were to lose the correct timing of this clock it could cause a problem for that animal or plant. It has been noticed that animals such as British birds have been laying eggs about 9 days earlier in 1995 as compared to 1971. It might seem as a coincidence but British frogs also began spawning 9 to 10 days earlier in 1994 than 1978(Rassmann, Pellissier, Defossez, Jactel, Kunstler 2014). Photoperiod that changes in time between a certain species proves that the organism is making an effort to adapt to the new seasonal changes thus causing genetic change. As a result I believe that my hypothesis was correct that organisms are adapting to the altered seasonal changes in order to …show more content…
By understanding the ways that organisms are adapting because of the weather, people can better understand the consequences caused by the mistakes they make in not sustaining a thriving world, which in turn play a pivotal role in creating global warming. It also improves the knowledge on how evolution works allowing for people observe evolution in real time. People get to watch how organisms now try to adapt to the new changes in seasons. Not only that but individuals get to see how organisms adapt if they decide to move locations or elevations. As global warming is transforming the world today, it does serve as the catalyst for evolutionary adaptations in numerous organisms world-wide, demonstrating that only the fittest can