Evidence of Work
In this project each group chose an endangered species to research and present in some way whether or not they feel it will go extinct. My group included Chapin and James and we decided on the mountain gorilla. We decided to make a short documentary and some of the main questions we answered were what environment they live in, their diet, reason for being endangered, human impact, and whether or not we feel the species can be saved from extinction.
Content
Evolution: Evolution is the way a species changes over time to become more fit for their environment. Evolution connects to our project because gorillas evolved to be the largest primates.
Artificial Selection: Artificial selection is when humans decide what trait is advantageous and direct a species in that way. This applies to mountain gorillas because they are protected by conservation groups.
Natural Selection: Natural selection process of members of a species with advantageous traits surviving for longer and reproducing more than those with traits that are a disadvantage. Natural selection can be applied to mountain gorillas because they have longer hair that most gorillas, due to it being advantageous and spreading throughout the mountain gorilla population.
Extinction: Extinction is the point at which there are no members of a species left alive. This applies to mountain gorillas because mountain gorillas are very close to becoming extinct.
Biodiversity: Biodiversity is the variety of species living in an environment. This applies to mountain gorillas because the variety of vegetation they consume prevents them from running out of food and they have other species in their environment ,such as chimpanzees.
Gene Pool: The gene pool is the variety of traits that an entire species possesses. This can be applied to mountain gorillas because they have a gene pool.
Mutation: A mutation is a random occurrence that leads to a trait that is very rare in that species. This applies to mountain gorillas because mutations are one of the factors in evolution so mountain gorillas must have had a mutation to get traits like having longer hair.
Adaptation: Adaptation is the way an organism changes to become better suited for their environment. This applies to mountain gorillas because they have made changes to become better suited to their environment.
Gene Flow: Gene flow is when there are two populations of the same species and they develop the same genetic diversity because the two populations reproduce with each other. This doesn't really apply to mountain gorillas as they are very different from other gorillas.
Speciation: Speciation is the process of members of one species breaking away and becoming their own species due to traits they possess that make them different from an average organism in that species. This applies to mountain gorillas because they broke away from an other group of gorillas to become their own species.
Shrinking Population: Shrinking population is when a species' population decreases to the point where there is very little to no genetic variation even if the population grows. This relates to mountain gorillas because they have a very small population.
Non-random Mating: Non-random mating is when an organism chooses it's mate due to preferences, advantageous traits, or its health. One way mountain gorillas take part in non-random mating is that they avoid inbreeding.
Artificial Selection: Artificial selection is when humans decide what trait is advantageous and direct a species in that way. This applies to mountain gorillas because they are protected by conservation groups.
Natural Selection: Natural selection process of members of a species with advantageous traits surviving for longer and reproducing more than those with traits that are a disadvantage. Natural selection can be applied to mountain gorillas because they have longer hair that most gorillas, due to it being advantageous and spreading throughout the mountain gorilla population.
Extinction: Extinction is the point at which there are no members of a species left alive. This applies to mountain gorillas because mountain gorillas are very close to becoming extinct.
Biodiversity: Biodiversity is the variety of species living in an environment. This applies to mountain gorillas because the variety of vegetation they consume prevents them from running out of food and they have other species in their environment ,such as chimpanzees.
Gene Pool: The gene pool is the variety of traits that an entire species possesses. This can be applied to mountain gorillas because they have a gene pool.
Mutation: A mutation is a random occurrence that leads to a trait that is very rare in that species. This applies to mountain gorillas because mutations are one of the factors in evolution so mountain gorillas must have had a mutation to get traits like having longer hair.
Adaptation: Adaptation is the way an organism changes to become better suited for their environment. This applies to mountain gorillas because they have made changes to become better suited to their environment.
Gene Flow: Gene flow is when there are two populations of the same species and they develop the same genetic diversity because the two populations reproduce with each other. This doesn't really apply to mountain gorillas as they are very different from other gorillas.
Speciation: Speciation is the process of members of one species breaking away and becoming their own species due to traits they possess that make them different from an average organism in that species. This applies to mountain gorillas because they broke away from an other group of gorillas to become their own species.
Shrinking Population: Shrinking population is when a species' population decreases to the point where there is very little to no genetic variation even if the population grows. This relates to mountain gorillas because they have a very small population.
Non-random Mating: Non-random mating is when an organism chooses it's mate due to preferences, advantageous traits, or its health. One way mountain gorillas take part in non-random mating is that they avoid inbreeding.
Reflection
I really enjoyed this project from start to finish. My main contribution was finding research and filming our whole video. I feel that I did a solid job when it came to getting done what I needed to do in the group. While filming I directed both James and Chapin on what would I thought what look good to the audience and redo. I also took into consideration what ideas Chapin and James put forward.
There are also some things that I could improve upon. One of those things would be staying on task because while myself and my groups finished early and did well, we did have extra time that we could have spent on improving our video. Another thing I feel I could have improved upon is being present because I missed one day during the project and although it didn't have an effect on us finishing in a future project, it might.
There are also some things that I could improve upon. One of those things would be staying on task because while myself and my groups finished early and did well, we did have extra time that we could have spent on improving our video. Another thing I feel I could have improved upon is being present because I missed one day during the project and although it didn't have an effect on us finishing in a future project, it might.