Biology, Exit Ticket, 4.17.18

If finches with large beaks and finches with small beaks increase in a population while finches with average sized beaks decreases, which pattern of natural selection has occurred?

• Directional selection
• Disruptive selection 
• Stabilizing selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Scientists find that most feral cats in a neighborhood have whiskers about 12 cm long. After about 15 generations of stabilizing selection, what would you expect to see?

• even more cats with 12 cm long whiskers
• most cats with less than 12 cm long whiskers
• most cats with more than 12 cm long whiskers
• most cats with whiskers either less than or more than 12 cm long, very few with whiskers 12 cms 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-6

Human babies don't do well if they are born too small. If they are too big complications can occur during birth. Baby size should then be selected for by which method?

• stabilizing
• directional
• disruptive
• Beyonce is having twins

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

• The image shows analogous structures.
• The image shows convergent evolution.
• The image shows adaptive radiation. 
• The image shows organisms that are not closely related.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• The image shows convergent evolution.
• The image shows divergent evolution.
• The image shows adaptive radiation.
• The image shows homologous structures.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2