Evolution/Natural Selection EXTRA CREDIT QUIZ

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Remember our black and white mice? The black ones are doing incredibly well. They have an advantageous trait. Is this guaranteed to always protect them?

• A - Yes. They will be safe forever.

• B - No. They might not be safe forever.

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What could happen that would greatly challenge the black mice's ability to survive?

• A - Natural selection results in Hawks having even better eyesight that allows them to hunt black mice, even in the dark.

• B - A change in the environment causes the mice's black fur to no longer be advantageous.

• C - The hawks die out because they can no longer get enough food.

• D - The black mice move to a new, similar area. The only difference is that they now eat a different kind of food.

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The climate has changed. The dark environment that the mice are used to is now covered in snow. A small amount of white mice have survived up to this point.

What is most likely to happen?

• A - The black mice now stand out and are easier for hawks to catch. Their population decreases over generations.

• B - The white mice will eventually go extinct even though they haven't yet.

• C - The black and white mice breed to create grey mice. These grey mice are better at surviving than the black mice, but worse than the white mice.

• D - The black mice survive like they always did.

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Charles Darwin was:

• a Skilled ornithologist

• a British naturalist

• a Good cook

• the first person to think of evolution

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In order for ______ to act on a population, that population must already have ________ variation.

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Certain apes can be seen evolving into more human-like animals today. TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Natural selection is ALWAYS befeficial. TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Why would an animal produce way more offspring than the environment could support?

• To encourage natural selection.

• Because that's how it works.

• Because it makes it more likely that SOME will survive to adulthood.

• So that they get more of the limited resources than the other members of that population.

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Come up with a situation where long legs might not be advantageous.

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