Heredity Survival and Selection

Why are there so many different kinds of dogs?

• Dogs have lots of babies

• Dogs wanted to look different from each other

• It just happened that way

• The environment changed them

• People selected the traits that they wanted to breed into dogs

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How did dairy cows become so good at producing milk?

• They wanted to produce more milk

• It just happened that way

• The environment changed them

• People selected the traits that they wanted to breed into cows

• Cows have lots of babies

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"No two babies of a parent have exactly the same traits.” How did this fact make it possible to grow giant pumpkins?

• The pumpkins were exposed to nuclear waste

• All babies are different no matter what the parent traits are

• All babies are the same no matter what the parent traits are

• Babies are given a mix of traits from their parents. If big pumpkins are matched with big pumpkins you can get giant pumpkins

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How can you tell whether two different fruits are just varieties of one kind of fruit, or if they're completely different fruits?

• They have similar traits

• You can't tell

• They are found in the same garden

• They are found in the same state

Why do green anoles climb trees?(more than one answer)

• To find more bugs to eat and to escape predators

• So they don't get stepped on

• Because they can't swim

• To hang out with friends

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What happened to the green anoles when the brown anoles arrived on Lizard Island? (more than one answer)

• The green anoles climbed up into the trees to escape the brown anoles

• The brown anoles needed to escape the green anoles

• The brown anoles didn't want to be friends with the green anoles

• The green anoles left town

• The green anoles that couldnt climb as well were eaten and the trait of better climbers survived

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Which green anoles were most likely to be caught by the brown anoles?

• The ones that couldn't climb trees as well as the others

• The ones that could climb well

• All of them got caught

• All of them got away

Why is the group of baby green anoles better climbers than the group of parent green anoles?

• The brown anoles ate all the better climbers so the better climbing trait survived

• The brown anoles ate all the not so good climbers so the better climbing trait survived

• The brown anoles made no difference on the population

• Because the green anoles ate all the brown anoles and survived

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Animals that live in groups are less likely to...

• share their food

• feel lonely

• get eaten by predators

• survive when their environment changes, like when it floods

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Which is an example of how living in a group can help animals get food?

• Penguins huddle together to stay warm in winter.

• Seagulls scavenge for food in city trash cans.

• Adult dolphins swim in a group around their calves.

• Bees in a hive make honey for their larvae to eat.

• All of the Above

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