Biology MISA Practice

Which statement best describes the relationship between the black two-spot beetles and climate in the Netherlands?

• The percentage of black two-spot beetles increased from west to east due to lower temperatures and less precipitation in the 1980s and early 1990s.

• The percentage of black two-spot beetles decreased from west to east due to lower temperatures and less precipitation in the late 1990s and 2000s.

• 1. 
     The percentage of black two-spot beetles increased from west to east due to higher temperatures and more precipitation in the 1980s and early 1990s.

  
  

• 1. The percentage of black two-spot beetles decreased from west to east due to higher temperatures and more precipitation in the late 1990s and 2000s.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which statements explain the evolutionary impact the Rickettsia bacterium has on the population of two-spot ladybird beetles? Select the two that apply.

• The population of male two-spot ladybird beetles decreases.

• The population of female two-spot ladybird beetles decreases.

• The male two-spot ladybird beetles born to uninfected females have more food readily available than those born to infected females.

• The male two-spot ladybird beetles born to uninfected females have less competition upon hatching than those born to infected females.

• The female two-spot ladybird beetles born to infected females have less competition upon hatching than those born to uninfected females.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A food web for ladybird beetles is shown.

For which organism in the food web do the harlequin and two-spot ladybirds compete?

• aphid

• grape plant

• harlequin ladybird

• 4. soybean plant

  
  

• two-spot ladybird

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Use the food web to help answer the question.

Which statement describes how the harlequin ladybirds have changed the environment for the two-spot ladybirds?

• The harlequin ladybirds have become a new prey for the two-spot ladybirds, giving the two-spot ladybird a better survival chance.

• The harlequin ladybirds have become a new predator of the two-spot ladybirds, making it harder for the two-spot ladybirds to survive.

• The harlequin ladybirds have competed with the two-spot ladybirds for grape plants, but as there are plenty for both kinds of ladybirds this has not affected the survival of the two-spot ladybirds.

• The harlequin ladybirds have competed with the two-spot ladybirds for soybean plants, and the reduction in soybean plants has made it harder for two-spot ladybirds to survive.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Farmers tried for many years to introduce harlequin ladybirds to the Netherlands without any success until the early 1990s. During these years, some harlequin ladybirds must have experienced an important change that allowed them to be able to survive in the Netherlands when they were reintroduced there in the early 1990s.

• The change that made them better able to survive is genetic competition, and the long-term inheritance of the change by each new generation of harlequin ladybirds is natural selection.

• The change that made them better able to survive is biological evolution, and the long-term inheritance of the change by each new generation of harlequin ladybirds is genetic competition.

• The change that made them better able to survive is natural selection, and the long-term inheritance of the change by each new generation of harlequin ladybirds is biological evolution.

• The change that made them better able to survive is genetic competition, and the long-term inheritance of the change by each new generation of harlequin ladybirds is biological evolution.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Use evidence to explain the survival advantages and disadvantages a red two-spot ladybird has if it is born to a female that is not infected with Rickettsia and lives on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands.

Type your answer in the space provided.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4