Natural Selection Amplify Unit Test

Scientists measured the spot size of guppies (small fish) in two different populations. Which population has more guppies with large spots?

• They both have the same number of guppies with large spots.

• The population in Brazil has more guppies with large spots.

• The population in Venezuela has more guppies with large spots.

• These bar graphs do not show which population has more guppies with large spots.

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Scientists measured the spot size of all the guppies (small fish) that lived in a river 40 years ago. They measured the spot size of the guppy population again last year. When was there more variation in the spot size of guppies in the river?

• These bar graphs do not show the amount of variation in the population.

• There was the same amount of variation in spot size 40 years ago and last year.

• There was more variation 40 years ago.

• There was more variation last year.

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How would you describe the histogram above?

• Most of the ostrilopes have no fur

• Most of the ostrilopes have medium length fur

• There is only one type of fur in this population

• Most of the ostrilopes have thick fur

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How would you describe the variation in this histogram?

• There is high variation

• There is no variation

• There is low variation

Which of the following is an adaptive trait?

• yellow ostrilopes in a green environment with predators present

• yellow ostrilopes in a yellow environment with predators present

• multiple colors of ostrilopes in a yellow environment with predators present

• all of the ostrilopes dying off

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If this population is adaptive, after 50 years how will this population change if there is little to no rainfall?

• the thornpalms will stay about the same

• the thornpalms will shift to store less water

• the thornpalms will shift to store more water

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What would be something that would cause a population to be adaptive?

• a change in the climate/ weather

• predators

• low food supply

• high food supply

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Why did the newts become poisonous?

• they wanted to

• they were attacked by another poisonous animal

• snakes were introduced to their environment

• they needed to protect themselves from predators

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What is an adaptive trait?

• a trait that makes it less likely to survive in an environment

• a trait that makes it more likely to survive in an environment

• a trait that will lead to extinction

• a trait that will help a population reproduce

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What is an non-adaptive trait?

• a trait that makes it more likely to survive in an environment

• a trait that makes it less likely to survive in an environment

• a trait that could lead to extinction

• a trait that will help a population reproduce

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