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QUIZ IN INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL SELECTION

General Direction:

Read and analyze the two situations below.

A. There are 2 types of worms: worms that eat at night (nocturnal) and worms that eat during the day
(diurnal). The birds eat during the day and seem to be eating ONLY the diurnal worms. The nocturnal worms
are in their burrows during this time. Each spring when the worms reproduce, they have about 500 babies but
only 100 of these 500 ever become old enough to reproduce.

a. What worm has natural selection selected AGAINST? ________________________________________________

b. What worm has natural selection selected FOR? _____________________________________________________

Identify the 5 points of Natural Selection in the scenario above. Choose your answer from the sentences in the box.

1. Population has variations.___________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Some variations are favorable. _______________________________________________________________________________

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3. More offspring are produced than survive.______________________________________________________________________

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4. Those that survive have favorable traits.________________________________________________________________________

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5. A population will change over time. ___________________________________________________________________________

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100 of the original 500 worms survive to reproduce. Birds do not eat nocturnal worms (nocturnal worms advantage).

More nocturnal worms survive and reproduce. There are 2 types of worms in the area (diurnal and nocturnal).

Nocturnal worm population increases; diurnal worm population decreases.

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 B. There are 3 types of polar bears: ones with thick coats, ones with thin coats and ones with medium
coats. It is fall, soon to be winter. The temperatures are dropping rapidly and the bears must be kept
warm, or they will freeze to death. Many of the bears have had 2 cubs each but due to the extreme
temperatures, many mothers only have one cub left.

a. What bear has natural selection selected AGAINST? ________________________________________________

b. What bear has natural selection selected FOR? _____________________________________________________

Identify the 5 points of Natural Selection in the scenario above. Choose your answer from the sentences in the box.

1. Population has variations.___________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Some variations are favorable. _______________________________________________________________________________

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3. More offspring are produced than survive.______________________________________________________________________

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4. Those that survive have favorable traits.________________________________________________________________________

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5. A population will change over time. ___________________________________________________________________________

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There are 3 types of bears (thick, medium, and thin coats). Bears with thicker coats have a higher survival rate.

Survial rate of bears with thicker coats rises, population of bears with thin coats will gradually decrease.

Half of the total cubs born survive. Thick coats provide warmth to survive (thick coat advantage).

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