Evolution and Natural Selection of Birds

Why did the population of peppered moths in England change from light to dark after the Industrial Revolution?

• Light moths were easy to see against sooty trees and were eaten
• Light moths were killed by soot
• The birds that ate the dark moths were killed by soot
• Dark moths were produced by industrial processes

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What can we observe about finches on Daphne Major?

• Their feathers were adapted to match their environment.

• Their beaks were adaptations related to the foods the finches ate.

• Their beaks were adaptations related to the climate

• They had identical genotypes in all locations.

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There are three species of birds on an island.  Bird A has a heavy bill for eating seeds.  Bird B has a pointed bill for eating insects.  Bird C has a sharp bill for eating both insects and seeds.  If all insects on the island suddenly disappeared, which bird or birds would be the LEAST affected? 

• Bird A
• Bird B
• Bird C
• Bird A and Bird B

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Based on this graph , what can you conclude?

• Birds eat the medium seeds the most

• The birds do not care what seeds they eat

• Birds with bigger beaks, eat smaller seeds

• Birds with smaller beaks, eat smaller seeds

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What island does the finches live on in which we are collecting data from?

• Daphne Major

• Isle Isabella

• Hawaiian Islands

• Australia

What observation have you made from the graphs?

• Birds beaks are getting smaller

• Birds beaks are not changing

• Birds beaks are getting larger

• Birds are getting bigger

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What is the weather pattern like on Daphne Major?

• Rain year around

• 2 seasons, wet and dry

• Dry Year around

• Traditional 4 seasons

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Using the above graph, what observation can you make?

• Birds like bigger seeds

• Finch's average beak size are larger during a drought year

• Finch's average beak size are larger during a rainy year

• More finch's have a medium size beak

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What did scientist find after they started using penicillin?

• That bacteria population decreased worldwide.

• That bacterial disease stopped being a concern for human health.

• That bacteria that were resistant to penicillin exsite

• That antibiotics can cure viruses.

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Penicillin resistance existed before use of penicillin as an antibiotic.

• True

• False

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