VP #5 Rock Pocket Mouse

What is the main challenge for rock pocket mice living on dark lava?

• Finding food

• Avoiding predators

• Building nests

• Finding water

How do new mutations typically arise in a population of mice?

• Through environmental changes

• From dietary changes

• By random and rare events

• Due to predator attacks

What gene is responsible for the dark fur in rock pocket mice?

• MC3R

• MC2R

• MC4R

• MC1R

What is the role of natural selection in evolution?

• It creates new mutations

• It sorts out winners and losers

• It stops evolution

• It speeds up mutations

What does the study of rock pocket mice on different lava flows demonstrate?

• Evolution is random

• Evolution can repeat itself

• Evolution is always slow

• Evolution stops after a while