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Question 6
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How many blue snakes are there in the population?

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Question 7
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How many brown snakes are there in the population?

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Question 8
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How many green snakes are there in the population?

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Question 9
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Which color(s) of snakes are best suited for the environment grass and dirt environment?

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Question 11
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The blue snakes are most likely to be eaten by birds. What will happen to the blue allele (gene) in the population?

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Question 12
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Using the concept of natural selection, explain why the blue snakes went extinct.

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Question 16
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Using the concept of natural selection explain why the population of snakes shifted to mostly brown snakes. Use the words survive and best fit in your response.

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Question 19
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The Owenoid fish are all different sizes. What causes the differences in the fish size?

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An organism's traits are determined by its DNA

Question 2
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There are no genetic variations in populations

Question 3
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Variations or differences in individuals are due to mutations

Question 4
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In natural selection the organism with the best traits survive and reproduce

Question 5
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Organisms with "bad" traits can change their traits in order to survive

Question 10
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Which color of snake is more likely to be seen by predators?

Question 13
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Due to the drought the environment is mostly brown dirt. Which color snake is "best fit" for the environment?

Question 14
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Make a prediction. The number of brown snakes will

Question 15
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Make a prediction. The number of green snakes will

Question 17
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What happened to the allele frequency of green snakes in the population?

Question 18
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If there were no birds in the area, would there be a shift in the population to mostly brown snakes?

Question 20
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What size fish is best suited for the environment?

Question 21
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Why are the large fish not eaten by the sharks?

Question 22
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Why are the small fish not eaten by the sharks?

Question 23
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Predict what will happen to the number of medium sized fish.

Question 24
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What type of natural selection is seen in the Oweniod fish?