Adaptations Lab Test

Chocolate Bug Lab

  1. What is a mimic?
  2. the poisonous or toxic bug
  3. the copycat to the poisonous or toxic bug
  1. What is a model?
  2. the poisonous or toxic bug
  3. the copycat to the poisonous or toxic bug
  1. Why would it be advantageous for a good tasting bug to look like a bad tasting bug?
  2. they would die
  3. it would help them to live
  4. it would not help at all
  1. How can mimicry increase an organism’s chance for survival?
  2. Mimicry could help the bird to avoid eating it.
  3. Mimicry would cause the bird to eat it
  1. Give a real world example of mimicry. Who is the “mimic” and who is the “model”?
  2. viceroy-model/monarch-mimic
  3. monarch-model/viceroy-mimic

6.Give another real world example of mimicry. Who is the “mimic” and who is the “model”?

  1. Coral snake-model/king snake-mimic
  2. King snake-model/coral snake-mimic

Peppered Moths

7.Which moths were easiest to see on the white tree? A .whiteB. black

  1. Which moths were easiest to see on the black tree? A. whiteB. black
  1. Was it camouflage or mimicry that was happening here?
  2. mimicry
  3. camouflage
  1. What is the most likely explanation of the data shown below? This is what would be left at the end of five years.

A. There has been a drought in the area that is affecting all life forms.

B. The population of natural predators of the moths has gotten smaller.

C. The moths are living in an environment with light trees.

D. The moths are living in an environment with dark trees.

  1. Suppose a certain species of insect lives in the lush green canopy of the rain forest. Some of the insects are bright green in color, and some are bright yellow. Assume there is a natural predator of the insect in the area. What do you expect to happen to the populations of the green and the yellow insects over time?
  2. A. The green insect population will increase and the yellow insect population will decrease.
  3. B. The green insect population will decrease and the yellow insect population will increase.
  4. C. Both insect populations will remain constant over time.
  5. D. Both insect populations will increase over time.
  6. Natural selection can operate on predator populations as well as on prey. Suppose that over time trees became covered in lichen and the proportion of light moths increased to nearly 100%. What is the most likely consequence for predator populations?
  7. A. Bird populations will decrease, at least for a while.
  8. B. Over time, birds with better eyesight will become more common.
  9. C. Birds may change hunting strategies or seek other sources of food.
  10. D. All of the above.

Wacky Mac

  1. How did the color of the wacky mac affect the number of mac found?

a. the white and orange were more easily found

b. the green and red were more easily found

c. none of them were easy to see

  1. Was it camouflage or mimicry that was happening here?
  2. mimicry
  3. camouflage

Questions based on worksheets, notes, discussions

  1. What do adaptations enable an organism to do?
  2. Survive and reproduce
  3. Adjust to their surroundings
  4. Go carefully into their habitat
  1. Why is it easier for some organisms than others to survive when a food item disappears from their environment? Choose the best answer.
  1. Because they like to eat lots of different types of food
  2. Because they have adapted to be able to eat lots of different types of food
  3. Because they will go into different habitats to look for their food
  1. Contrast instinctive behavior with learned behavior.
  2. Instinct is learned and learned you just know
  3. Instinct happens by doing it over again and learned is thru trial & error
  4. Instinct is being born with the ability to do it & learned is thru trial & error
  1. Which is a behavioral adaptation?
  2. A long tube-like beak to suck up nectar
  3. A monarch butterfly flying to Mexico to escape winter
  4. A lizard with a sticky tongue
  1. Which is a physical adaptation?
  2. A ground squirrel going underground to sleep during the winter
  3. A rattlesnake with a pattern on its back
  4. An artic bird flies from pole to pole
  1. Which is an adaptation for escaping prey
  2. A thistle’s bright colored petals
  3. A sea urchin’s tube feet
  4. A frog’s green color

21. Which is an adaptation for obtaining food?

a. A thistle’s bright colored petals

b. A sea urchin’s tube feet

c. A frog’s green color

Best beaks lab

  1. Why is it helpful to have a beak that can gather more than one type of food?

a. because the birds get to eat what they like

b. because the birds would fight to get their food

c. because the birds get to enjoy nature’s diverse menu of food

d. because the birds would have to look very hard for food

23. What type of bird would feed on nectar from flowers?

a. spoon billed bird beak

b. sucking-type bird beak

c. pointed bird beak

d. scissor-type bird beak

  1. Which type of bird had the advantage to eating the marshmallows and cheesepuffs since those foods were “puffy”?

a. spoon billed bird beak

b. sucking-type bird beak

c. pointed bird beak

d. scissor-type bird beak

  1. Which birds had a complete disadvantage to eating the M & M’s since it could not actually pick them up?
  1. spoon billed bird beak
  2. scissors-type bird beak
  3. pointed bird beak
  4. none