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High School Science - HS-LS4-3 - Heritable Traits Over Time: Interpreting Data on Natural Selection
High School Science - HS-LS4-3 - Heritable Traits Over Time: Interpreting Data on Natural Selection
High School Science - HS-LS4-3 - Heritable Traits Over Time: Interpreting Data on Natural Selection
High School Science - HS-LS4-3 - Heritable Traits Over Time: Interpreting Data on Natural Selection

6 Questions

NGSS.HS-LS4-3
1

A population of marine snails has natural variation in shell thickness. A new crab predator species is introduced to their habitat.

2

Farmers began using a new pesticide on beetles that damage crops. Scientists collected data on the beetles' resistance to the pesticide over five years.

3

Researchers measured the beak thickness of a finch population before and after a severe three-year drought.

4

Microbiologists sampled an E. coli population in a wastewater system before and after increased antibiotic contamination.

5

Researchers are studying how a mosquito population adapts to a new chemical insecticide.

6

In a forest near Manchester, England, researchers tracked a population of Peppered Moths over several decades.

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