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.