EVOLUTION
DARWIN’S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
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Question
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The fur color of the mouse will change in response to it’s environment
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The fur color has never changed
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The color of the rock constantly changes producing a need for the mice to adapt.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because predators could more easily spot the dark mice on light sand. The lighter mice were more likely to survive and have offspring. Natural selection favored the light mice. Over time, the population became light colored.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mice populations increase due to climate change, as demand soars for pest control in the US | Euronews.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dark mice are better adapted to their environment and better able to survive and reproduce. Natural selection acting on mice population over time. Individuals have variations within their heritable traits. Some variations make an individual better suited to survive and reproduce in their environment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The dark coloration in the rock pocket mouse did not arise because there was a lava flow. Rather, a random mutation proved adaptive to the mice living in areas of dark-colored volcanic rock.