Survival of the Sneakiest Name: ___________________________________ Period: ______Classwork Assignment

1. Read the cartoon “Survival of the Sneakiest.”2. Use the Word Wall, or your textbook, and define the following terms:natural selection

fitness

sexual selection

trait

3. Is the strongest, fastest, or most attractive organism always the most likely to pass genes to the next generation? Explain your answer by using the cartoon.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. When it comes to crickets, what does fitness mean?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. Is calling good or bad for a cricket's fitness?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. Give some examples of selection at work in this cricket story.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. How does selection favor calling? How does selection favor not calling?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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