Natural

Selection Lab

Name: _____________________________

(1) The number of individuals in successive generations, of three different utensil populations, is presented below.
Determine which populations underwent microevolution (2pts) and explain how you know (2pts).

Pop 1 Pop 2 Pop 3

Gen spoons sporks forks spoons sporks forks spoons sporks forks
1 1 13 10 5 14 5 10 12 2
2 2 12 10 7 10 7 5 7 12
3 2 13 9 2 20 2 10 12 2

(2) How did natural selection cause microevolution in our utensil population (2pts)?

(3) Using our utensil population as an example, explain the statement that evolution is NOT goal-oriented (3pts).

(4) Explain the statement: Individuals are subjected to natural selection, but it is populations that evolve (5pts).