AP® Biology | Graded Assignment | Natural Selection Laboratory

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Graded Assignment
Natural Selection Laboratory
Instructions
Answer the questions, using complete sentences. When you have finished, submit this assignment to your
teacher by the due date for full credit.

Assignment
Total score: ____ of 15 points
(Score for Question 1: ___ of 3 points)

1. Describe each of the organisms you observed. Include a description of the structure of the organism and
behavioral characteristics you observed or researched. You may include photographs or drawings of your
organism, but neither is mandatory. Descriptions should be two to three paragraphs for each organism.
Answer:

Organism 1:

Organism 2:

Organism 3:

(Score for Question 2: ___ of 3 points)

2. For each organism, list the five adaptations you observed, and discuss the ways in which these
adaptations increase the organism’s fitness in its natural environment.
Answer:
Organism 1:

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Organism 2:

Organism 3:

(Score for Question 3: ___ of 3 points)

3. Describe the effects of a new environment on the fitness of each organism. Describe the main
characteristics of the new environment. Describe how each of the adaptations in Question 2 would
increase or decrease the fitness of the organism in the new environment. Descriptions should be two to
three paragraphs for each organism.
Answer:
Organism 1:

Organism 2:

Organism 3:

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(Score for Question 4: ___ of 6 points)

4. Choose one organism’s adaptations in Question 3, and describe an experiment that could be performed
to test the effects of that adaptation on the selected organism’s fitness. Include a detailed description
explaining the setup of the experiment, the data you would collect, how you would collect the data, and
the evidence that would indicate the level of fitness the adaptation provides.
Answer:
Type your answer here.

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