1. Imagine you played the game, and the results are as follows. Examine the tables below and questions (a) and (b) Sample Data for Stable Food Scenario for EAST SIDE (Wet).
Season Large (AA) Medium (Aa) Small (aa)
1 2 2 2
2 3 2 2
3 4 4 4
4 5 5 6
Sample Data for Stable Food Scenario for WEST SIDE (Dry).
Season Large (AA) Medium (Aa) Small (aa)
1 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
3 3 2 2
4 4 2 2
A) Describe what happens to the bird population for both the East and West sides of the Islands in terms of its composition of different size beaks when the food source is stable over several seasons.
B) Are the initial populations maintained, explain?
2. Imagine you played the game again, but under different conditions. Examine the tables below, and answers (a), (b), and (c).
Sample Data for Natural Selection Scenario for EAST SIDE (Wet).
Season Large (AA) Medium (Aa) Small (aa)
1 2 2 2
2 3 3 3
3 4 3 2
4 8 5 0
Sample Data for Natural Selection Scenario for WEST SIDE (Dry).
Season Large (AA) Medium (Aa) Small (aa)
1 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
3 2 2 2
4 2 0 3
A) What happened to the composition of the original population over these four seasons for the East and the West?
B) What factor(s) might have caused these changes?
C) How was natural selection acting on this population?