Write your answers to the following questions in the essay box below: which bird was most successful in the first 500,000 years? why do you think so? what kinds of mutations were more beneficial? why? which bird(s) was/were most successful after 1,000,000 years? why were they more successful? how similar or different were the birds after 1,000,000 years compared to the original bird characteristics you chose? why did they change that way? (think about the environments you created in the second part.) which characteristics do you think affect the overall survival of the bird? why? how does this activity simulate natural selection?

Use this dichotomous key for insect identification to identify the insect shown. 1. a. insect has one pair of wings. order diptera b. insect has two pairs of wings. go to #2 2. a. front wings thicker in texture than hind wings go to #3. b. front and hind wings are same texture throughout. go to #4 3. a. front wings are short order dermaptera b. front wings cover entire abdomen order coleoptera 4. a. wings with scale on all parts of their area. order lepidoptera b. wings without scales go to #5. 5. a. hind wings smaller than front wings. order ephemeroptera b. front and hind wings nearly equal in size. order odonata the insect pictured is in the order diptera. ephemeroptera. coleoptera. odonata.