IF YOU ARE FROM K12 ( 7TH SCIENCE) AND HAVE DONE THIS PLS ANSWER! NO LINKS OR I WILL REPORT! JUST TYPE PLS! Question of the Day:

How do certain factors influence an organism’s ability to survive in its habitat?

Natural Selection PhET Simulation – Click on Lab Tab

1) Play with the simulation for five minutes. Be prepared to share what you have found in class

2) Fill in the table below with your observations.

How can you… What did you change? How many generations did it take?
…make more white bunnies?
…make 20 brown bunnies?

3) Challenge 1: Find a way to make the bunnies take over with brown fur! Fill in the table with your selections.

Mutation Environment Selection Factor Observations

Brown fur

4) Challenge 2: Find a way to make 200 bunnies when food is a selection factor! Fill in the table with your selections.

Mutation Environment Selection Factor Observations

5) Challenge 3: Find a way for the bunnies to take over when the environment is the artic! Fill in the table with your selections.

Mutation Environment Selection Factor Observations

Arctic

6) On your own: Simulations are useful for understanding how natural processes work but are not always representative of the real world. How does this simulation differ from what might happen in a true ecosystem? Answer in complete thoughts and sentences.

7) On your own: What changes would you make the simulation to make it a better representation of a true ecosystem? Answer in complete thoughts and sentences

Vocabulary Words

Word Definition Examples from simulation
Trait
Adaptation
Mutation
Limiting Factor
Biotic
Abiotic
Natural Selection