Warm Up 9 is due Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 9:30 am.

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The following three questions refer to material you were to read in preparation for class. Please read this week's notes and book pages before answering this Warm Up! Each WarmUp worth 3 points if answered on time and must be submitted via the web.

QUESTION 1: What does the term Survival of the Fittest mean? How does the environment influence the survival of an organism?

QUESTION 2: In your own words, what is Natural Selection? How do gene mutations relate to natural selection?

QUESTION 3: By setting up controlled matings between organisms with desired traits, humans have developed thousands of breeds of domesticated animals and plants in the last 10,000 years or so. In what way is this controlled breeding, called artificial selection, like natural selection?

QUESTION 4: Comments or questions about Evolution, Natural selection, or anything else relating to this weeks material?

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