Conceptual survey:

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Conceptual survey Evolve

• Please get out a piece of paper

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In this task...

• You will be shown a series of statements. Read
  them carefully, then sort them into one of two
  categories
• A An example of evolution
• B Not an example of evolution
• Then explain your choice in writing.

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Statement 1 of 7

• An infant grows into a child and then into an
  adult.
• A An example of evolution
• B Not an example of evolution
• Please explain your choice.

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Statement 2 of 7

• Antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis
  bacteria appear several decades after
  tuberculosis was first treated with antibiotics.
• A An example of evolution
• B Not an example of evolution
• Please explain your choice.

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Statement 3 of 7

• Raccoons that normally eat wild food discover cat
  food left outdoors on someones porch. They learn
  to find cat food at other houses.
• A An example of evolution
• B Not an example of evolution
• Please explain your choice.

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Statement 4 of 7

• A new pesticide is developed to kill aphids, but
  ten years later the aphid population increases
  again and the pesticide is no longer effective.
• A An example of evolution
• B Not an example of evolution
• Please explain your choice.

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Statement 5 of 7

• An athlete works out five days a week and
  develops larger muscles. She continues working
  out for many years to maintain her muscle size.
• A An example of evolution
• B Not an example of evolution
• Please explain your choice.

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Statement 6 of 7

• A mutation appears in a population of plants with
  red flowers. Plants with this mutation have white
  flowers, which do not attract pollinators well.
  This lowers their reproductive rate.The white
  mutation disappears from the population after
  twenty generations.
• A An example of evolution
• B Not an example of evolution
• Please explain your choice.

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Statement 7 of 7

• A caterpillar makes a chrysalis and metamorphoses
  into a butterfly which hatches out of the
  chrysalis.
• A An example of evolution
• B Not an example of evolution
• Please explain your choice.

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With a group

• Read each of these scenarios and decide if this
  IS or is NOT an example of what scientists mean
  when they say evolution.
• An infant grows into a child and then into an
  adult.
• Antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis
  bacteria appeared several decades after
  tuberculosis was first treated with antibiotics.
• Raccoons that normally eat wild food discover cat
  food left outdoors on someones porch. They learn
  to find cat food at other houses.