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Survival of the Sneakiest by the Understanding Evolution team

"Survival of the fittest" means that the strong succeed, and the weak fail, right? Well, often that's how it's portrayed, but the real story is a bit trickier. Let's take a closer look at what the crickets do...

9/24/20 Cameron Follett Name:_____________________________ Date:________________ Pd:___

Survival of the Sneakiest Discussion questions: 1. When it comes to crickets, what does fitness mean? Fitness for crickets is the act of reproduction.

2. Is calling good or bad for a cricket's fitness? Calling is good for a cricket's fitness because it gets females to reproduce with them.

3. Give some examples of natural selection at work in this cricket story. An example of natural selection is the cricket calling out wit his mating call and the female going towards it.

4. How does natural selection favor calling? Natural selection favors calling out and the female meeting the actual cricket that called out

5. How does natural selection favor not calling? Natural selection doesn't favor the sneakier cricket getting to the female before the actual cricket that called out

6. Is there one natural selection strategy that works the best for crickets? Why? No, there isn't one method because if all of the crickets waited for other crickets they're wouldn't be anyone to call out females.

7. How is the male cricket’s song made? The male cricket's song is made by scraping his wings together.

8. In your opinion, what would happen to the populations of crickets if all the crickets in the world suddenly lost their ability to make their song? If all of the crickets lost they're ability to make their song's there would be no little to no reproduction because they couldn't so their mating calls....