Question

Explain what would happen if conditions changed that causes the seaweed to die. Now striped fish stand out to predators more than solid fish. How could natural selection result in a change to relative numbers of solid and striped fish? What important concept does this illustrate about the connection between natural selection and the environment?

Answer 1

Answer:

An organism change itself in response to the surrounding environmental condition.

Explanation:

Since striped fishes are able to save themselves from the predators due to their natural ability , the solid fishes would be an easy prey to the predators. This would lead to reduction in the number of solid fishes. Also the sea weed started dying because of environmental change. Thus, predators would shift their feeding pattern from sea weed to easily identifiable fish that is the solid fish and hence the solid fish may deplete rapidly.

Also the striped fishes in later stages may undergo natural selection to prevent themselves from the predators.

Answer 2

Natural selection would cause the number of striped fish to decrease while the number of solid fish to increase or remain the same. This shows the concept that the environment is what forces natural selection to occur.

We can arrive at this answer because:

• The presence of algae allows striped fish to camouflage themselves and get rid of predator attacks. This allows the striped fish population to increase.
• However, solid fish are fully visible to predators and are hunted with intensity, causing their population to decline.
• If algae did not exist, striped fish would be as visible as solid fish, and would be hunted with greater intensity.
• This would decrease the striped fish population, but would allow a greater chance of survival for solid fish.
• Therefore, the solid fish population would have a chance to increase or remain in more constant amounts.

This all shows how the environment is the main trigger for natural selection.

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