Elizabeth's+Fork+Bird

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 * 1) Describe what happened to each type of fork bird over time.
 * 2) Which fork bird was the most successful? Use your data to support your answer.
 * 3) // Battling Beaks //simulates the idea of ** NATURAL SELECTION. **Based on what you did in class, your data and questions 1 and 2, what do you suppose natural selection?
 * 4) As a result of heavy rains, the major food source for fork birds is now blueberries. After many generations, how many types of fork birds do you think there will be? What will the fork birds look like? Explain your answer.
 * 5) The cheetah, an extremely fast and efficient hunter, is an endangered species. The few cheetahs alive today show very little variation. How does this help to explain why cheetahs are on the verge of becoming extinct?

1. The 2-tined bird it started on 94 and lowered every time. And the "Four Fork Bird" started low and then increased a lot. That is because the "Four Fork Bird" could get the food more easily.

2. The most successful fork bird was the "Four Fork Bird". That is because it was easier for them to obtain food. The amount of food they had increased over time. It started low and then went high so that means it became better and better.

3. Natural selection probably is the change of an animal to adapt to an environment. Because of that they will survive and will be able to reproduced. It is how the animals evolved over time. The animals' appearance and features changed so that things could become easier for them as time went by and things changed. It would also be easier to obtain food. If they change the environment the animals will die. The animals changed to be more fit for the enviroment. For example for the Polar Bear it would be easier to survive because it camouflages with the white snow. So it won't be that visible for its predator.

4. I think the amount of fork birds will stay the same because they will just continue eating blueberries. The forkbird will look the same as before probably.

5. This helps explain why the cheetahs are close to becoming extinct because they haven't changed a lot throughout the years. That means that they still have traits that are appropriate for that environment. Since they haven't changed for a period of time it is hard for them to get food.