Title: Assignment: LAB - Finches & Evolution
Course: BIO-182 RTZ

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When you have registered, a new page will open. On it you will see a list of virtual labs for this course. Select FINCHES and EVOLUTION. I will provide the printed workbook needed for this week; it contains the instructions you need to follow so that the lab makes sense.

Read the following section: Introduction

DO the following activities:

- Exercise 1: Finches and the Weather. This first exercise explores the response of a population to changes in the kinds of seeds that are available due to fluctuations in weather.  Answer the questions in brackets. Clearly identify the question being answered and use complete sentences in your answers.
- Exercise 2: Wet and Dry. In this activity, you explore the effect of drought and rainy years on a population of finches. Answer the questions in brackets. Clearly identify the question being answered and use complete sentences in your answers.
- Exercise 3: Correlated Traits. Answer the questions in brackets. Clearly identify the question being answered and use complete sentences in your answers.
- Exercise 4: Mountains and Valleys - explores how subpopulations with differing beak sizes can evolve. This exercise provides a bridge into the formation of species. Answer the questions in brackets. Clearly identify the question being answered and use complete sentences in your answers.
- Exercise 5: Large and Small Seeds - This is an optional extra credit opportunity for you. Completing the exercise will earn you 5 additional points. Answer the questions in brackets. Clearly identify the question being answered and use complete sentences in your answers.

You do NOT need to answer the GRADED QUESTIONS at the end of the activity. For today, submitting the answers to the questions in the workbook is sufficient evidence that you completed and understand the assignment.