Hunger Games Analysis

Hunger Games Analysis

1. In this lab we stood around in a circle and when Mr. Orre blew the whistle we all turned around and as quickly as we could we collected all the food we could will our phenotype. (Shown below)
2. The phenotype best at capturing the food was knuckles because it was the easiest for most people and a lot of knuckles kept on mating with knuckles which increased their population. 
3. The population did evolve because just after the first round the stumpys were gone. The stumpys came back but very few were there and they never dominated because their phenotype was the hardest to get food. 
4. In this lab the factors that were random were where people were standing in the circle before the whistle blew and what offspring people had. Factors that were not random were where the food was distributed and who mated with who. The effect on evolution this had was the population. 
5. The results would have been different if the food was a different size because then the phenotypes that worked best could be different. If different phenotypes were leading then the population size would be different.
6. Yes the results would differ if there was no incomplete dominance because then the stumpys would have never been able to come back and there would have been more knuckles and pinchers. 
7. The relationship between natural selection and evolution is throughout evolution species and have picking out traits that work best for them and their environment. This lab demonstrated natural selection through evolution because through the trials the stumpys had left because their phenotype was no as useful as the other two.
8. Strategies that individuals and groups adopted through the experiment were that they used their sense of sounds.
9. In evolution, species evolve with better traits for their environment and food. For example in this lab the pinchers and knuckles were dominating because their phenotype was best with the kind of food they had, but if the food was larger then possibly many factors would change and possible stumpys would dominate. In ecology the species with the best traits survive and one's whose traits do not benefit them die off. 
10. Questions I still have are: What would happen if we had more rounds? Would the stumpys eventually die off? When is the food placement random and when is it not?

 Pinchers to the left, Knuckles to the
right, & Stumpys below.