Question

Northern foxes can have different fur colors. They can be white, brown, or gray. The foxes hunt squirrels for food. Foxes that have fur the same color as their environment are better at getting closer to squirrels and catching them.
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The diagram above shows a population of foxes that once lived in a forest. Scientists had only seen brown and gray foxes in this forest and had never seen foxes of any other color. The diagram below shows how the population changed after many generations.
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How did the color of the foxes’ environment change? Explain what happened to the foxes over many generations.

Answer 1

Answer: Over many generations the environment has changed, due to this the foxes had to adapt. The white foxes are able to survive longer in the winter because they can camouflage, during that time they are most likely to reproduce and create more white foxes with the same traits. The brown and grey foxes had a harder time to adapt in the newer environments and started dying out.

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Answer 2

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The foxes environment changed because maybe two white foxes were introduced into the climate and they made babies and their babies kept making more babies.

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