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Jelly bellicus activity

Name _______________ Per. _____

Part 1: Cryptic coloration

4. Avoid the Red & Yellow ones. If you pick up a "poison"

jellybean, you must stop and skip the rest of the meal.

1. List the eight different Jelly bellicus varieties (jelly bean

colors) discovered by Captain Dan and his crew.

5. Record the number and type of jellybeans found for each

crewmember in the breakfast chart below.

2. Fill your box lid with the cage litter provided by your

6. Put all 80 jellybeans back in the box to simulate moving

teacher.

to a new location.

3. Count the jellybeans in your presorted bag. You should

7. Repeat the procedures two more times for lunch and

have 10 jellybeans of each color for a total of 80 candies

dinner.

[Safety note: The jelly beans are not fit for consumption.

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Do not eat them!]

4. Add the bag of presorted jellybeans to your box. Mix

1. Which jellybean is the model? The mimic?

them into the cage litter to make them harder to find.

2. What advantage does the mimic have?

5. On your instructor's direction, take 30 seconds to find as

3. What disadvantage does the model have?

many jelly beans as you can. All four crewmembers

4. Give a real example of this type of mimicry.

should search at the same time.

5. If only those jelly beans who survived could

6. Record the type and number of jelly beans found for each

reproduce, which population would grow the most?

crewmember in the "breakfast" chart below.

Which ones would become endangered or extinct?

7. Put all collected jellybeans back into the box to simulate

6.In the natural world, the environment is constantly

moving to a new location.

changing. How would your prediction from #5 change

8. Repeat the procedure for "lunch" and "dinner."

if you used pink bedding instead?

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Breakfast (Part 2: Mimicry)

1. Which jellybeans were easy to find? Why do you think

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that they stood out?

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2. Which jellybeans were hard to find? Why do you think

that they were difficult to find?

3. Explain the advantage of cryptic coloration.

Breakfast (Part 1: Cryptic coloration)

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Lunch (Part 2: Mimicry)

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Dinner (Part 2: Mimicry)

Lunch (Part 1: Cryptic coloration)

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Dinner (Part 1: Cryptic coloration)

Part 3: Extension

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Captain Dan and his crew were successfully rescued when

a ship passed by the island and saw their S.O.S. signal.

This was fortunate for the Jelly bellicus who had nearly

been wiped out by this new invader. If they hadn't been

rescued, Dan and his crew may have eliminated all of the

Jelly bellicus from the island.

1. How does an ecosystem change with the introduction

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of a new species (such as the introduction of Dan and

Part 2: Mimicry

his crew to the island)?

1. This time, the Red & Yellow ones are poisonous (but the

2. Describe how humans impact the process of natural

All Red ones are safe).

selection in the real world.

2. Place all 80 jellybeans in the box.

3. On your teacher's direction, search for 30 seconds.

Jelly Bellicus Activity

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