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4th Period- Answer here!

4arthurconandoyle · Member

I must say, this was a most intriguing game! It depicts the process of and why evolution occurs using little... unexplainable creatures, and putting them into an environment, which then undergoes small or drastic changes to test the organisms' evolutionary fitness. The first time I played this little game, my creatures lived for 611111 years before they perished due to a predator.

4taylorswift · Member

972,222!! I win!! ;) This game totally showed evolution vs natural selection soo well! Like it goes to show that if you have like the right mutation or evolve in a way that will help you better survive in your enviroment then you will most likely live longer and reproduce more. So if there is like ever a day when like only tall people survive.. I will survive!! Being tall rocks!

-Taylor Swift

4brittneygriner · Member

I only survived for 416,666 years. What a bummer! The purpose of the game was for us to pick a variety of muatations that would evolve into adaptions. These adaptions were needed in order to survive. This game was staright up boring. It would be better if there was a basketball court, but hey that's me. TURN UP!!!

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-- Edited by 4brittneygriner on Sunday 24th of February 2013 10:00:27 PM

4alberteinstein · Member

It took me three tries, but on the third try I finally got my organisms to live 1,000,000 years. Perfection is key. Just as organisms that are "perfect" for the changes in their environment will most likely survive and produce more offspring, that will, in turn, pass down those "perfect traits" to their offspring, and so on. Though a drastic change in the environment, very well could affect the organisms negatively, just as the game showed.

4ronaldreagan · Member

Well I did not win so I did not achieve the goal I was striving towards. However, I got 722,222. The demonstration of evolution and natural selection was evident in this game. A species faced many changes, and they were forced to adapt. The organisms not suited for the new environments would die off. The better suited organisms survived and passed on their traits to their offspring. I recognized another analogy. That predator represented communism threatening our capitalist country. The birds that survived were capitalists (and represented Americans). They were the only birds to survive communism. Showing that communism is evil and we can survive its passing.

4janegoodall · Member

My population lasted 777777 years, I only played once, my Chimps need me.

The game showed Evolution and that if you have a benefical mutation it will be passed on to the next generation. These beneficial traits will be used to insure more reproduction of the species and longer survivial. Dont forget we evolved from Chimps!!!! (:

4willferrell · Member

Good evening. I'm Ron Burgundy,
Tonights news story is about a recently played game about natural selection and evolution. In the game you have to pick an organism and add variations when needed to help it survive. This game exactly displays evolution and natural selection because it all happens in nature.

4willferrell · Member

And i got 555,555

4sarahpalin · Member

It took me 4 tries, but I finally got to 1,000,000 years of survival! My first time my poor species only survived 277,777 years though. This game is kind of like running for office, because you might have to try more than once to make it right! But anyway, I think that this game models evolution and natural selection very well. My first species died off because they adapted to colder temperatures with fur, but suddenly the climate changed and the little babies all burned to death! Just like in the real world, a species must evolve when a major change in their environment occurs so that they can survive in that specific habitat. Only the ones who successfully change over time survive, and that's a prime definition of natural selection! This was a great game, I might show this to Bristol back in Alaska!

4brunomars · Member

833,333 was my best score! The key to winning this game is obviously variation so that throughout many, many generations, organisms can have better traits to adapt to their environment. It took me about three to four tries. My first time was in about the 300,000s (FAIL)! Combining better traits throughout this time is very essential and obvious (Duh)! :)

4billymays · Member

HEY BILLY MAYS HERE! MY SCORE ENDED UP GOING ALL THE WAY TO 1,000,000 YEARS! WOW! I THOUGHT THIS GAME WAS JUST AWESOME. IT REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND EVOLUTION AND NATURAL SELECTION MORE! IT HELPS YOU SEE THAT CERTAIN TRAITS AND ADAPTATIONS HELP AN ORGANISM SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE. TRUST ME, IF MY ORGANISMS CAN SURVIVE A MILLION YEARS, SO CAN YOURS!

4stevejobs · Member

My species lasted 694444 years. I guess that my population didn't have enough variety and my creatures died off. It is true that certain traits will help a species last longer, I mean just look at us! I will find a hack for this game that will let me survive a billion years! Jobs out.

4arnoldschwarzenegger · Member

I got 1,000,000 but apparently my species died from it being too cold.

I think the game showed how many different eviornmental factors can come in and end a species. However, there is no time period when there is nothing wrong with their enviornment. I should be able to jump in there and save those animals like in all my movies.

4dwightdeisenhower · Member

In that interesting little game my species survived the full 1,000,000 years it was close however, but do to my knowledge of strategy, and the hints, and the two saves/ genetic mutations they lived. To play the game you had to read the hints and see the pros and cons of all traits, once you did that you picked your three starting animals with the specific traits you wanted. I think the game demonstrated the idea of natural selection well, because on the animals with traits specifically suited for the environment of disaster survived, for example only the animals with long legs and were thin could survive the monster attack.

4lilwayne · Member

4th - period

4kimjongil · Member

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4muhammadali · Member

Man this game was way too easy. My first try I reached 1000000 and i didnt even use my life preservers. I just picked three birds that varied so they could survive in varied enviremonts. Even though I won pretty easily, it did help me understand what natural selection is better. Its kinda relates to me. The more prepared i was for the fights i fought in the more i won and kept a winning streak! Yall get my metaphor? Probably not, well im headin out.

4katyperry · Member

So the first time i played i got to like 255,555 i know lame right? but after i read what each trait meant in the hints, i got to 888,888. I only

played twice cuz i had a concert to get to. I thought this game was both fun and educational cuz it like showed how each trait helped the

organism to survive in a different way. It showed natural selection cuz all the organisms that had better traits survived and passed their traits

to their offspring.

3snoopdogg · Member

Ayyee that game was too hard. My population only survived 583,333 years. In the game you was suppose to make yo population survive all 1,000,000 years by giving them adaptations which would help them survive longer and make more offspring so that the species would live on. To determine which adaptations you should give to yo species, you needed to use clues from the environment. Fo' example, if da weather is cold, make a mutation where the species have fur to keep them warm. Simple as dat.

4augustuscaesar · Member

833,333, pity my Empire did not last that long. Sadly, my organisms died to cold. I believe if I picked the right organisms, such as if they were tall, able to survive the cold, and immune to diesease, then possibly my organisms could have survived to live a 1,000,000. And on my third try, I was very close to reaching 1,000,000, i got 944,444. If you make the strongest organism that can survive all the extremes then its kind will live long and prosper, just like me.

4timburton · Member

Well I got to 944,444. The game showed natural selection by making you choose three poorly animated creatures and then making then survive and reproduce. Every now and then a disaster would happen and your species would either suvive or dir out. If you chose to you could add a genetic utation allowing your species a better chance. But in all seriousness...the animation on the game was horrible!

4ravensymone · Member

My babies lasted 1,000,000 years!! The game bascically told us how the species best suited for the environment survive the longest. It's that thing called natural selection. The only way that my species survived was from a little thing called a mutation. Without that, they would have been loooong gone. They're lucky that one organism acquired that mutation or they wouldn't be alive.

4lucilleball · Member

I was so close with a score of 972222! Unfortunately my species was unable to survive under the cold weather. It just shows how the adaptions in species affect how the species will survive. The mutations had a lot to do with it because without them most species wouldn't survive because of the environment. since you inherit most of your traits from our parent your traits from your parents you may not always be able to have a mutation.

4billcosby · Member

My score was 934,689. This game really taught me about.....evolution.... and.... natural selection.I think I could be friends with Darwin now because his theory led to such a fun game

4beargrylls · Member

Well my score was 444,444. This game is nothing like the harsh environments of the actual desert. I have been in the dessert many a time and this game just isnt realistic. FOR CHRIST SAKE LAD I HAD TO DRINK MY OWN PEE I WAS SOOOO THIRSTY!

4martinlutherkingjr · Member

I got 972,222 on my first try! This game was interesting because it says diveristy is the key to life. For diversity to happen all different types of organisms must have the same oppurtunities as all the others. This proves the idea of civil rights and how that makes life easier and helps humans to survive and thrive.

4henryford · Member

This was a great game. I lived to be 842,222 years old. it show that if an organism changes to the environment in a positive way then it will be more likely to survive and will produce more offspring giving the change to his offspring. Which will make them more likely to survive and produce more offspring.

4ladygaga · Member

My Little Monsters lasted the full 1,000,000 years. It really does get better.

This game showed natural selection by changing the environment and showing how it affected the species I created. Also, along with the mutations, there were a bunch of mutations you could choose from. Although they were born this way, there's always room for improvement to survive in their habitat!

4steveirwin · Member

694,444 years, not qute bad mate.

This game shows the process of natural selection by presenting challenges that may weed out certain species. Having the best combination of varieties is the best strategy. At one point a small furry monster could be dominant, but as soon as a predator moves in, WHAM they're all dead disbelief

4davidbeckham · Member

1,000,000 years for me!!! But after my 4th try. This game showed evolution and natural selection because I had to pick 3 organisms and then they went through different changes and they had to adapt to the environment. They had different traits and mutations to survive. But me whether it's freezing cold or burning hot outside I'm always ready to get on the pitch and kick a few balls around.

4rihanna · Member

I got 888,888 organisms! :)

The organisms that were better adapted and fitted to the environment, survived. This is an example of natural selection. The organisms that are less adapted to the environment tend to die off quicker. Adaptations can happen over time with changes in the environment.