Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Evolution and Natural Selection ~ Misconception ENM028

All individuals within a population of organisms are the same. Differences among them are trivial and unimportant. All members of a population are nearly identical (Greene, 1990; Passmore & Stewart 2004; Anderson et al. 2002; Shtulman, 2006).

Items that test for misconception ENM028 in this project (Original Project) and key idea (When inherited traits are favorable…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
EN023001	When a new predator is introduced into a population of lizards, the lizards with the traits that help them avoid the predator are more likely to survive and reproduce than the others.	15%
EN041002	Individual members of a species can vary in their ability to find food and to avoid predators.	12%
EN022002	If the type of seed available to a population of birds changes, the individual birds with the beak best equipped for eating the new type of seed are more likely to survive and reproduce than the others.	18%
EN021002	When a change occurs in the environment, the individuals that have traits that are better suited for the changed environment would be more likely to survive and reproduce.	18%
EN045002	Individuals of the same species may differ in their inherited traits, and these differences may affect their relative success in survival and reproduction.	17%
EN039002	Individual members of a species can vary in their ability to find food and to reproduce.	13%
EN034003	Some organisms survive and others die as the environment changes; this changes the proportion of organisms with certain traits in that population.	11%
EN034002	Some organisms survive and others die as the environment changes; this changes the percent of organisms with certain traits in that population.	9%
EN026002	A population can differ from its ancestors because an environmental change can affect which inherited traits are most helpful and, therefore, which individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce.	9%