You wish to replicate the experiment with fruit flies and alcohol. You expose some flies to alcohol and they all die. Which reason explains why your experiment was not successful?
A. You exposed the flies to alcohol too rapidly for them to adapt to the change.
B. The flies were already resistant to alcohol, so no change was observed.
C. You started with such a small population of flies that none of the flies had the tolerance allele.
D. You did not use enough alcohol.
Answer (2)
The experiment likely failed because the alcohol was introduced too rapidly, not allowing the flies to adapt. Quick exposure doesn’t enable physiological adjustments, resulting in high mortality. Other options regarding resistance and population size are less relevant in explaining this outcome. ;
The failure of the fruit fly experiment is likely due to the flies being exposed to alcohol too rapidly, which did not allow them to adapt. A gradual exposure might have permitted physiological adjustments, potentially leading to some survival regarding tolerance. Rapid introduction can overwhelm their systems and lead to high mortality.
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