1. Survival of the Sneakiest
1. When it comes to crickets, what does fitness mean?
2. Is calling good or bad for a cricket's fitness?
3. Give some examples of selection at work in this cricket story.
4. How does selection favor calling? How does selection favor not calling?

2. Fitness
-Fitness, in the evolutionary sense of the word, is the ability of an organism to pass on its genes to offspring
-this depends on context; an organism fit in one context may not be fit in another
ex. organisms fit during an ice age may
not be fit when ice age is over
-fitness is ultimately about reproduction

3. Fitness
- “Survival of the Fittest” is a phrase coined by Charles Darwin which says that those with favorable adaptations will continue to survive and pass on their genes to future generations
-Adaptations are not how an organism “adjusts” or changes
-Adaptations are inherited traits that do not develop over an individual’s lifetime, but over generations and they are useful for an organism’s survival

4. Fitness
-Adaptations depend on context; a favorable adaptation could easily become unfavorable with environmental changes
-Adaptations don’t necessarily mean the strongest, fastest, or smartest traits either; sometimes an adaptation that is “just enough” is favorable enough