2. 1. Scientists have made a mutant fruit fly with two heads.
Answer: False
TRUE
FALSE
100
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question to 50
members of the
general public.
What percentage
do you think
thought the
answer was False?
80
60
40
20
0
55%
45%
3. 2. Wildtype Drosophila has red eyes. The white eye Drosophila mutant will
become blind if they are exposed to light.
Answer: False
TRUE
FALSE
100
We asked this
question to 50
members of the
general public.
What percentage
do you think
thought the
answer was False?
80
60
40
20
0
45%
55%
4. 3. NASA has taken fruit flies into space to study the consequences of space travel
on organisms.
Answer: True
TRUE
FALSE
100
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question to 50
members of the
general public.
What percentage
do you think
thought the
answer was True?
80
60
40
20
0
84%
16%
5. 4. During courtship male Drosophila sing to females and females are less
attracted to males that can’t sing.
Answer: True
TRUE
FALSE
100
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question to 50
members of the
general public.
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do you think
thought the
answer was True?
80
60
40
20
0
69%
31%
6. 5. Fruit flies can regrow lost wings but not legs.
Answer: False
TRUE
FALSE
100
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question to 50
members of the
general public.
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do you think
thought the
answer was False?
80
60
40
20
0
40%
60%
7. 6. Fruit flies can get drunk.
Answer: True
TRUE
FALSE
100
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question to 50
members of the
general public.
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do you think
thought the
answer was True?
80
60
40
20
0
85%
15%
8. 7. Fruit flies are resistant to radiation.
Answer: False
TRUE
FALSE
100
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members of the
general public.
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do you think
thought the
answer was False?
80
60
40
20
0
22%
78%
9. 8. Fruit flies feed their babies.
Answer: False
TRUE
FALSE
100
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question to 50
members of the
general public.
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do you think
thought the
answer was False?
80
60
40
20
0
20%
80%
10. 9. A male fly is shocked if he was refused by a female.
Answer: True
TRUE
FALSE
100
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question to 50
members of the
general public.
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do you think
thought the
answer was True?
80
60
40
20
0
42%
58%
11. 10. Since Drosophila melanogaster was introduced into the lab it changed so much that it
can’t mate anymore with the wild type population. Therefore, scientists consider the
laboratory Drosophila a new specie and want to rename it to Drosophila technitos.
Answer: False
TRUE
FALSE
100
We asked this
question to 50
members of the
general public.
What percentage
do you think
thought the
answer was False?
80
60
40
20
0
55%
45%
