5. If the weather in Richmond, Virginia, changed to very cold (snow on the ground 8 months of each year) over the next few years, what change might occur?
a. The cold weather would cause a mutation in squirrels which causes their fur to be white.
b. If a mutation occurred which caused white fur to develop, such white squirrels would have a better chance to survive and produce more offspring with the characteristic.
c. Evolution would definitely occur resulting in white squirrels.