Peppered Moth Simulation Questions

Why are these moths called "peppered moths?"

• They have white wings with small dark spots

• They have black wings with small white spots

• They have eagle wings

• They only appear at pepper mines and eat the spice

What animals eat the peppered moth? (Pick two answers)

• European robin

• Nuthatch

• Cardinals

• Big Bird

What is a lichen?

• small fungi

• a man that transforms into a wolf

• baby moth

• a carnivorous plant

What do the larvae of the moth eat? Leaves of....(Pick three answers...)

• Birch

• Willow

• Oak

• Sumac

Moths that have more dark spots than the average moth are called what?

• carbonaria

• black moths

• pepperoni moths

• Carbon Dioxide

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How do peppered moths spend the winter?

• at home

• they change into pupae

• they don't live in the winter

• in the ground under the extensive tree root system

Where was the first black form of the moth found?

• Manchester, England

• London, England

• Tintagel, England

• Wales, England

What was being built during the Industrial Revolution, and what happened to the surrounding trees?

• Factories and turned them black

• Factories and cut them down

• Factories and mined underneath the trees and the forest collapsed

• Factories saw how they were polluting the environment and planted more trees

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What was causing the different colors in the moths?

• the color was genetic and it was passed on.

• the forest painted them new colors

• factory ash caused the butterflies to change

• the birds ate all the moths to extinction

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What is natural selection?

• The ability for a species to grow and to repopulate in environments.

• Like a football draft but for animals

• A species goes extinct

• Nature's grocery store

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