Peppered Moths and Natural Selection

How did the Industrial Revolution impact the peppered moths in England?

• The Industrial Revolution led to the development of new habitats for peppered moths in England.

• The Industrial Revolution had no impact on the peppered moths in England.

• The Industrial Revolution caused the extinction of peppered moths in England.

• The Industrial Revolution caused air pollution, which led to the darkening of tree trunks. This change in environment favored the survival of dark-colored peppered moths over light-colored ones, resulting in a shift in the moth population towards darker individuals.

What is natural selection?

• Natural selection is the process of organisms adapting to their environment through conscious effort

• Natural selection is the process of organisms randomly mutating

• Natural selection is the process of humans choosing which organisms survive

• Natural selection is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

How did the adaptation of moth coloration occur in peppered moths?

• The adaptation occurred through intentional genetic modification by humans

• The coloration change was a result of the moths' diet

• The moths changed color because the pollution covered the white moths and made them turn black.

• The adaptation of moth coloration occurred through natural selection, where darker moths could blend into the environment making them less visible to predators.

How did the peppered moths' survival rates change due the change in the environment?

• The survival rates of peppered moths remained unchanged despite environmental changes

• The survival rates of peppered moths changed as darker moths became more prevalent due to industrial pollution, making them better camouflaged against soot-covered trees.

• The survival rates of peppered moths decreased as they became more visible to predators

• The survival rates of peppered moths increased due to their ability to change color at will

What evidence supports why the population of peppered moths changed over time? Choose all that apply

• Pollution affected the lichens that grow on trees by killing them.

• The less lichens on the trees the more Carbonaria moth there were.

• Predators ate more Typica moths in polluted areas.

• More Typica moths survived in polluted areas.

What biotic factor impacted the population of peppered moths in the 1800s?

• Pollution from burning coal increased.

• People cut down several trees, reducing the hiding places for moths.

• Predators were able to see the Typica moths more easily.

• The weather drastically changed in England and affected the moths.

What happened to the population of peppered moths after pollution was reduced in the 1950s?

• The Carbonaria moths increased because they could blend into the darker trees.

• The Typica moths decreased because they were easily spotted by predators.

• The Typica moths increased while the Carbonaria moths decreased.

• There was an equal number of Carbonaria and Typica Moths

What did the inheritance experiment show about the color of the peppered moth? Choose all that apply.

• The color of the moth is inherited

• Two Typica moths can produce a Carbonaria moth.

• Two Carbonaria moths can produce a Typica moth.

• The color of the moth is not inherited.

What abiotic factor affected the moth population?

• pollution from burning coal

• Birds and bats

• The lichen on trees

• plants and nectar

The Carbonaria allele was dominant over the Typical allele.

• True

• False