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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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What abiotic factor affected the moth population?

• pollution from burning coal

• Birds and bats

• The lichen on trees

• plants and nectar

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The Carbonaria allele was dominant over the Typical allele.

• True

• False

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