Genetics: The Case of the Peppered Moth

What was the genetic variation being studied in the Peppered Moth?

• Dark colored moths

• Light colored moths

• Different colored moths

• Tree color

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What causes genetic variations?

• random genetic mutations

• changes in the environment

• overproduction of offspring

• finite resources

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What adaptation prevented moths from being eaten by birds?

• camouflage coloring

• fast flying

• long necks

• bright colors

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Dark colored moths on dark colored trees is _____

• an adaptation

• a finite resource

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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Dark colored moths living on light colored trees have _____.

• high fitness

• low fitness

• more resources

• good luck

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The dark and light moths are struggling to obtain what finite resource?

• food

• water

• hiding spots

• warm temperatures

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What selecting factor was responsible for the less fit moths dying?

• Birds that hunt by site

• Different colored trees

• Different colored moths

• Industrial revolution

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What happened when the trees turned dark color?

• Moths that were light color survived and reproduced successfully

• Moths that were dark color survived and reproduced successfully

• Moths that were light color turned dark color to hide

• Moths went extinct because they were all light color and got eaten

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Which statement is true?

• Scientists watched pepper moth evolution happen after the Clean Air Act

• Scientists only know about pepper moths from the fossil record

• Darwin collected peppered moths in the Galapagos Islands

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Evolution of peppered moth color happened because of the process of_____

• Selective breeding

• Artificial Selection

• Inheritance of Acquired Traits

• Natural Selection

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