Genetics: The Case of the Peppered Moth

What caused the soot to cover the trees in Great Britain from 1780 to 1830?

• burning coal

• setting fires

• black wind

• dead moths

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Why did the number of white peppered moths decrease so much by 1895?

• they did not blend in with the trees and birds ate them

• they tasted better to the birds than the black moths

• they were easier to reach on the trees

• white moths flew away to find better trees to blend in with

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Why did the population of moths change

• Predators were able to easily see their prey.
• People hunted lighter colored moths
• White moths were killed by the smoke from the factories
• Moths mood changed to sad, causing them to become dark

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The phenomenon that refers to the evolution of dark body colors in animal species that live in habitats blackened by soot is known as

• industrial revolution

• industrial melanism

• pollution selection

• Kettlewellanism

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Where was the first black form of the peppered moth found?

• Pupae

• Kettlewell

• Scientific American

• Manchester

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The term that best describes why the moth population changed color over time

• adaptation
• natural selection
• mutation
• predator-prey

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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Why do moths and other organism reproduce so many eggs or offspring?

• so that their babies can have friends to play with

• the more offspring the more likely the offspring will survive

• the more offspring the less likely offspring will survive

• the more offspring the less competition

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

• Yes, they know they need to change to survive

• No, they change because of natural selection

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