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What is the primary food source for the Hawaiian inchworm?

• Leaves

• Pollen

• Live insects

• Dead plant material

What is the term for animals on islands becoming less aggressive due to fewer predators?

• Island adaptation

• Island tameness

• Island evolution

• Island relaxation

What factor contributed to the Hawaiian inchworm's shift to eating insects?

• A sudden change in the island's plant life

• The absence of other animals that ate insects

• Their inability to digest plant material

• A genetic mutation that made them crave meat

How did a biologist discover the Hawaiian inchworm's carnivorous diet?

• He observed it eating a fly in its natural habitat

• He noticed it didn't eat leaves in the lab and then introduced a fly

• He studied its powerful jaws and concluded it must eat meat

• He found fossil evidence of insect remains in its stomach