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WorksheetsMonday: 5/18/20-Completion Check
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins
What are these moths called "peppered Moths?"
The light wings are “peppered” with small dark spots.
If you eat them, they have a slight "pepper" taste
They are an actual ingredient of pepper
It is short for the scietific name of the species : "Peppertine Wingus"
What animals eat the peppered moth?
Flycatchers and nuthatches
Nuthatches
Neither of the answer choices
both of the answer choices
What is a lichen?
organisms that are part fungus and part algae or bacteria
organisms that are fungus
organisms that are algea
organisms that are bacteria
What do the larvae of the moth eat?
Birch, willow, and oak trees
Maple, holly, and evergreen trees
Sequoia, holly, and ash trees
Ash, aspen, and beech trees
How do peppered moths spend the winter?
Change into pupae for the winter.
They die -- they live spring to fall
Looking for food - many starve to death
They look like a stick to stay hidden
Moths that have more dark spots than the average moth are called what?
typica
carbonaria
insularia
morphs
Where was the first black form of the moth found?
1800
1845
1848
1900
What was causing the different colors in the moths?
dark trees
genetic changes
different food supply
different time of the year
What is natural selection?
Slow genetic changes over time that make an organism better suited for it's environment
When something feels natural, you select it
The quick adaptation of traits
Selecting something that will fit naturally
Who suggested that peppered moths were an example of natural selection?
Edleson
Kettlewell
Tutt
Darwin
What is industrial melanism
An organism changing its color in response to pollution
An organism changing how it eats in response to pollution
An organism changing its color in response to a change in diet
An organism changing its size in response to pollution
