Kettlewell and Peppered Moths

What animals eat the peppered moth?

• Flycatchers and nuthatches

• Nuthatches

• Neither of the answer choices

• both of the answer choices

What was causing the different colors in the moths?

• dark trees

• genetic changes

• different food supply

• different time of the year

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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

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Which one is NOT one of Kettlewell's predictions?

• Heavily polluted forests will have mostly dark peppered moths

• Clean forests will have mostly light peppered moths

• Dark moths resting on light trees are more likely than light moths to be eaten by birds

• Dark moths in polluted forests would live longer than light moths, but dark moths in clean forests would die sooner

• Clean moths are healthier moths since they do not live in pollution

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Explain how the color of the moths increases or decreases their chances of survival.

• If the moth blends in with the tree, it is hard to be seen and eaten by birds

• If the moth does not blend in with the tree, it is hard to be seen and eaten by birds

• If the moth blends in with the tree, the birds search harder and actually eat more of them

• Color does not have anything to do with moth survival

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Dark moths were found in what parts of the country?

• dark moths were found near the industrial cities producing pollution

• dark moths were found in the countyside

• dark moths were found nowhere near the industrial cities producing pollution

• Dark moths were plentiful everywhere

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Why did dark moths have a survival advantage?

• They blended in better with the pollution covered trees

• They didn't have an advantage

• They were a stronger species of moth

• Birds didn't like their taste

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What was the primary focus of Kettlewell's experiment with peppered moths?

• To study the feeding habits of birds

• To observe the effects of pollution on moth coloration

• To analyze the migration patterns of moths

• To investigate the breeding habits of moths

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Which of the following best explains the concept of 'industrial melanism'?

• A change in moth coloration due to industrial pollution

• A change in moth size due to industrial pollution

• A change in moth diet due to industrial pollution

• A change in moth habitat due to industrial pollution

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What method did Kettlewell use to test his hypothesis about moth coloration?

• He painted moths different colors

• He released moths in polluted and unpolluted areas

• He changed the diet of the moths

• He observed moths in a laboratory setting

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