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Audio- Moth and Natural Selection

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Question 4

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According to the theory of natural selection, all types of living things have small differences between the individuals in the species

A. True

B. False

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Question 14

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How many total moths did you eat total after the 1 minute?

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Question 18

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How many total moths did you eat total after the 1 minute?

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Question 19

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At the end of the game, what percent of the moths were light?

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Question 20

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At the end of the game, what percent of the moths were dark?

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Question 21

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Which color moth was more prevalent (popular) between 1850?

A. Light

B. Dark

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Question 24

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During the Industrial Revolution from 1850 to 1950, factory’s and power plants produced large quantities of soot and smog. Near industrial areas, black powder covered the surfaces including moth habitat causing the trees to tree black. Using the concept of natural selection, explain why the number of dark moths increased in number from 1850 to 1950.

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Question 1

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During the industrial revolution what happened to the trees?

A. Trees were cut down

B. Trees that had been light and covered in lichens were dark and bare

C.Trees become very light in color

D. Trees lost all of their bark

Question 2

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What caused the dark color in moths?

A. Magic

B. Genetic mutation

C. Mitosis

D. Transcription

Question 3

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Who proposed the theory of natural selection?

A. Robert Hooke

B. James Watson

C. Katelyn Owens

D. Charles Darwin

Question 5

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According to the theory of natural selection, if one of those differences allows the individuals to live longer they are likely to have less offspring.

A. True

B. False

Question 6

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Peppered moth are examples of natural selection, why was there a shift in the color of moths from light to dark (answer can be found in the second paragraph under the Natural Selection Header)

Question 7

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As the forest becomes cleaner and the trees are becoming lighter in color, what is happening to the number of dark moths?

A. increasing in number

B. decreasing in number

C. staying the same

Question 8

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Dr. Kettlewell was an entomologist. What do entomologist study?

A. weather

B. large mammals

C. rocks

D. insects

Question 9

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According to Dr. Kettlewell’s heavily polluted forests would have more of what colored moths.

A. Dark

B. Light

Question 10

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According to Dr. Kettlewell’s hypothesis, clean forests would have more of what colored moths.

A. Dark

B. Light

Question 11

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In order to directly study bird predation on the moths, what did Dr. Kettlewell do?

A. Placed light and dark moths on the trunks of trees to observe them and recorded the times a bird found a moth

B.Counted the number of birds in the sky

C.Counted the number of dark and light trees

D.Placed birds on a tree and counted how many times it ate an insect

Question 12

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What did Dr. Kettlewell conclude?

A. In a dark forest, light moths had a survival advantage over dark moths

B. In a light forest, dark moths had a survival advantage over light moths

C. In a dark forest, dark moths had a survival advantage over light moths

Question 13

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In the light forest which moth was easier to see?

A. Light moth

B. Dark moth

Question 15

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At the end of the game, what percent of the moths were light?

Question 16

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At the end of the game, what percent of the moths were dark?

Question 17

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In the dark forest which moth was easier to see?

A. Light

B. Dark

Question 22

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Which color moth was more prevalent (popular) between 1900 and 1980?

A. Light

B. Dark

Question 23

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What happened to the number of light moths between 1950 and 2010?

A.  increased in number

B. Decreased in number

C. Stayed the same

Question 26

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Clean Air Acts were passed by the governments of industrialized nation’s beginning in the mid-1950s. The clean air act reduced the amount of pollution made by factories. This reduced the amount of soot on trees. Using the concept of natural selection, explain why the number of light moths increased after 1980.