Part of the peppered moth's life cycle includes being a caterpillar.
Question 4
4.
What color is the peppered moth pupae?
Question 5
5.
What are the predators of the peppered moth? (select 3)
Question 6
6.
What year was the first recorded sighting of a dark peppered moth? _______
Question 7
7.
In the article, what caused the trees to change colors?
Question 8
8.
Why did the moths become darker?
Question 9
9.
Who proposed the general idea of natural selection?
Question 10
10.
Who in 1896 suggested the peppered moths were an example of natural selection?
Question 11
11.
How many species of moth were observed to darken over time in polluted forests?
Question 12
12.
What type of scientist was Dr. Kettlewell?
Question 13
13.
In Dr. Kettlewell's hypothesis he stated that lighter colored moths would survive better in darker colored forests.
Question 14
14.
Amateur entomologists helped map the population of light and dark peppered moths. They found high populations of dark moths near industrial cities.
Question 15
15.
In Dr. Kettlewell's experiment, how much more likely were light moths to be eaten than dark moths?
Question 16
16.
Where did Dr. Kettlewell publish his findings?
The Following Questions pertain to the Peppered Moth Game.
Question 17
17.
Which did you play?
Question 18
18.
How long does the game last for?
Question 19
19.
How many moths did you eat? _______
Question 20
20.
What percentage of light moths did you eat? _______ What percentage of dark moths did you eat? _______
Question 21
21.
Now that you have read the article and played the game tell me why you think the darker moths were better able to survive on the darker trees. Be specific. Discuss what you saw or observed while playing the game as well as ideas from the text. Answers with less than 3 sentences will receive no credit.
