Data and Analysis
Read the background information and answer the questions as you go.
Life Cycle of the Peppered Moth
1. Why are these moths called "peppered moths?"because of the peppers spots on it's light wings
2. What animals eat the peppered moth?flycathcers nuthchets and european robins
3. What is a lichen? fungi
4. What do the larvae of the moth eat?leaves of birch,willow,and oak
5. How do peppered moths spend the winter?change into cocoons for the winter
6. Moths that have more dark spots than the average moth are called what?carbonaria
Impact of Pollution
7. Where was the virst black form of the moth found?near the center of manchester
8. What was the Industrial Revolution?when industries and factories begin to grow
9. What was causing the different colors in the moths?coal and oil and the smoke
10. What is natural selection?when it is passed down from the genes
11. Who suggested that peppered moths were an example of natural selection?there change in color from the mutation of on dark peppers moth
12. What is industrial melanism?all liven things respond to natural selection
Kettlewell's Experiments
13. What is an entomologist?studying of insects
14. How do scientists test theories?making predictions
15. Write down ONE of Kettlewell's predictions.dark moths would survive much better in dark trees and vice verse
16. Dark moths were found in what parts of the country?near industrial cities
17. How did Kettlewell directly study the moths?put both kinds on trees
18. Why did dark moths have a survival advantage? because there were more dark trees
19. When Kettlewell recaptured the marked moths, what did he find?only half the black moths survived
20. Where did Kettlewell publish his findings?scientific american
Birdseye View
21. Open the simulation and play the role of the bird in both the dark and the light forest. Try to behave as a bird would behave, choosing the moths that are the most obvious. At the end of each simulation, record the percent of moths captured in the table below.
Final Analysis
22. Explain how the color of the moths increases or decreases their chances of survival.
it depends were they live if dark the dark will survive if light the light will survive
23. Explain the concept of "natural selection" using your moths as an example.natural selection is when one mutated(black moth) reproduces and they will get darker and darker
24. What would happen if there were no predators in the forest? Would the colors of the moths change over time? Defend your answer?yes because just cause there are no predators doesn't mean there will be no mutation
Peppered Moth Simulation
Read the background information and answer the questions as you go.
Life Cycle of the Peppered Moth
1. Why are these moths called "peppered moths?"because of the peppers spots on it's light wings
2. What animals eat the peppered moth?flycathcers nuthchets and european robins
3. What is a lichen? fungi
4. What do the larvae of the moth eat?leaves of birch,willow,and oak
5. How do peppered moths spend the winter?change into cocoons for the winter
6. Moths that have more dark spots than the average moth are called what?carbonaria
Impact of Pollution
7. Where was the virst black form of the moth found?near the center of manchester
8. What was the Industrial Revolution?when industries and factories begin to grow
9. What was causing the different colors in the moths?coal and oil and the smoke
10. What is natural selection?when it is passed down from the genes
11. Who suggested that peppered moths were an example of natural selection?there change in color from the mutation of on dark peppers moth
12. What is industrial melanism?all liven things respond to natural selection
Kettlewell's Experiments
13. What is an entomologist?studying of insects
14. How do scientists test theories?making predictions
15. Write down ONE of Kettlewell's predictions.dark moths would survive much better in dark trees and vice verse
16. Dark moths were found in what parts of the country?near industrial cities
17. How did Kettlewell directly study the moths?put both kinds on trees
18. Why did dark moths have a survival advantage? because there were more dark trees
19. When Kettlewell recaptured the marked moths, what did he find?only half the black moths survived
20. Where did Kettlewell publish his findings?scientific american
Birdseye View
21. Open the simulation and play the role of the bird in both the dark and the light forest. Try to behave as a bird would behave, choosing the moths that are the most obvious. At the end of each simulation, record the percent of moths captured in the table below.
Final Analysis
22. Explain how the color of the moths increases or decreases their chances of survival.
it depends were they live if dark the dark will survive if light the light will survive
23. Explain the concept of "natural selection" using your moths as an example.natural selection is when one mutated(black moth) reproduces and they will get darker and darker
24. What would happen if there were no predators in the forest? Would the colors of the moths change over time? Defend your answer?yes because just cause there are no predators doesn't mean there will be no mutation
Peppered Moth Simulation