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In 1896, J. W. Tutt proposed that light colored peppered moths were more visible to predators on Blank______.Multiple choice question.the trunks of white birch treestrees that have died due to heavy pollutionsooty trees that have lost their lichens due to pollution

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In 1896, J. W. Tutt proposed that light colored peppered moths were more visible to predators on Blank______.Multiple choice question.the trunks of white birch treestrees that have died due to heavy pollutionsooty trees that have lost their lichens due to pollution

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The correct answer is "sooty trees that have lost their lichens due to pollution".

J.W. Tutt proposed that light-colored peppered moths were more visible to predators on sooty trees that have lost their lichens due to pollution. This is because the light color of the moths contrasted with the dark color of the sooty trees, making them easier for predators to spot. This theory was part of the larger concept of industrial melanism, which is a term used in evolutionary biology to describe the evolution of dark body colors in animal species in response to industrial pollution.

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Select all that applyWhich of the following are recent observations that have challenged Tutt's hypothesis about peppered moths?Multiple select question.In some areas, lichens never changed even though dark moths became predominant.In some areas, evidence suggests that moths rest on leaves in the treetops, not trunks.There have never been direct observations of birds preying on the dark peppered moths.Light moths in some areas increased in frequency long before lichens re-appeared.

The observation that the relative frequencies of melanic to light peppered moths changes with the color of tree bark provides support for Blank______.Multiple choice question.human-induced selectionnatural selectionindustrial selectionindustrial pollution

Regarding the peppered moth, many studies have shown that in polluted areas, the Blank______ form of the moth is favored by natural selection, and in unpolluted areas, the Blank______ form of the moth is favored.Multiple choice question.toxic; nontoxicdark (melanic); light (peppered)nontoxic; toxiclight (peppered); dark (melanic)

How did Bernard Kettlewell test Tutt's hypothesis about peppered moths?Multiple choice question.He released marked dark and light moths in polluted and unpolluted woods and determined their survival.He released marked light moths in polluted and unpolluted woods and determined their survival.He released marked dark moths in polluted and unpolluted woods and determined their survival.He released marked dark moths in polluted woods and marked light moths in unpolluted woods and determined their survival.

The most commonly accepted hypothesis that explains industrial melanism and the reversal of industrial melanism is that Blank______.Multiple choice question.moths with coloration that matches their background are less susceptible to predation by birdspollution causes the leaves of trees to fold, providing less resting places for the light colored mothspollution tends to kill off light colored trees which are typically used by light colored moths

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