Hypothesis:
If the light and dark colored moths go to light colored forest the population of the dark moths will decrease, because they will not blend in with their surrondings and they will not be able to hide from their predators, but the light moths will blend in and the population.
Question:
How does a change in the forest color affect the population of the Lemon- Peppered Moths?
IV: Forest color
DV: Population Change
Claim:
The population of the light or dark lemon peppered moths depends on if the moths can blend in with their surroundings. The population of dark colored moths in a light colored forest decreased. If the Dark lemon-peppered moth is living in the light forest the population of the dark colored moths will decrease because it wouldn't blend in with its surrondings. In the dark forest the light peppered moth population decreased but the dark peppered moth didn't because it blended with its surrondings. I can tell this because if you look at the graph in the light forest the light moth is 74% and the dark moth is 26% which means that is dark peppered moth decreased more than the light peppered moth. In the Dark forest the light moth is 39% and the dark peppered moth is 61% which means that is did decrease more than the light peppered moth. The population decreased depending on the color of the lemon-peppered moth and the forest, this is a form of natural selection. Natural selection is natures way of making the animals with the best traits for survival have a larger population than the other. For example the light lemon peppered moth in the dark forest population decreased more than the dark because, the dark lemon peppered moth has the better trait.
Hypothesis:
If the light and dark colored moths go to light colored forest the population of the dark moths will decrease, because they will not blend in with their surrondings and they will not be able to hide from their predators, but the light moths will blend in and the population.
Question:
How does a change in the forest color affect the population of the Lemon- Peppered Moths?
IV: Forest color
DV: Population Change
Claim:
The population of the light or dark lemon peppered moths depends on if the moths can blend in with their surroundings. The population of dark colored moths in a light colored forest decreased. If the Dark lemon-peppered moth is living in the light forest the population of the dark colored moths will decrease because it wouldn't blend in with its surrondings. In the dark forest the light peppered moth population decreased but the dark peppered moth didn't because it blended with its surrondings. I can tell this because if you look at the graph in the light forest the light moth is 74% and the dark moth is 26% which means that is dark peppered moth decreased more than the light peppered moth. In the Dark forest the light moth is 39% and the dark peppered moth is 61% which means that is did decrease more than the light peppered moth. The population decreased depending on the color of the lemon-peppered moth and the forest, this is a form of natural selection. Natural selection is natures way of making the animals with the best traits for survival have a larger population than the other. For example the light lemon peppered moth in the dark forest population decreased more than the dark because, the dark lemon peppered moth has the better trait.