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Analysis 1. Describe how the population of moths changed in each generation for both the newspaper and the white moths. 2. What moth coloration is the best adaptation for a dark (newspaper) background? How do you know? 3. Explain how natural selection played a part in the change in your moth population over time.
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5. Explain in your own words what the graph shows. What type of environment do you think these moths live in?
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2. After the Industrial Revolution the ___________ colored peppered moth population will increase because .
Background information: 1. Define natural selection 2. Over time after natural selection repeatedly takes place, what does it eventually lead to in the population? And why? The population will. Procedures: Must be listed in a paragraph narrating how the simulation ran. Do not use first person (I, we, he/she). Can be presented in future or past tense but the tense must stay consistent. Example: In order to simulate the evolution of the peppered moth population in England the following materials were used: (fill in materials). First, first the. And in your own words explain how the simulation was run- be detailed the simulation should be reproducible.
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Include both data table with a title and caption- A caption gives a small description of what the table shows. Example: Table 1. Population of Peppered Moths on a light background
This table shows the change in the peppered moth population on a light background over 3 generations.
Then, you must include a WRITTEN DESCRIPTION of what you observed when participating in the lab. DO NOT EXPLAIN WHY here- that is for the analysis. Example: After generation 1, more newspaper colored pieces were collected than white colored pieces. As the generations continued the white colored peppered moth population continued to grow faster than the newspaper colored moth population.(and your explanation should continue to include all of the data.
Analysis: Here is where you include WHY. When explaining the data, reference your data. Example: The best adaptation for the environment prior to the Industrial Revolution was the light coloring of the moth. As shown by the data in table 1. Include the answers to your analysis questions 1-3. Explain the graph as well, and the answer to number 5.
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Conclusion: Give brief summary of what occurred within the lab and how it related to natural selection. Explain if your hypotheses were correct; then explain why or why not. The conclusion should include extension of the topic, include the answer to the following questions in your conclusion: 1. What happens to animals that cannot compete as well with other animals in the wild? 2. What is one other real-life example of the peppered moth, where one species has a definite advantage over another? Explain what the adaptation was that caused the evolution of that species. 3. Sometimes animals that are introduced into an area that they never lived in before, out-compete and endanger resident species, why do you think this happens?