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What is the peppered moth an example of - ✔️✔️camouflage
what does camouflage do for an organism? - ✔️✔️allows it to blend into natural
environment and hide from predators
what happened to tree color in industrial revolution? - ✔️✔️got darker due to soot
what happened to peppered moths when trees were darker? - ✔️✔️less camouflage,
got eaten more, more black moths reproduced (carbonaria)
increase in factories impact on carbonaria - ✔️✔️increase
increase in factories impact on typica - ✔️✔️decrease
increase in factories impact on insularia - ✔️✔️no impact
what were the two factors that could affect the peppered moth population -
✔️✔️factories, predation
what does the predation rate represent - ✔️✔️number of prey killed by predators
what is carrying capacity? - ✔️✔️maximum size of the population that can exist in an
environment
what do limiting factors do (bunnies) - ✔️✔️prevent exponential growth pattern
what are limiting factors based on? - ✔️✔️the fact that organisms share environment
and ecosystems with other organisms
What is ecological niche - ✔️✔️Particular set of conditions that the organism thrives in
and interacts with
Selective pressures - ✔️✔️Factors that favor one segment of the population over
others
How do selective pressures act? - ✔️✔️Act over time to change the distribution of traits
in an organism