Question

Imagine a beetle species where most beetles are brown. Then, by chance, some green beetles arise.

What will most likely happen to the beetle population over time, if they live in an ecosystem with many green, leafy trees?

Question 5 options:

The green beetles will be naturally selected over the brown beetles.


The beetle population will evolve over time until most of the beetles are green.


There will be an increase in the number of green beetles and a decrease in the number of brown beetles.


all of the above

Answer 1

The answer would be all of the above.

Answer 2

All of above

Step-by-step explanation:

The green beetles in system of green leafy trees would have survival advantage as these beetles would not be easily visible to their predators. The brown beetles would be easily located by their predators over green leafy background. Natural selection of beneficial green color would lead to increase in number of green beetle population. Also, the population size of brown beetles would be reduced.