Question

Suppose there is a population of both light and dark-colored beetles that live in a forest of trees with light-colored trunks. Which of the following results is most likely to occur to the beetle population due to predation over time?The number of light-colored beetles will decrease.There will be more dark-colored beetles than light-colored beetles in the population.The number of light-colored in the population will increase.The dark-colored beetles will more to different type of tree.

Answer 1

Camouflage

Camouflage is a mechanism used by some animals and consists of the fact that the organism resembles the environment in which they are in order to hide from predators.

The question refers exactly to camouflage:

• In an environment where there are trees with light-colored trunks, light-colored beetles will be able to camouflage themselves and deceive their prey. Also, the population of dark-colored beetles will decrease because their predators will be able to identify them more easily.

Therefore, we can say that in this environment, the population of light-colored beetles will increase.