Question

How Natural Selection change in a population overtime? With white/speckled moths and black moths.

Answer 1

Tutt suggested that the peppered moths were an example of natural selection. He recognized that the camouflage of the light moth no longer worked in the dark forest. Dark moths live longer in a dark forest, so they had more time to breed. All living things respond to natural selection.

Answer 2

Overtime, the the species with the traits that make them more susceptible to predators and put them at a disadvantage to the other moths, and they will die out and become less common. The species in higher abundance depends on the location. The white speckled moths would be better protected against predators in a forest environment because they could blend in with trees, but the black moths would be better protected at night. Overtime the species with the traits that keep them more protected would become more common and the other species would die out.