Peppered Moths
Across
- 3. scientist credited with the theory of natural selection
- 5. this color of moth was rare before the industrial revolution
- 8. helps organisms hide in their environment
- 10. moth coloration that is light with small black spots
- 11. the adaptation of a population in response to pollution
- 12. scientist who recorded the first sighting of a dark moth
- 14. a change in DNA that led to the first dark moth
- 15. a trait that becomes more common because it increases the chance of survival
Down
- 1. city in England where the peppered moth phenomenon was discovered
- 2. organism that is part fungus part algae and lives on trees
- 4. time of day when moths fly
- 6. process that explains that the dark moth had an advantage, survived, and passed the trait onto offspring
- 7. to change over time
- 9. factories burned this for fuel during the industrial revolution
- 13. peppered moth predators