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Missouri State University
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BIO 121 | General Biology I
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2022
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Naturally Selected to Survive Read the article and answer the following questions using what you know and what you find in the passage. 1. According to the passage, what happens when organisms cannot adapt to change in their environment? a. They move to another environment. b. They risk dying out. c. Nothing happens. d. They wait for the environment to change. 2. What does the author mainly describe in the passage? a. Stahl explains how natural selection changed the color of peppered moths b. Stahl describes how the industrial revolution improved the lives of workers. c. The author explains how Charles Darwin devised his theory of natural selection. d. Stahl describes how many species that have roamed the earth have become extinct. 3. Smoke given off by the factories threatened the survival of the peppered moth. What evidence from the text best supports this conclusion? a. Soot is a black substance that is collected on a surface that comes into contact with smoke. b. When coal burns, it gives off a lot of dark-colored smoke. c. Predators could see the moths on the black trees covered by soot and easily hunt them down. d. The trees began to blacken with soot because of all the smoke in the air from the factories. 4. What conclusion can be drawn from the change in the peppered moth’s coloration? a. The color change had nothing to do with the change in environment. b. There were previously no dark-colored peppered moths. c. The lighter peppered moths migrated to a new environment. d. Darker coloring became better for the peppered moth’s survival. 5. What is the passage mainly about? a. Charles Darwin b. The Industrial Revolution c. Natural Selection d. Global Warming 6. Read the following sentences: “In the English countryside near industrialized areas. The trees began to blacken with soot because of all the smoke in the air from the factories. This made the peppered moths much more vulnerable. Predators could see the moths on the trees more clearly and easily hunt them down. What does “vulnerable” mean? a. Quick to change b. Open to attack c. Easily defended d. In a strong position 7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. _______________ of the smoke given off by coal burned in the factories, the nearby trees became blackened with soot. a. On the other hand b. Primarily c. As an illustration d. As a result 8. What is natural selection? Use facts and details to explain and define this topic. Your textbooks will help you! 9. How did the peppered moth’s environment change, and what caused this change? Be specific. 10. How did the peppered moth population become mostly dark-colored? Be sure to include FACTS and DETAILS!