Advanced Forces That Drive Natural Selection Activity Worksheet
Instructions: In the case of the peppered moth, a coloration change occurred to the population of moths over time due to natural selection. Apply your knowledge to analyze the forces that caused this change and to make predictions concerning future conditions. Use the information you obtained from the article and your scientific knowledge to answer the following questions. Be sure to use complete sentences and proper grammar. You will submit your completed worksheet.

Explain what caused the existence of the dark-colored peppered moths.
Explain what caused the dark-colored peppered moths to become more numerous than the light-colored peppered moths when their environment became covered in soot.
Explain what happened to the populations of the light and dark-colored peppered moths once the soot disappeared.
Is the coloring of the peppered moths an example of competition, differential reproductive success, or inherited variation? Explain why.
Predict what may happen to the population of pepper moths if they were relocated to a lush, green rainforest ecosystem. How would this impact natural selection and their struggle to survive?