Lemon-Peppered+Moths


 * //Question://** How does a change in forest color affect the population of the Lemon-Peppered Moths?


 * //IV://** Forest color
 * //DV//**: Lemon Peppered moths


 * //Hypothesis//**: If the forest color is light or dark, then dark colored moths will increase in a dark forest and light colored moths will increase in a light forest because the moths will camoflauge better in the forest that is the most similar to it.

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//**Claim:**// Light moths and Dark moths survive better in the forest of their color.

In the " Light Forest " graph, the light colored moths survived better than the dark colored moths. The percentage for the light colored moths was 70% and for the dark colored moths was 30%. In the "Dark Forest" graph, the dark colored moths survived better than the light colored moths. The percentage for the light colored moths was 32%, and for the dark colored moths was 68%.
 * //Evidence://**

Scientific reasoning: The moths survived better due to Natural selection. For the light forest, the light moths were able to survive better because of their color and camouflage with the forest. Since more of the dark colored moths were eaten, the white colored moths reproduced more and their species survived unlike the dark colored moths who weren't able to reproduce like the whit colored moths. Same goes for the Dark colored moths in the dark colored forest. Since the white colored moths were eaten the most, the dark colored moths survived better and were able to reproduce so their species survived unlike the white colored moths who's species died. Since Natural Selection means that a certain trait becomes more common within a population because the trait is beneficial for survival, this is how the moths were able to survive in the forest of their color.