The Natural Selection Gizmo allows you to play the role of a bird feeding on peppered moths. The initial population of 40 moths is scattered over 20 tree trunks.

Click on moths to capture them.

Click the Next tree button (or the spacebar on your keyboard) to advance to the next tree.



Check that LIGHT TREES is selected. Click Play (Play), and hunt moths for one year.
Camouflage is coloring or patterns that help an organism to blend in with the background.

Which type of moth do you expect to be better camouflaged on light bark?



Question 1 options:

light moths

dark moths

light moths