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Question about Evolution: Natural Selection

Subject Biology

Biology

Source Originais Teachy

Originais Teachy

Topic Evolution: Natural Selection

Evolution: Natural Selection

Difficulty Easy

Easy

(Originais Teachy 2023) - Question Easy of Biology

Imagine a population of beetles in a forest ecosystem where the color of beetles in the population varies from light green to dark green. A sudden change in the environment leads to the darkening of the foliage making it harder for light green beetles to camouflage effectively against predators. Over generations, how would this environmental change affect the beetle population in terms of natural selection and evolution?

The environmental change would likely lead to natural selection favoring dark green beetles, causing the beetle population to evolve over generations to become predominantly dark green.

The environmental change would cause all light green beetles to immediately die out, leaving only dark green beetles.

The environmental change would have no effect on the beetle population as color variation is not linked to survival.

The environmental change would cause the beetles to physically change their color to dark green within their lifetime.

The environmental change would cause the beetles to migrate to a different environment where the foliage matches their color.

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