In the $1850$s,before industrialization in England,which type of moth was more abundant?

  • A
    Melanized moths
  • B
    White-winged moths
  • C
    Dark-winged moths
  • D
    Red-winged moths

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Adaptations of an animal are their:

Assertion : Natural selection is the outcome of difference in survival and reproduction among individuals that show variation in one or more traits.
Reason : Adaptive forms of a given trait tend to become more common; less adaptive ones become less common or disappear.

In the case of the peppered moth $(Biston \text{ } betularia)$, the dark-colored form became more prevalent than the light-colored form in England during the Industrial Revolution. This is an example of:

Arrange the events of Darwinism in the correct sequence.
$I -$ Natural selection
$II -$ Variations and their inheritance
$III -$ Survival of the fittest
$IV -$ Struggle for existence

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