Mechanical weathering looks like the answer
Answer:
The changes I observed in the moth populations result from the best-hidden moths surviving and reproducing, passing on their colors to their offspring. Why? Because individuals NEVER evolve, populations do. The second option fits best with Darwin's theory of natural selection, in which he stated that individuals with the most favorable traits are the ones to survive and reproduce, thus passing their traits onto the future population. The first choice incorrectly believes in Lamarck's theory of evolution in which he incorrectly believed that individual organisms in the population developed a trait that would help them survive (e.g. longer necks in giraffes).
This can affect the organisms living there because now, their environment is probably different than what they have been living in for a long time, so now they have to adapt to this new environment, and if they don't, the organisms will probably end up dying.
