Which factor could have allowed the population of black peppered moths to increase in the late 1800s?(1 point)

less food

less vegetation

less predation

less rain

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Which factor could have allowed the population of black peppered moths to increase in the late 1800s?(1 point)

less food

less vegetation

less predation

less rain

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less predation

Explanation: Industrial soot darkened tree bark in the late 1800s, camouflaging black (melanic) moths so birds ate fewer of them, allowing their numbers to rise.

Which factor could have allowed the population of black peppered moths to increase in the late 1800s?(1 point)

less food

less vegetation

less predation

less rain

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Which factor could have allowed the population of black peppered moths to increase in the late 1800s?(1 point) less food less vegetation less predation less rain

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