Question

before the beginning of the industrial revolution, most peppered moths found in and around manchester, england, exhibited light - colored wings speckled with black. after the industrial revolution, peppered moths with dark wings became predominant in the area. which term best describes the change from more light - colored moths to more dark - colored moths? competition evolution acquired overpopulation

Explanation:

The shift in the dominant wing color of peppered moths is a heritable change in the population's trait frequency over generations, driven by natural selection (soot-darkened trees favored dark moths, making them more likely to survive and reproduce). Competition refers to resource struggles, acquired traits are non-heritable individual changes, and overpopulation is excess individuals, none of which describe this population-level trait shift.

Answer:

evolution