There Is Color Variation in a Population of Insects Living

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Essay

There is color variation in a population of insects living within an area.Some individuals are solid black and other individuals are gray with green spots.Individuals who are solid black do not blend into the environment,and they tend to be eaten by predators.Explain how differences in survival rates will lead to more individuals in the population being gray with green spots.

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Definitions:

Response Inhibition

The cognitive ability to suppress actions or behaviors that are inappropriate or no longer required in a given context.

Working Memory

An intellectual mechanism possessing restricted capability, tasked with momentarily storing data for processing purposes.

Deductive Reasoning

A logical process where one arrives at a specific conclusion based on general premises or principles.

Formal Operational Reasoning

The stage of cognitive development during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts and hypothetical situations.