How does the change in the proportion of white:winged moths to dark-winged moths support the theory of…

How does the change in the proportion of white:winged moths to dark-winged moths support the theory of evolution by natural selection?
  1. It shows that those organisms that can better adapt to their environment will survive and increase in population size
  2. It shows that industrialization caused a genetic mutation in the moths that made them darker
  3. It shows that the white:winged moths became extinct and the dark-winged moths took over
  4. It shows that the population of moths was affected by changes in the weather

Solution

The change in the proportion of white:winged moths to dark-winged moths supports the theory of evolution by natural selection because it shows that

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