Question

consider the population of fence lizards over the time period previously shown. over this time period, lizards with dark - colored skin were less likely to survive and reproduce than lizards with light - colored skin. this means that having dark - colored skin was less advantageous than having light - colored skin. complete the following statements to construct the explanation that is best supported by the information above. having dark - colored skin may have been less advantageous than having light - colored skin because lizards with dark - colored skin were likely to be seen by predators. this may have been because the population’s environment had areas with pale sand than with dark soil.

Explanation:

Dark-colored lizards had lower survival/reproduction, implying higher visibility to predators. Pale sand environment would make light skin camouflaged, dark skin more visible. More pale sand means less dark soil, reducing dark skin advantage.

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