Question

la. You observe that the same species of butterfly has solid white wings in populations living in wooded areas and orange wing tips in populations living in open meadows, and you wonder why this difference exists. Propose a testable hypothesis (HA) that provides a mechanism to explain why these butterfly populations might differ in wing tip color. (2 pts) lb. Now propose a null hypothesis (Ho) for this observation about butterfly wing color

Answer 1

Answer

(1a) we have to test hypothesis for explaning why there is a difference between wing tip color

it is given that the wing tip color is white in wooded areas and orange in open meadows.

So, for alternate hypothesis, we will consider that there is a significant difference between the wing color in open meadows and wooded areas

$H_A$ : There is a significant difference between the wing color in wooded areas and open meadows

(1b) For null hypothesis, we will consider the case when there is no difference in the color of wing. So, we will assume that the wing color is same in wooded areas and open meadows.

Thus, we can write is as

$H_o$ : There is no difference between the wing color in wooded areas and open meadows.