2) The following experiment was used for the following question: researchers discovered a species of moth that lays its eggs on oak trees. Eggs are laid at different times of the year; early spring when the oak trees are flowering and late spring when the oak trees have leaves. Caterpillars from eggs that hatch in spring feed on oak flowers and look like oak flowers, but caterpillars that hatch in summer feed on oak leaves and look like oak twigs. How does the same population of moths produce such different-looking caterpillars on the same tree? To answer this question, the biologist caught many female moths in the same population, collected their eggs, and put at least 10 eggs with identical conditions from each female into eight identical cups. The cups had different temperatures as shown below:
In each of the four environments, the food of the caterpillars was either oak flowers or oak leaves.
Which one of the following most likely explains the experiment? The caterpillars in the summer cannot eat the same food as the caterpillars in the spring. The caterpillars in the summer develop differently under the influence of different hormones. The caterpillars in the summer have different genes that control the development of different body parts.