Which statement describes natural selection?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Individuals with helpful inherited variations survive and reproduce more
- Step 1: Populations show variation, and more offspring are produced than can survive. Step 2. Better-adapted individuals survive and pass on alleles, so their frequency rises over generations. Answer: advantageous variations become common. Why not the others: acquired characteristics are not inherited, and populations contain variation.
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