Which statement best describes natural selection?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Organisms with advantageous features survive and breed
- Step 1: Variation exists within a population.
- Step 2: Better-adapted individuals survive, reproduce and pass on favourable alleles.
Answer
Organisms with advantageous features survive and breed.
Why not the others: All organisms of a species have the same chances: this is false. Individuals change on purpose to suit their environment: adaptations arise by selection of variation. Only the largest organisms survive: size alone is not the rule.
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