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Darwin's Theory

Question 11 • PT-GSE Environmental Science A-IC

What is natural selection?

Answer
A
a process that selects variations that help with survival and that spreads the variations to more offspring
B
a process through which nature selects an individual within a population for extinction
C
a process that causes all populations to gradually increase in size
D
a process that causes random variations to appear in the offspring of every generation

Explanation

Natural selection occurs when inherited variations that improve survival or reproduction become more common over generations. Individuals with helpful variations tend to leave more offspring, passing those variations on. So the best choice is “a process that selects variations that help with survival and that spreads the variations to more offspring.”

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