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Darwin's Theory

Question 1 • Biology_B_IC_Alt

What was Charles Darwin’s contribution to the theory of evolution?

Answer
A
Charles Darwin was the first to express the belief that all living things are related.
B
Charles Darwin believed that organisms had a goal to adapt and did so through the inheritance of acquired traits.
C
Charles Darwin introduced the idea that organisms better adapted to their environment would tend to survive, reproduce, and increase in number.
D
Charles Darwin developed the theory of population growth.

Explanation

Darwin’s key contribution was the theory of natural selection. Individuals with traits that suit their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing those traits to offspring; over generations, those traits become more common. Choice C describes this process. Choice B instead describes the inheritance of acquired traits, an idea associated with Lamarck.

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