AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How does natural selection affect animal behavior?
A
Organisms with better adaptive behaviors are better able to survive and reproduce.
B
Natural selection has nothing to do with behaviors.
C
If an organism can change all its behaviors, then it can survive and reproduce.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The idea of natural selection is that traits that can be passed down allow organisms to adapt to the environment better than other organisms of the same species. This enables better survival and reproduction compared with other members of the species, leading to evolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -To the extent that behaviors are controlled by genes, they may evolve through natural selection. If behaviors increase fitness, they are likely to become more common over time. If they decrease fitness, they are likely to become less common.

Detailed explanation-3: -Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success. This process causes species to change and diverge over time.

Detailed explanation-4: -1 Answer. Natural selection and adaptation shapes behaviour as the other phenotypic traits. The most successful behaviours are more likely to reproduce and survive. An individual can also change its behaviour in certain limits depending the situation it faces.

Detailed explanation-5: -Natural selection leads to adaptation, that is, to a population dominated by organisms that are anatomically, behaviorally, and physiologically well suited to survive and reproduce in a specific environment.

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