AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

DARWIN’S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment
A
diversity.
B
evolution.
C
adaptation.
D
fitness.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An adaptation is any heritable trait that helps an organism, such as a plant or animal, survive and reproduce in its environment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Darwin called this mechanism natural selection. Natural selection, also known as “survival of the fittest, ” is the more prolific reproduction of individuals with favorable traits that survive environmental change because of those traits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Darwin’s fitness refers only to reproductive fitness. It is the capacity of a variant type of organism to invade and displace the resident population in competition for the available resources.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term Darwinian fitness refers to the capacity of a variant type to invade and displace the resident population in competition for available resources.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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