AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Notable Examples of Overproduction Sea turtles can lay anywhere from 70 to 190 eggs at a time, though only about one out of 100 typically survive. Oysters can also lay 60 to 80 million eggs at a time, but again, only a few survive to reproduce themselves.

Detailed explanation-2: -Overproduction of offspring: Giraffes produced more young than the trees in their environment could support. Differential survival and reproduction: Because the long-necked giraffes could feed from taller trees, they were more likely to survive and produce more offspring.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hint: When the living organisms produce more offspring than that can survive it is known as overproduction of offspring. When an animal overproduces, the survival rate of the most adapted and fittest organism increases and others which are weak will struggle for survival and may die.

Detailed explanation-4: -An example of overproduction in animals is sea turtle hatchlings. A sea turtle can lay up to 110 eggs but most of them won’t survive to reproduce fertile offspring. Only the best adapted sea turtles will survive and reproduce fertile offspring.