AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

DARWIN’S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

If a rabbit species lives in an extremely cold environment with their main predator hunting at night and by sound, which mutation would be most favorable to the rabbit?

A	camouflage fur
B	a dense undercoat of fur underneath
C	bigger ears
D	being more visibly active at night

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -What will most likely occur in the rabbit population due to the introduction of the predator? Faster rabbits will survive and reproduce increasing the average speed of the rabbit population. What best describes a community?

Detailed explanation-2: -An adaptation is any heritable trait that helps an organism, such as a plant or animal, survive and reproduce in its environment.

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: -Individuals with adaptive traits-traits that give them some advantage-are more likely to survive and reproduce. These individuals then pass the adaptive traits on to their offspring. Over time, these advantageous traits become more common in the population.

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