AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

DARWIN’S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why do frogs and other organism reproduce so many eggs or offspring?
A
so that their babies can have friends to play with
B
the more offspring the more likely the offspring will survive
C
the more offspring the less likely offspring will survive
D
the more offspring the less competition
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As the chance of fertilization is nature dependant i.e it depends on the movement of water for the sperm to come in contact with the egg. Thus the fish and frog produce a huge number of eggs each year to overcome the chance factor(sperm to come in contact with egg) and produce offsprings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why do frogs lay eggs in a very large amount? The odds of a tadpole’s survival are very low-nearly all of them die. Females therefore lay a large number of eggs to better the chance of having one or two surviving offspring.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, organisms that possess heritable traits that enable them to better adapt to their environment compared with other members of their species will be more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass more of their genes on to the next generation.

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