AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which phrase best defines evolution by natural selection?
A
an adaptation of a species to its environment
B
a sudden replacement of one population by another
C
changes in a species as it becomes more perfect
D
a process of change in species over time
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -So, the correct answer is ‘Individuals with the most favorable traits survive and reproduce’

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: In the modern view of evolution, the phrase that best describes the result of evolution is (a) a change in the genetic information in a population. It is important to be understood that a population changes over time, not individuals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Natural selection is the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change. Individuals in a population are naturally variable, meaning that they are all different in some ways. This variation means that some individuals have traits better suited to the environment than others.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Survival of the fittest” is a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection.

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