LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following phrases best describes the results of natural selection?
A
natural variation found in all populations
B
unrelated species living in different locations
C
changes in the inherited characteristics of a population over time
D
struggle for existence undergone by all iving things
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Evolution is the change in inherited characteristics or traits in a population of organisms over many generations. The mechanism that best explains evolution is a phenomenon known as natural selection.

Detailed explanation-2: -So, the correct answer is ‘Individuals with the most favorable traits survive and reproduce’

Detailed explanation-3: -Natural selection can lead to speciation, where one species gives rise to a new and distinctly different species. It is one of the processes that drives evolution and helps to explain the diversity of life on Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Natural selection can cause microevolution, or a change in allele frequencies over time, with fitness-increasing alleles becoming more common in the population over generations. Fitness is a measure of relative reproductive success.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sometimes summed up by the phrase “survival of the fittest, ‘’ natural selection is based on the following principles: In nature, organisms produce more offspring than are able to survive and reproduce.

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