NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -autotroph. an organism that can produce its own food. Which term refers to a species creating more offspring than can possibly survive? overproduction.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -n. the condition in which a species produces too many offspring for the available food, space, or other vital resources.

Detailed explanation-4: -K-selected species produce offspring that each have a higher probability of survival to maturity. Although not always the case, K-selection is more common in larger animals, like whales or elephants, with longer lifespans and overlapping generations.

Detailed explanation-5: -Natural selection is an inevitable outcome of three principles: most characteristics are inherited, more offspring are produced than are able to survive, and offspring with more favorable characteristics will survive and have more offspring than those individuals with less favorable traits.