Natural selection

Question 1

What’s natural selection?

Answer 1

It’s the process that gives organisms that are better adapted to their environment a higher chance to survive and pass on their alleles.

Question 2

Variation has a key role EVOLUTION and natural selection

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Example: Over-population of offspring

Answer 3

Sockeye salmon and poppy plants produce many eggs and seeds respectively to ensure that enough offspring make it to the early stages of life

Question 4

What’[s the competition for resources?

Answer 4

It’s a competition among the organisms that survive the early stages of life which is fiercest between individuals of the same species.

Question 5

How does evolution and natural selection work?

Answer 5

When there’s a change in the environment organisms with the corresponding adaptive feature are at an advantage in the competition for resouces and have a higher chance of passing on their alleles.